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3000 BCE
sparta and athens emerge as city states
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1100 BCE
people begin settling on peloponnesus
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509 BCE
romans set up a republic
they established a form of government that was copied for hundreds of years. in fact the u.s government is based partly on rome's model. -
339 BCE
king Philip seizes control of greece
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284
Division of roman empire
the once very powerful roman empire was starting to get hard to rule so it was split tino two. the western and eastern roman empires. -
380
Christianity becomes official religion of the roman empire
emperor theodosius I, who made nicene christianity the state church of the roman empire. -
Jan 28, 814
Charlemagne Dies
after his death, his three grandsons divided the kingdom into three seperate kindoms -
Jan 27, 1095
Crusades
christian people went on crusades to try to take back their holy land from the muslims -
Jan 27, 1300
the renaissance
the period between the 13 and mid 17th centuries of the cultural rebirth of Europe. -
Jan 27, 1337
hundred year war begins
a long struggle between england and france over succession to the french throne. -
Jan 27, 1517
protestant reformation begins
the 15th century religious, political, intellectual and cultural upheavel that splintered catholic europe -
Jan 27, 1543
scientific revolution
historical changes in thought and belief to changes in institutional and social organization. -
enlightment
medievel times were swept away when people were now focused on studies such as philosophy, science, society and politics. -
industrial revolution
mass production was easier. people didn't have to work as hard as they used to. -
The French revolution
French citizens over throw the monarch -
napolean seizes control of france
Napoleon rapidly rose through the ranks of the military during the French Revolution. After seizing political power in France, he crowned himself emperor in 1804. -
start of WWI
Princip assassinated ferdinand of austria, austria then declared war exactly one month later -
start of WWII
other know as the second world war,between the allierd powers and the axis powers including germany -
The European union is formed
the maastricht treaty was formed thus creating the E.U (european union) -
e.u nation adopt the euro
The euro (sign: €; code: EUR) is the official currency of the eurozone, which consists of 19 of the 28 member states of the European Union.
