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  • 476 BCE

    FALL ROMAN EMPIRE

    The fall of the roman empire which cause poverty and unsafty.
  • 395 BCE

    DIVIDE THE ROMAN EMPIRE

    Theodosius divided the Roman Empire into two parts, because he thought that maybe like this it would last longer. The two parts where: The western empire: Arcadio in the east for many centuries.
    The Eastern Empire: Honorio by the Germanic tribes, who formed independent kingdoms.
  • 324 BCE

    CONSTANTINOPLE

    Constantinople was founded by Constantine in 324AD. This city had a great cultural and political influence for many centuries.
  • Period: 500 to 1000

    EARLY MIDDLE AGES

    Beginning: The christian-Germanic kingdoms arise in the territories that had once belonged to the Western Empire.
    The rise of the Byzantine empire: The emperor Justinian extends his reign throughout the Mediterranean.
    The birth of Islam: Muhammad was born al Mecca in the year 570.
    The expansion of Islam: Muslims conquer the Iberian Peninsula in the year 711
    The Carolingian Empire: in 800, Charlemagne is crowned Emperor of the Romans by Pope Leo lll.
  • 529

    CODE OF JUSTINIAN

    The code of Justinian was invented by Justinian in order to preserve Rome´s judical system and to complete a set of laws that all of the Byzantine Empire could follow. The code has survive until now a days which we still use in the Judical system.
  • 537

    HAGIA SOPHIA

    The Hagia Sophia is a really big church situated in the capital of Byzantine (Constantinople), it was the center of the city and was used for political situations. It is more tan 55M high.
  • 622

    BEGINNING OF ISLAM

  • 622

    HEGIRA

    Muhammed fled from Mecca to la Medina, this was the beginning of islam.
  • 622

    BIRTH OF THE ISLAM

    It was situated in the Arabian Peninsula, It started in te 7 century (622), Muhammed, last prophet founded it.
  • Period: 632 to 661

    FIRST CALIPH

    The capital was Medina
  • Period: 661 to 750

    UMAYYAD CALIPHATE

    The capital is Damascus
  • Period: 715 to 843

    CAROLIGIAN EMPIRE

    Most of them in France.
    ORIGIN: During the 5th and the 6th centuries, groups of Germanic tribes formed kingdoms, which sometimes became the precursors of later European States, such as France, Italy or Spain.
  • Period: 715 to 741

    CHARLES MARTEL

    He was the Mayor of Palace of Austrasia. He reunited the realm, and in 732, he stopped the Muslim Conquests.
  • 732

    BATTLE OF POITIERS

  • Period: 750 to 945

    ABASSID

    The capital is Bagdad
  • Period: 751 to 768

    PEPIN THE SHORT

    He was the son of Charles Martel, He was consecrated by the Pope in Rome in 751
  • 800

    EDUCATION FOR ALL

    The education was for all, even for women
  • 1054

    EAST WEST SCHISM

    The patriarch of Constantinople was the highest authority of the Byzantine Church, he accepted only the authority of the Byzantine Emperor, and not that of the pope in Rome. In the 11 century since then, the eastern Church has been called orthodox.
  • Period: 1100 to 1300

    High Middle Ages

    Beginning: Economic, demographic and social developments in Europe at this time coincide with a period of good climate that promotes productive harvest.
  • 1347

    BLACK DEATH

    The Black death was a plague of rats that killed a lot of people in that time, because there wasn´t any cure for it.
  • Period: 1400 to 1500

    LATE MIDDLE AGES

    Beginning: A new era, called the Renaissance, arises after a serious crisis accompanied by epidemics, famines and wars. Constantinople falls to the Turks
  • 1440

    PRINTTING PRESS

    The printer press was invented by Johannes Guttenberg
  • 1453

    FALL OF THE EMPIRE

  • 1492

    AMERICA

    The discover of america by Cristobal Colon