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5000 BCE
People begin settling on peloponnesus
People begin settling in whats now modern day greece -
814 BCE
Charlemagne dies
The leader of a empire that held most of Europe in its grasp -
701 BCE
Sparta and Athens emerge as city-states
Grease makes city-state to better govern its self. -
509 BCE
Romans set up a republic
Romans set up the first republic and the base of our government -
380 BCE
Christianity become the official religion of the roman empire
(title explains it all) -
356 BCE
King Philip II takes control of Greece
He was the leader of Macedon -
285 BCE
Roman Empire divides
The roman empire splits up and eventually falls apart -
May 23, 1095
Crusades
Catholic Church takes back Holy land -
Jan 1, 1350
Renaissance Begins
A period of renewed intrest in learning -
Jan 1, 1453
Hundred Years War
A war fought for a hundred years by England, Sweden, Denmark, Holy Roman Empire, Kingdom of Navarre -
Jan 1, 1517
Protestant Reformation Begins
Political, intellectual and cultural upheaval that broke up Catholic Europe -
Jan 1, 1543
Scientific Revolution
revolution of old ideas with new ideas -
Enlightenment
Emphasizing reason and individualism rather than tradition -
French Revolution
Napoleon takes power in France -
Napoleon seizes control of France
Napoleon takes control of France and makes it a world power -
Industrial revolution
Made things easier to mass produce and made faster transportation -
WW1
A war started by Serbian nationalists killed Franz Ferdinand archduke of Austria-Hungary -
WW2
a war started with the invasion of Poland in 1939 by Germany -
European Union (EU)
A union of European nations baning together for a cause -
EU nations adopt the euro
euro a currency used by the EU
