European History

By kaylan_donchez66
  • 800 BCE

    Ancient Greece

    Ancient Greece
    Known as having the first city-states, Athens and Sparta, Ancient Greece came to be in the early 8th century BCE. Athens had the first democracy. It wasn't the greatest, because only rich men with power or land could vote, but it was a start. Sparta had an amazing military system that they used mostly during the mid-300s BCE, when Phillip II of Macedonia and his son, Alexander the Great, conquered Greece. Picture: Athens
  • 800 BCE

    Ancient Greece Part II

    Because of Greece, a lot became how it is in the world today. Democracy has changed dramatically and military has increased in power since the Spartans had it. Thanks to the original Greek alphabet, we have learned to read and write in a more simple way than what they did long ago.
  • 27 BCE

    Roman Empire

    Roman Empire
    The Roman Empire began when Augustus Caesar took over Rome after his father, Julius Caesar, was assassinated. Photo: Roman Colosseum
  • 27 BCE

    Roman Empire Part II

    Thanks to the Roman Empire, we have things like concrete so we can build. They also helped form the world after Greece fell.
  • 476

    The Middle Ages

    The Middle ages, also known as the dark ages, were the period of European history from the fall of the Roman Empire in the West (5th century) to the fall of Constantinople (1453) and the Black/Bubonic plague.
  • 476

    The Middle Ages Part II

    The things that happened during this time was disruption of trade and downfall of cities. The church grows rapidly and Europe became rural. All of these things effected people in many ways, including leaving people homeless.
  • 1095

    Crusades

    The crusades were revolts to get the Holy Lands back from the Muslims. "In November 1095, at the Council of Clermont in southern France, the Pope called on Western Christians to take up arms to aid the Byzantines and recapture the Holy Land from Muslim control. This marked the beginning of the Crusades." www.history.com/topics/crusades
  • 1095

    Crusades Part II

    It helped to get back the holy lands and benifitted the crusaders.
  • 1300

    The Renaissance

    The Renaissance
    The Renaissance period went from the 13th century to the 17th century. This period was full of big artists and inventors, like Leonardo di Vinci, Michelangelo, Donatello, and Raphael.
  • 1300

    The Renaissance Part II

    Because the Renaissance was such a major time period, it did a lot of things. It changed the way people looked at art and inventions.
  • 1350

    The Black Plague (Bubonic Plague)

    The Black Plague (Bubonic Plague)
    The bubonic plague killed about 20,000,000 people in Europe. It was impossible to prevent the transmission of the disease from one person to another. Once you had this disease, it was extremely hard to get rid of. If you couldn't get rid of it, it could kill you.Once someone becomes infected with bubonic plague, symptoms, like high fevers and aches begin to show in as little as a few hours or take up to 12 days.The plague can turn into the pneumonic plague, which can kill you in about 24 hours.
  • 1350

    The Black Plague (Bubonic Plague) Part II

    The black plague was the ending of the middle ages. Due to the plague, the peasants that lived benefited from this. They could charge for there work, due to help not being readily available. Picture: Recent survivor of the Bubonic Plague showing what it did to them.
  • 1453

    The Fall of Constantinople Part II

    Due to the Fall of Constantinople, many Christians were ragged and teased in the streets. Trade fell in the Black sea, meaning that it hurt people in many ways.
  • May 29, 1453

    The Fall of Constantinople

    Constantinople, the capital of the Byzantine Empire at the time, was invaded and captured by an army of the Ottoman Empire on May 29, 1453. It is currently known as Istanbul.
  • 1517

    The Reformation

    The Reformation was a period of time (1500s) when Martin Luther, a German religious leader, broke away from the church because the Roman pope did not agree with his ideas to reform the practices in the church. This time period strengthened the monarchs (kings and queens) and broke the churches unity.
  • 1517

    The Reformation Part II

    Because of the reformation, the church bonds broke and it separated lots of people. This caused the kings and queens to take more control over Rome.