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476
The Fall of Rome
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793
The Viking Raids
The vikings left their homeland to find wealth elsewhere. The vikings left their homeland to find wealth elsewhere. They then started pillaging coastal cities. However they were also some of the best sails men of the time. They were eventually used as hired armies and were paid mercenaries.
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1095
The Crusades (1095-1096)
The Crusades were very serious religious wars that were between Christians and Muslims. It started to get control over holy sites that were considered by both groups. There were eight major Crusades journeys happened between 1096 and 1291. The very violent conflicts pushed the status of European Christians. This made them major players in the fight for land in the middle east.
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1231
The Inquisition (1478-1834)
The inquisition was a movement in the catholic church to root out false practices. Its worst appearance was in spain when they executed 32,000 people. It was a terrible time for people who weren’t christian because they could be persecuted or executed.
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1300
The Renaissance Period (1300-1400)
The renaissance was a cultural rebirth. It was the bridge between the middle and modern age. During the 14th century a movement called humanism. Humanism said that man was its own center of the universe and promoted science. The renaissance was a time of invention and rebirth.
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1347
The Black Death
The Bubonic Plague was brought to Europe by ships travelling from Messina. People found the sailors dead and oozing blood from black spots. The plague quickly spread through rats and fleas all over Europe. The plague caused black spots, liquified lungs, and lots of death.
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1347
The 100 Year War (1347-1453)
The 100 Year War was a series of wars between England and France over the claim to the French throne and their land.
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1440
Invention of the Printing Press (1440-1450)
The printing press is a device that allows large production of constant printing matter,mainly texts that are in the form of books, pamphlets, and newspapers. This was created in China and changed their society there. This helped more people to read the bible and read in general.
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The Industrial Revolution (1760-1840)
The Industrial Revolution was a time during which mainly rural societies in Europe and America became industrial and urban. This marked a cause to move powered special-purpose machinery, factories, and mass production. The iron and textiles industries played a great role in this. This also improved transportation, communication,and banking systems.
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American Revolutionary War (1775-1783)
American Revolutionary war
Date---1775-1783
The revolutionary started because of growing tensions between the Americans and the British. Fights between the British colonials and the American Militia sparked off the war. First spain worked with the British but then they joined the Americans and gave us more and more support.
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The French Revolution (1789-1790s)
The French Revolution was a political upset that ended with the decapitation of King Louis XVI and his wife Marie Antoinette. The people of France were angry with the bad rule of King Louis XVI, and the Feudal System. By the end of the upset Napoleon Bonaparte had been put in charge.
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The Napoleonic Wars (1799-A year)
The Napoleonic Wars were multiple wars fought between France and England. The wars were very bloody and spilled over into Egypt and the Americas. The wars did though lead to modernizing war fare and war technology advancements.
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The Crimean War (1853-1856)
The Crimean war stemmed from Russiaś threat to many Europeans interest with its pressure of Turkey. British and French groups put down military operations to the city of Sevastopol. The campaign lasted for a full year. It faced loses and made resistance from Austria.. The Crimean War was a result of Russian pressure on Turkey and this threatened the British commercial and interests.
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The Titanic Sinking
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World War 1 (1914-1918)
WWI Was started after the assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand. It was a battle between the Allied Powers and the the Central Powers that cost many deaths and lasted 4 years. The battle was fought mostly using the trench method and new technology that didn't work well.
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The Russian Revoultion
The Russian revolution caused the Romanov dynasty to fall. It was a bloody revolution led by Vladimir Lenin. His revolutionaries who were called the Bolsheviks later turned communist. Also the revolution started because Russia was very impoverished and practiced serfdom which made peasants work for the wealthy.
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World War 2 (1939-1945)
World war 2 was about the rising of power in an economically and politically that was unstable in Germany. Nazi Party rearmed the nation and signed treaties with Italy and Japan. The invasion of Poland in 1939 made Great Britain and France to have a war on Germany. For the next six years the war would take many lives and destroy more land property.
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The Cold War
The cold war is a “war” between the US and Russia. In this war the US tried to stop soviet expansion and an all out nuclear war. The Soviets and the Americans supported different sides of many civil wars that could spread communism. Some of those civil wars still rage on today, But the war ended and now the soviet union is no more.
Editors, History.com. “Cold War History.” History.com, A&E Television Networks, 27 Oct. 2009,
www.history.com/topics/cold-war/cold-war-history.
