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Period: 1096 to 1291
Crusades are Fought
A series of religious between christian an Muslims
fought for holy land
crusades were unsuccessful by expanded trade routes -
1300
Renaissance Begins
Huge change in Art
renaissance studied the greeks an romans
started humanism -
1337
100 year War begins
it didnt last 100 years
conflicts with ancient enemy
the letter V signed for VIctory -
1340
Black Death begins in Europe
caried by fleas and rats
spread by trades
tons of people died -
1419
King Henry VIII Reign
king of england
had 6 wives
his son died age of 16 -
1431
joan of arc burned at the stake
she died of smoke invilation
"the maid of Orléans,"
she wasnt really burned at she stake -
1468
Johannes gutenberg printing press
was the first ever metal printing press
he was a German blacksmith
he public the Latin language bible -
1503
Mona Lisa Completed 1506
was in Florence, Italy.
Italian artist Leonardo da Vinci,
the wife of Francesco del Giocondo, Lisa Gherardini. -
1512
Michelangelo begins painting the sistine chapel
was on the ceiling
took about 3 years
he considered his self a sculptor, not a painter -
1514
Battle of Chaldiran
Turkish: Çaldıran Muharebesi) took place on 23 August 1514
The Safavids were dealt a devastating defeat that checked the westward advance of Shi'ism and decimated the ranks of the Turkic warriors who had built the Safavid empire. -
1517
Maratin Luther post 95 theses
Disputation on the Power and Efficacy of Indulgences
he nailed the 95 theses on the door of Wittenberg Castle church.
it spread across Europes wildlife -
1521
Cortez Defeats Aztecs
Spanish conquest of the Aztecs empire
smallpox killed many
force and captured Tenochtitlan
