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In 476 C.E. the last of the Roman leaders was overthrown. This marked the end of the Roman Empire. http://www.ushistory.org/civ/6f.asp
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There were 8 major crusades in total. These religious wars were fought between the Christians and Muslims over the security of Holy Sites.
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The Middle Ages (also referred to as The Dark Ages) was a medival period of time. This time period took place between The Fall of the Roman Empire and The Renissance
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This was the era that bridges the modern times and the middle ages. Renaissance means "rebirth", referring to the Dark Ages.
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The Religious, Intellectual, and Cultural Upheaval that broke up Catholic Europe. This allowed all of the ideas that would be in the modern era to begin to be set up.
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The Age of Enlightenment was a time of intellectual and philosophical ways of thought.
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A time when they found new and improved ways to make things. This was called the manufacturing process.
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The French revolution took 10 years to finalize. The reason for this is that during those ten years there were very far-reaching political and social upheavals.
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World War 1 was know by many names suck as The First World War or The Great War. The major participants were The United States, United Kingdom, France, Russia, Italy, Germany, Austria-Hungary.
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Consited of all of the Major Powers and some other contries forming two sides. These sides were the Allied Powers and Axis Powers.
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The Cold War was a time of geo-political tension between the Soviet Union and the United States. It is called the "Cold War" because there was not a lot of violence involved.
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NATO stands for North Atlantic Treaty Organization. An international alliance that consists of 29 member states from North America and Europe.
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The European Union started forming in 1951 and hasn't stopped. It is a geo-political entity covering most of Europe.
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The Cold War coming to an end caused the destruction of the Berlin Wall. Starting Midnight the day of the destruction the citizens were allowed to cross the border.
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This marks the day that the hammer and sickle flag lowered for the last time. On that same day Mikhail Gorbachev resigned from his post as president.
https://history.state.gov/milestones/1989-1992/collapse-soviet-union
