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3000 BCE
Caves of Lascaux
Caves found in Lascaux, France, discovered in 1940. The paintings show how the people lived and what they did during pre-historic times. Paintings included bison, horses, fires, people, ect. -
3000 BCE
Caves of Lascaux Part 2
The Caves of Lascaux have helped researches and the people of our time find out more about pre-historic people, their life, and their culture. Many paintings show how the people of pre-historic times hunted and gathered, following their food. Not only this but it also shows us their culture. The paintings show this by portraits of what they ate, how they hunted, what they did for fun. All in all the Caves of Lascaux help us understand how people lived during pre-historic times. -
334 BCE
Alexander the Great
Alexander the Great was known as the worlds most successful military commanders at the time, he was always successful in battle, and by the time of his death had conquered most of Europe known to the Greeks. -
334 BCE
Alexander the Great Part 2
Alexander the Great as a whole has impacted much of Europes history and culture. He led his army to victories all across Syria, Egypt, and Asia Minor. After conquering places he would capture them as slaves and bring hem to different lands therefore blending the cultures of Europe. This led to new languages, customs, and holidays. -
39 BCE
Julius Caesar
Caesar was one of the worlds most influential people. After Rome conquered Northern Africa, Italy, and Greece, Caesar became the leader of Rome. People believed he was meant to be the ruler because of his medical condition, epilepsy. They believed this was a sign from God. -
39 BCE
Julius Caesar Part 2
Caesar is considered one of the worlds most iconic people in history. He was part of the process of turning Rome from a republic it an empire, while expanding Roman territories. He has also inspired many different leaders throughout history changing the people of Rome's culture, economy, and political system. -
1096
The First Crusade
Pope Urban II called for this crusade to help the Byzantines and to free the city of Jerusalem -
1096
First Crusade Part 2
The Crusades impacted European development in a few important ways. It helped the pope’s control over the Church, made financial innovations, and secularism was also said to be a result from this. Securalism is the splitting of religion and government, which is what the USA uses. -
1347
The Black Death
The Black Death was an epidemic of bubonic plague. Which is a disease caused by the bacteria Yersinia pestis, which can be found in many different wild rodents such as rats. This disease killed millions of people all across Europe resulting in many changes socially, economically, and politically. -
1347
The Black Death Part 2
The Black Death was one of the most devastating epidemics in history, happening in Europe between 1347 and 1350. Killing 30% - 65% of Europe's population. However there was also an upside to this, because of the small population serfs starting getting paid for their work. Not only this but people's life expectancy also increased by about 1-2 years. -
World War I
WWI began with the assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand. During this war Germany, Austria-Hungary, and the Ottoman Empire fought against the US, Greta Britain, Russia, etc. The War eventually ended with the Treaty of Versailles on June 28, 1919, with many changes to both sides. -
World War I Part 2
WWII ended with drastic changes to both sides including millions of people left dead, the downfall of empires, and many other economical changes throughout Europe. Economicall Europe was devastated, the European nations began a period of inflation due to overprinting currency. Not only this but almost all of Germany had been destroyed. -
World War II
WWII was a global war that began in 1939 and ended in 1945. It began with a prolonged war between Japan and China. After that Germany invaded Poland, then as a result led Britain and France to declare war on Hitler's Nazis. The war eventually ended when Hitler lost territory and had to pay he Allies, until they ended up setting up peace treaties. -
World War II Part 2
The aftermath of WWII was a time of declining powers throughout the world, but also he rise of the Societ Union and the US. About 60 million people were dead due to the war, it had also damaged the economy, and had a series of social changes among people in the world. -
Cold War Part 2
He a Odom war had many effect on society. Including Russian militaries spending being cut drastically, the global containment of communism being elevated, and the Societ Union's failure of becoming the world's "superpower", the US also spurred the Soviet Union from the space achievement, the atomic bomb, and the Great power status. -
Cold War
The Cold War was a very tense time between Europe and the US. People were in fear of nuclear attacks on the countries, and for America a fear of a communist attack. The Cold War did not end until 1991.
