Europe in the Middle Ages

Roman Empire

146

Provides safety to all lands it controls. Respectful to greeks, let them keep ways of life. considered biggest empire. jesus born in this time. famous; building roads, latin, republic government, calendar, invinted concrete and aqueducts, spain, france, portugual, eqypt, arabia, turkey, greece, italy, england, are all parts of romes conquered land.

Fall Of Rome

476

the fall of rome caused the dark ages, rome was sacked, the romans didnt feel safe. it ruined everything. The trade movement decreased and the money decreased too. everything fell apart.

Catholic Church (in charge)

500

the strongest person usually comes and tries to fix everything. no unity until the catholic church stepped up to be a strong dictiacal forve. voice of god dissagreed with them then you dissagreed with god. the catholic church took over to try to bring everything back together and tried to remake all rules and technology.

Feudalism

Sep 26, 700

Attacks all vikings, which forces the viking villages to build walls around their city for protection. it was run by kings and nobels. kings: appointed by pope or god. you were a noble by herritage. sergs were bron their lot in life. if yo momma was a serf than you was a serf.

The Crusades

Sep 26, 1096

causes muslems to take holy land. effects- trade increases, between europeans and asians. people feel safe to travel. people start leabing the manor to trade and trabel. feudalism- weakens. find out that muslims preserbed greek and roman writing. read writinigs from past empire that was great an dthey wish to be like that. lead to renaisssance. experienced tea and milk.

The renaissance

Sep 26, 1350

one result of the crusades is renaissance, caused bubonic plauge. that killed 1/3 of the europeans. rebirth of classical greek and roman empire. promoted art humanity education and reading.

The printing press

Sep 26, 1450

invinted by- Guetenburg who was German. Caused books to be more acessible spreading the renaisansse movement. Bibles were printed. this caused the catholic church to lose all its power.

Protestant Reformation

Sep 26, 1517

Martin luther. Germany. Cathollic mark, reads bible. decides cathlic insnt behaving properly. nails a 95 thesis to the door. hopes to reform cathloic church. but, tehy say no your excomunnicated. started protastant reformation. now people can read bible. effects: sects religious perciucation followed. catholics and protestants persecuted each other. kings and nations got in the mix. wanted to leave europoe for religious freedom.