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509 BCE
The Roman Empire
While Greece ruled over the eastern Mediterranean, Rome became a dominant power this also ruled over the intalian peninsula. Rome was monarchy but switch over to a republic in 509 B.C. And in these republics people got to choose their leader. -
300 BCE
Ancient Greece
Physical geography narually shaped the development of Ancient Greece. The people felt deep ties to the land, which is ruggedly beatutiful. At the same time, Greece many mountains, islands, and the surrounding seas isolated early communities and kept them fiercely independent. -
300 BCE
Ancient Greece 2
Basically a powerful, rich, big, civilization/empire that existed a long time ago which is why it's ancient -
476
The Roman Empire 2
By the late A.D. 300s, the Roman Empire was in decline. Rivals struggled to become emperor, and Germanic groups attacked the com the north. In A.D. 476, Germanic leaders overthrew the last emperor in Rome and brought the Western Roman Empire to an end. Despite its fall, Rome had great influence on Europe and the west. -
800
The Middle Ages
About A.D. 800 a king buy the name of Charlemagne's managed to unit most of Western Europe. However after his death the ounce powerful empire had broken up and at this point no strong government could defend against the invaders. In the 1000's a new system arose this was called feudalism. Which is when a king give a noble land and in return the noble provides and army. -
1000
The Middle Ages 2
Because of federalism the people were divided into different section ( social status ). Which mean't that the kings would live on top and have a very good life. Under the kings where the nobles ( knights ) and they lived a pretty good life as well since they where providing the king with an army. Lastly the poor or pheasants these people where made to work on the field for the nobles and kings so there life wasn't the good. -
1096
The First Crusade
In feudal times, the Christian faith united Europeans. Yet the religion of Islam, founded in the A.D. 600s by an Arab named Muhammad, was on the rise. ( war to get the holy land ). -
1096
The First Crusade 2
There where many crusades threw out time and all of them where for pretty much the same reason. The holy land now the holy land was fought for many nations tried to take it for its own and for years wars where waged. But it all started here on the First Crusade. -
1350
The Renaissance
As parts of Europe recovered from Black Death interest in art and learning revived. Ways of thinking changed so much between about 1350 and 1550 that this period is called the renaissance, from the French word for "rebirth." -
1400
European Explorations
As europe's kingdoms grew stronger, European seafarers began a series of voyages that lead to a great age of exploration and discovery. -
1400
European Exploration 2
During this age many Europeans went on exploration to find new thing. Make new ways to travel see what they can find. The most famous example is when Christopher Columbus found the americas. -
1500
The Reformation
During the 1500s, the Renaissance idea of humanism led people to think about religion in a new way. Some people felt there were problems in the Roman Catholic Church that needed to be corrected. -
1500
The Reformation 2
Some people felt there were problems in the Roman Catholic Church that needed to be corrected. Because of this it started a wars between Roman Catholics and protestants. -
1550
The Renaissance 2
The Renaissance was basically a era in which after the Black Death people wanted come back and they also gained Intrest in art, poets, sculptors. Merchants made great wealth form trading with Asia and they used there wealth to support scholars like Michelangelo and Leonardo da Vinci. -
The Enlightment 2
Basically the Enlightment was when science became more know and more studied also Nicolaus Copernicus's concluded that the sun, not the earth, is the center of the earth. -
The Enlightment
After the Renaissance, educated Europeans turned to science as a way to explain the world. Nicklaus Copernicus, a polish mathematician, concluded that the sun, not the earth, is the center of the universe. An Italian scientist named Galileo galilei believed that new knowledge could come from carefully observing and measuring the natural world.