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Roman Catholic Church
Had become the supreme religion for the Roman Empire. Played an increasingly important role in the new European civilization. Developed a system of organization where parishes were led by priests, a group of parishes were heades by a bishop. Overtime, the bishop of Rome began to be known as the pope. -
500
Clovis
Established the Frankish Kingdom in Europre. -
500
Roman Empire
Fell apart and had been replaced by a number of states ruled by German kings. Only one of which provided long lasting-the kingdom of the Franks. -
527
Emperor Justinian
Became the emperor of the Eastern Roman Empire and he was determined to reestablish the Roman Empire in the entire Mediterranean world. -
Sep 12, 622
Hijrah
The journey of Muhammad and his closest supporters from Makkah to Yathrib, later renamed Madinah. The first year of the official calendar of Islam. -
Sep 12, 636
Abu Bakr
Was named caliph, or successor to Muhammad. Defeated the Byzantine army. Expanded the Islamic Empire. -
Sep 13, 636
Byzantine Empire
The Byzantine army was destroyed by the forces of the Arabs. Then shrunk only consisting of Eastern Balkans and Asia Minor. Common religion was Greek and was built on the Christian faith that was shared by many citizens. -
Sep 12, 661
Umayyads
Mu'awiyah, the governor of Syria, became the caliph and he established the Umayyad Dynasty. He also moved the capital of the Arab Empire from Madinah to Damascus, in Syria. -
Sep 12, 661
Damascus
Mu'awiyah moved the capital of the Arab Empire from Madinah to Damascus. -
Sep 12, 750
Abbasid
Abu al-Abbas, a descendent of Muhammad's uncle, overthrew the Umayyad Dynasty and set up the Abbasid Dynasty. Lasted until 1258. -
Sep 12, 762
Baghdad
The Abbasids built a new capital city in Baghdad, on the Tigris River, far to the east of the Umayyad capital of Damascus. Located on the caravan route from the Mediteranean Sea to central Asia. -
Sep 13, 1000
Pope Urban II
Responded to the requests of the Byzantine Emperor Alexius I for help against the Seljuk Turks. Caused the rallying of the warriors of Europe for the liberation of Jerusalim and the Holy Land from the infidels or unbelievers-the Muslims. -
Sep 12, 1055
Seljuk Turks
A Turkish leader captured Baghdad and took command of the empire. His title was sultan, or "holder of power". The Abbasid caliph was still the chief religious authority. -
Oct 4, 1066
William of Normandy
An army of heavily armed knights, under William of Normandy, landed on the coast of England and defeated King Harold and his soldiers at the Battle of Hastings. Crowned King of England. -
Oct 4, 1066
Battle of Hastings
An army of heavily armed knights, under William of Normandy, landed on the coast of England and defeated King Harold and his soldiers at the Battle of Hastings. -
Jun 13, 1099
Crusades
The first Crusades captured Jerusalim. It was the only successful Crusade and by 1187, the Holy City of Jerusalim fell to the Muslim forces under Saladin. -
Sep 13, 1215
King John
At Runnymede, John was forced to put his seal on a document of rights called the Magna Carta, or the Great Charter. -
Sep 13, 1215
Magna Carta
Gave written recognition to the fact and was used in later years to strengthen the idea that a monarch's power was limited, not absolute. -
Sep 12, 1258
Mongols
Under the leadership of Hülegü, the brother of the more famous Kublai Khan, the Mongols seized Persia and Mesopotamia. ended the Abbasid Dynasty and destroyed Baghdad. -
Oct 13, 1347
The Black Death
Italian merchants braught the plague with them from Caffa on the Black Sea to the island of Sicily and the plague has spread to parts of southern Italy and southern France by the end of 1347. And between 1347 and 1351, 38 million out of 75 million Europeans died. -
Period: Sep 14, 1478 to
Spanish Inquisition
it was a time peirod were anyone who did not folllow the cristain faith in Spain either was thrown out of the contry or converted into Cristianity. -
Spanish Inquisition
it was a time peirod were anyone who did not folllow the cristain faith in Spain either was thrown out of the contry or converted into Cristianity. -
Prophet Muhammad
Year he received is revelations from the angel Gabriel -
Cairo
A new dynasty under the Fatimids was established in Egypt with its capital at Cairo, breaking away from the rest of the Arab Empire. -
Charlemagne
The new ruler of the Frankish Kingdom. Determined and decisive man who is highly intelligent and curious. He was a strong statesman and a pious Christian. Greatly expanded the territory of the Frankish Kingdom and created what came to be known as the Carolingian Empire. -
Feudalism
Political and social system that was developed during the Middle Ages when royal governments were no longer able to defend the subjects; nobles offered protection and land in return for services. -
Holy Roman Empire
The best-known Saxon king of Germany was Otto I. in return for protecting the pope, he was crowned emperor of the Romans in 962. The title of which had not been used since the time of Charlemagne. -
Golden Age of Islamic Society
In the ninth century, the Abbasid Dynasty experienced a period of splendid rule, which was often described as the golden age of the Abbasid caliphate. They conquered many of the richest providences of the Roman Empire and they now control the trade routes to the East. Baghdad became the center of the enormous trade empire that extended into Asia, Africa, and Europe, greatly adding to the riches of the Islamic world.
