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The Franks were a powerful group of people who conquered Gaul, modern day France. They were under Clovis, who converted the Franks int christians. They soon became one of the most powerful kingdoms in Europe.
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This time span includes the Franks moving into Gaul 480
Charlemagne late 700s
And feudalism 1000. -
Charlemagne was strong leader. He led the Franks in building a gigantic empire. He spend much time on war and included parts of Germany, Austria, Spain and Italy. Because Charlemagne had conquered parts of the Former Roman Empire, he was crowned Emperor of the Romans.
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William, the Duke of Normandy in Northern France decided to attack and conquer England. In 1066, he defeated the English Knights. As a result of winning the battle, William gave his knights large pieces of land as payment. Fuedalism, which has been existent in France, was spread into England.
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Yhis tim span includes the eastern - western split of the church, the crusades, the 100 years war, the Black Death and the Inquisitions
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Pope Leo IX believed that the pope should lead the whole church. However, the bishop of Constantinople and several other bishops would not recognize the pope authority. In 1054 the pope excommunicated the bishop. Those who agreed with the bishop went on to form the Eastern Orthodox while those who agreed with the pope became the Roman Catholics.
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Francis was born the son of a rich merchat. When he grew up, he gave up his possessions and lived a simple live. He considered everyone, including animals, as his brother and sister
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The French Knights arrived in Venice but did not have the money to pay for the journey to the holy lands. For payment, the Venetians asked the crusaders to conquer Zara a rival trade city. In the end, the crusaders sacked Constantinople and went back to Europe.
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The black death was spreads by rats carrying fleas on trading ships. The disease quickly spread through Europe, taking millions of people with them. The manor system fell apart and peasants started to become richer.
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This timespan includes thr Italian Renaissance, the European Renaissance and the Reformation and second split of the church as well as the war after that
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Cosimo valued education. He built many libraries and collected many books. He also wanted Florence to be the most beautiful city in the world and hired architects and artisans to redecorate the city. This happened in othercity and sparked the renaissance
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Johann Gutenburg used the printing press he developed to print the Bible in latin. As the Bible became translated and mass produced, many people started to learn how to read.
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Ferdinand, the heir of the Aragon throne married Isabella, a Castilian princess. The countries merge and Spain was born. Together they took back all of Spain and issued the Spanish Inquisition
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Christopher Columbus, a spanish sailor, attempted to sail to Asia by sailing west. He accidentally discovers the Americas in the way. Unaware that he had discovered 2 new continetal landmass, Christopher Columbus returns to Spain.
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This timespan includes the scientific revolution, which last from 1540 - 1700, the discovery of the new world and trade between the new world.
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Mercantilism was most of Europe’s economic policy, which consists of thr government controlling what the colonies buy and sell
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Martin Luther nails the 95 Theses on a church door in Wittenberg, Saxony. The list quickly spreads to neighboring states. The list got Luther into trouble and he was excommunicated and exiled. Those who agreed with Luther followed him and became protestants.
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In 1600, Japanese poets created a 17 syllable short poem called a haiku that was used to describe nature scenes.
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This timespan in includes the enlightenment, when many people started doubting ancient beliefs because of discoveries from people like Christopher Columbus as well as ideas from philosophers about the government and revolutions and reformatins within European monarchs.
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Isaac Newton, a English scientist, came up with many scientific theories that have been proven time and time again. These in clude the theory of motion, gravity and many aspects of physics.
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John Locke, an English philosopher, argued that wgovernment is a contract, where the ruler’s power is limited, and that the government existed for the public good.
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Voltaire, a french philosopher, later spreads his ideas about government and religion, staring that humans should rely on theirselves toimprove their own existence instead of on God.
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Colonial Leaders, including Thomas Jefferson, gathered to write the Declaration pf Independence, which declared the independence of the colonies from England.
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The cathedrals made in middle ages are great architectural marvels and can still be visited today.
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In the Renaissance, mathematician study ancient math texts and developed many symbols, such as the square root and positive - negative symbols, that are used by pretty much everyone and have stayed relevant in math
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Monasteries still exist, being places where monks and nuns can focus on religious study.
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The Columbian spread many of the food that we eat throughout the world, including tomatoes, pumpkins, corns and chocolate
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Many philosopher’s idea were included in the rights and government of many country, in what we now know now ss democracy. Their idea’s were the start of a government revolution.