Europe and middle east after the decline of rome

By nnewman20
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    Germanic tribes and early christian

    Tacitus described the despotic rule of the emperors.
    Tacitus is writing is to illustrate a comparison to the roman people and Germanic tribes.
    Beowulf was an epic poem depicting a true hero that repays the king who saved his fathers life while doing it in favor of his king.
  • 330

    Byzantine

    Theodosius builds a great wall around Constantinople in the 5th century.
    The reign of Justinian caused many issues such as the Nika revolt in 482, the destruction caused for there to be a new cathedral built The hagas sofia.
    Schism of 1054 illustrated the split between the Roman catholic orthodox and the eastern orthodox.
  • May 1, 660

    Islam

    Muhammed is the messenger of god, and conquers Mecca in 630 because he was in search of the Holy land that he had promised his followers.
    The dome of the rock was built in the late seventh century
  • May 15, 843

    France

    Gregory of Tours was the battle between Gaul in 562. Gregory wrote about the events of Clovis. The Salic law protects Norse women from being violated by men and guarantees them money if they have been hurt in any way.
    The reign of Clovis was from 466-513, he was converted to Christianity because of his wife.
    Charlemagne was crowned by the pope on December 25, 800.
  • May 15, 890

    England

    The Anglo Saxon invasion was in the 5th century and was the invasion in which they wanted to conquer more land because they were being kicked out by their neighbors. Venerable Bede was the father of English history in 672. Alfred the Great defended the kingdom against a viking invasion and united the Anglo Saxons. The Norman invasion of England was in 1066 between the french, a tapestry was made to record these events it was called the Bayeux tapestry
  • Period: May 15, 1037 to May 16, 1194

    Seljuk dynsaty

    A Turkish/Muslim dynasty that was apart of the Crusades
  • Period: May 15, 1187 to May 16, 1192

    third crusade

    The Third Crusade was caused by the capture of Jerusalem in 1187 by Saladin, the sultan of Egypt.
  • May 15, 1200

    Middle Ages

    Pope Urban's speech at council of Clermont illustrated the deployment of the first crusade.
    The Christians win the first crusade which was the battle for nicea between the Seljuk Turks, the Christians defeated them and their army.
    All in all there were nine crusades
  • Period: May 15, 1202 to May 16, 1204

    forth crusade

    forth crusade intended to conquer Muslim controlled Jerusalem
  • Period: May 15, 1217 to May 16, 1221

    fifth crusade

    fifth crusade intended for western Europeans to reacquire Jerusalem
  • Period: May 15, 1228 to May 16, 1254

    sixth crusade

    sixth crusade intended for the crusaders to regain Jerusalem
  • Period: May 15, 1270 to May 16, 1270

    eighth crusade

    eighth crusade intended to launched by Louis IX of France against the city of Tunis in 1270.
  • Period: May 15, 1271 to May 16, 1272

    ninth crusade

    Is commonly considered to be the last major medieval Crusade to the Holy Land. It took place in 1271–1272.