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Period: Jan 1, 600 to
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Oct 14, 1066
the battle of hasting
The battle was fought over the rest of the day, a savage fight with heavy casualties on each side. The issue in the balance until late in the afternoon; marked by repeated cavalry attacks on the Saxon position by William’s cavalry, violently repelled until the final assaults. The Normans found the Saxon warriors with their battle axes, and in particular Harold’s “housecarles”, a formidable enemy. -
Jan 1, 1094
Pope II speech
Most beloved brethren: Urged by necessity, I, Urban, by the permission of God chief bishop and prelate over the whole world, have come into these parts as an ambassador with a divine admonition to you, the servants of God. I hoped to find you as faithful and as zealous in the service of God as I had supposed you to be. But if there is in you any deformity or crookedness contrary to God's law, with divine help I will do my best to remove it. For God has put you as stewards over his family to mini -
Oct 1, 1096
The First Crusade
Cause: 1096: The First Crusade was launched. Although the prime goal of the Crusades was to liberate Jerusalem from the Muslims, Jews were a second target. In Germany, in the cities along the Rhine River alone, 12,000 Jews were killed. This persecution and slaughter continued for eight additional Crusades until the year 1272. Affect: Millions of Jews died because they had a different belief and way of life. -
May 9, 1144
Minamoto Yoritomo
At the age of fourteen, Minamoto Yoritomo was sent away to be put under the care of guardian Ito Sukechika. During his time with Ito, Minamoto developed his skills in practicing the arts of war. After getting his guardian’s daughter pregnant, he had to run away. He ended up at Hojo Tokimasa's, who was the man that arranged the guardianship with Ito Sukechika. Eventually, Yoritomo married Hojo's daughter. -
Jan 1, 1159
Taira - Minamoto wars
The Taira and Minamoto clans had many wars against each other for control of Kyoto and influence over the former emperor Go-Shirakawa and Emperor Nijo. Because of all this it caused an end to Imperial control. -
Jan 1, 1163
Notre Dame de Paris
Notre Dame de Paris (French for Our Lady of Paris), also known as Notre Dame Cathedral, is a Gothic, Catholic cathedral on the eastern half of the Île de la Cité in the fourth arrondissement of Paris, France. It is the cathedral of the Catholic Archdiocese of Paris: that is, it is the church that contains the cathedra (official chair), of the Archbishop of Paris, currently André Vingt-Trois. Notre Dame de Paris is widely considered one of the finest examples of French Gothic architecture in Fran -
Jan 1, 1192
The Third Crusade
The Third Crusade is dominated by the leadership offered by the two main leaders involved - Saladin and Richard the Lionheart. As with most major leaders of the Medieval Times, we know very little about both Richard the Lionheart and Saladin. What information we do have comes from either enemies or supporters of both- so a balanced view is difficult to gain. -
Jan 1, 1274
Mongol invasion
After a series of Mongol invasions from 1231 to 1259, the Goryeo Dynasty of Korea signed a treaty in favor of the Mongols and became a Mongolian vassal. Kublai was declared Great Khan of the Mongol Empire in 1260 (though not widely recognized by the Mongols in the west) and established his capital at Dadu (Beijing) in 1264. -
Jan 1, 1300
1300s Buddhism grows in importance and again becomes the main religion of the Khmer Kings.
Cause: the habitation of Cambodia for over a thousand years was by the Khmers. The evidence that proves that the Khmer people were alive dates back to 11000 BC. In this time they had to hunt and gather necessaries such as water, fish, fruit, and animals such as deer, buffalo, and wild boar.
Affect: an Archaeologist discovered evidence of the use of iron was used to make tools. Some were dating back to about the 500 BC. There are no written records of the Khmer people meeting other people. -
Jan 1, 1300
Funan
Cause: With military wars going on at the time things got busy. People were killed by war, starving, and infections. You were ether killed in war of you got very sick.
Affect: many people were killed, they had to also provide produces to the larger states -
Jan 1, 1346
Outbreak in plague in central Asia
Cause: fleas were infected and the bit animals or humans and they got infected and many people died.
Affect: The Black Death, which swept through Europe, the Near East, and North Africa in the mid-14th century, was probably the greatest public health disaster in recorded history and one of the most dramatic examples ever of emerging disease. Europe lost an estimated one quarter to one third of its population, and the mortality in North Africa and the Near East was comparable. China, India too. -
Jan 1, 1350
The plague reached Germany.
Cause: The Black Death originated in or near China and spread by way of the Silk Road or by ship. It may have reduced the world's population from an estimated 450 million to between 350 and 375 million in 1400.
Affect: The Black Death is estimated to have killed 30% – 60% of Europe's population, reducing the world's population from an estimated 450 million to between 350 and 375 million in 1400. -
Jan 1, 1351
The plague reaching Poland.
Cause: the plague caused many people of all agers to die from Y.Pestic. The infected flea bite humans and rats. The plague spread far and wide killing many in which came in contact with it.
Affect: when the Black Death reached Poland, the country had to try its best to keep the people alive. People fled but failed to keep alive. Many were killed in the process, and many had to be buried in large burial pits. -
Jan 1, 1352
The Plague reaching Russia, Final victims of plague
Cause: Millions of people died in a plague that struck in the mid 1300s. This plague was later called ‘The Black Death’. This killed many babies, young children, teenagers, adults and old aged people, the plague travelled far and wide. The plague started out as a chemical in a flea (Y. Pestis) and ended up killing millions of people all over the world.
Affect: The plague was carried around by fleas, rats and humans. The chemical made the people of Italy, France, Russia, etc. go into complete k -
Jan 1, 1500
The Polynesian triangle
The Polynesian triangle includes many little islands and New Zealand. The Polynesian triangle is located just north east of Australia. There is more than 30000 islands in The Polynesian triangle. The Polynesian triangle holds the most amount of water in all the spaces owned in the world. -
Nov 6, 1502
Mona Lisa.
Info: An important copy of the Mona Lisa was recently discovered in the collection of the Prado in Madrid. The background had been painted over, but when the painting was cleaned, scientific analysis revealed that the copy was likely painted by another artist who sat beside Leonardo and copied his work, brush-stroke by brush-stroke. -
The great plague of London.
Cause: The great plague of London was put in place because of all the rats and mice running around.
Affect: the great plague of London had killed many people, when the plague was at its peak; in September1665 the death rate had reached 8,000 per week. -
Tokugawa Ieyasugives
Tokugawa Ieyasu was the founder and first shogun of the Tokugawa shogunate of Japan, which ruled from the Battle of Sekigahara in 1600 until the Meiji Restoration in 1868. -
Meiji Restoration
The Meiji Restoration, also known as the Meiji Ishin, Revolution, Reform or Renewal, was a chain of events that restored imperial rule to Japan in 1868 under Emperor Meiji. The goals of the restored government were expressed by the new emperor in the Charter Oath. The Restoration led to enormous changes in Japan's political and social structure, and spanned both the late Edo period (often called Late Tokugawa shogunate) and the beginning of the Meiji period. -
The Vikings.
Cause: The Vikings wanted to find new lands so that they could rebuild and make bigger Viking groups for lots more amounts of Vikings.
Effect:The Vikings discovered new lands and made new groups. They made new languages for different places because they need to have different types of groups.
