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Period: 14 to 17
The renaissance
The Renaissance is a period from the 14th to the 17th century, considered the bridge between the Middle Ages and Modern history. It started as a cultural movement in Italy in the Late Medieval period and later spread to the rest of Europe.The Renaissance was a time of great beauty and art. -
16
Protestant Reformation
The Protestant Reformation was the 16th-century religious, political, intellectual and cultural upheaval that splintered Catholic Europe, setting in place the structures and beliefs that would define the continent in the modern era. -
476
Fall of the Roman Empire
In 476 C.E. Romulus, the last of the Roman emperors in the west, was overthrown by the Germanic leader Odoacer, who became the first Barbarian to rule in Rome. The order that the Roman Empire had brought to western Europe for 1000 years was no more. -
Period: 476 to 800
The Middle Ages (Dark Ages)
the year of 476-800 was The cause of this Dark Age was the collapse of the Western Roman Empire and the waves of invasions and raiding that followed it.The idea that Christianity caused or significantly contributed to the fall of the Western Empire has long since been rejected by modern historians. -
1095
Crusades
The Byzantine emperor asked the Christians in Europe to help protect his empire from the Turks. In 1095, Pope Urban II called for a crusade against the Muslims to regain control of Jerusalem.Religious battles between Christians and muslums. -
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The Age of Enlightenment
European politics, philosophy, science and communications were radically reoriented during the course of the long 18th century from 1685-1815 as part of a movement referred to by its participants as the Age of Reason, or simply the Enlightenment. -
Industrial Revolution
The Industrial Revolution, which began in Britain in the late 1700s, manufacturing was often done in people's homes, using hand tools or basic machines. Industrialization marked a shift to powered, special purpose machinery, factories and mass production. -
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French Revolution
The French Revolution is an uprising in France against the monarchy from 1789 to 1799 which resulted in the establishment of France as a republic. An example of the French Revolution is the storming of the Bastille by the French citizens. -
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WW1
World War I was a major conflict fought between 1914 and 1918. Other names for World War I include the First World War, WWI, the War to End All Wars, and the Great War. World War I was fought between the Allied Powers and the Central Powers. The main members of the Allied Powers were France, Russia, and Britain. -
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WW2
World War II also known as the Second World War, was a global war that lasted from 1939 to 1945, although related conflicts began earlier.It was the most global war in history; it directly involved more than 100 million people from over 30 countries. -
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Cold war
After World War II, the United States and the Soviet Union were the world's strongest nations. They were called superpowers. They had different ideas about economics and government.The Cold War began in Europe after World War II. -
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NATO&Warsaw Pact
In 1949, the prospect of further Communist expansion prompted the United States and 11 other Western nations to form the North Atlantic Treaty Organization NATO. The Soviet Union and its affiliated Communist nations in Eastern Europe founded a rival alliance, the Warsaw Pact, in 1955. -
The fall of the Berlin wall
The Berlin Wall: The Fall of the Wall. On November 9, 1989, as the Cold War began to thaw across Eastern Europe, the spokesman for East Berlin's Communist Party announced a change in his city's relations with the West. Starting at midnight that day, he said, citizens were free to cross the country's borders. -
Collapse of the Soviet Union
On December 25, 1991, the Soviet hammer and sickle flag lowered for the last time over the Kremlin, thereafter replaced by the Russian tricolor. Mikhail Gorbachev resigned his post as president of the Soviet Union, leaving Boris Yeltsin as president of the newly independent Russian state. -
Creation of the European Union
The European Union. The European Union was created by the Maastricht Treaty on November 1st 1993. It is a political and economic union between European countries which makes its own policies concerning the members economies, societies, laws and to some extent security.