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476
The Dark Ages
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dark_Ages_(historiography)
A period of time where not many people were recording ideas and events because they needed government and protection after the fall of the Roman Empire. -
500
Start of Fuedalism
http://westernreservepublicmedia.org/middleages/feud_feudalw.htm
A social class based on owned land was formed to protect the people of Europe during the Middle Ages. -
Nov 17, 637
Seige of Jerusalem
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Siege_of_Jerusalem_(637)
Muslims invaded and conquered the holy city of Jerusalem.
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Nov 27, 1095
1st Crusade
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/First_Crusade
The Crusaders were successful in taking back Jerusalem in 1099 and set up Crusader states around Jerusalem. -
Period: Nov 27, 1095 to Nov 11, 1291
The Crusades
http://www.metmuseum.org/toah/hd/crus/hd_crus.htm
The Crusades were a series of wars that lasted almost 200 years. Christians were trying to take control of the holy land in Jerusalum back from Muslims that had previously taken that land from Christians. -
Nov 16, 1145
2nd Crusade
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Second_Crusade
fter the fall of the Crusader states and Crusaders losing control fo Jerusalem, another crusade was launched. This time, two armies joined together to fight the Turks -
Nov 16, 1189
3rd Crusade
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Third_Crusade
This crusade was very successful in capturing cities around Jerusalem, but Crusaders failed to capture Jerusalem itself. -
Nov 17, 1300
The Renaissance
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Renaissance
A time period in which poeple in Europe started to care about art, science, and philosophy. -
Oct 17, 1347
Black Death Hits Europe
http://www.history.com/topics/black-death
Flees carying the Bubonic Plague found rats to settle on, and those rats got on ships that sailed to Europe and spead the Plague all across Europe killing millions. -
Nov 17, 1353
The End of the Black Death
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Black_Death
The Plague that killed millions of Europeans had ended, but had deffinatley taken its toll on Europe. -
Nov 17, 1517
Protestant Refromation
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Protestant_Reformation
A movement where people tried and succeeded to limit the power and corruption of the Catholic Church starting with Martin Luther's 95 theses.
