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753 BCE
Foundation of Rome and the Monarchy started with Romulus being the first king of Rome
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Period: 753 BCE to 476
Ancient Time
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509 BCE
The Monarchy finished and the begining of the Roman Republic
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44 BCE
Julius Ceasar died
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27 BCE
The end of the Roman Republic and the beggining of the Roman Empire wirh Augustus being the first emperor of Rome.
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1 CE
Birth of Jesus Christ
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79
The eruption of Versuvius
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285
Deoclitian devidided the Roman Empire in two parts which were the Western Roman Empire and the Eastern Roman Empire
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476
Fall of the Western Roman Empire
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Period: 476 to 1453
Middle Ages
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1095
The first Crusade
The First Crusade was the most successful. Armies from Europe drove out the Turks and took control of Jerusalem. -
1147
The second Crusade
In 1146 the city of Edessa was conquered by the Turks. The entire population was killed or sold into slavery. Then a second Crusade was launched, but was unsuccessful. -
1187
The Third Crusade
In 1187 Saladin, the sultan of Egypt, recaptured the city of Jerusalem from the Christians. A third Crusade was launched led by Emperor Barbarossa of Germany, King Philip Augustus of France, and King Richard the Lionheart of England. Richard the Lionheart fought Saladin for several years. In the end he could not conquer Jerusalem, but he did win the right for pilgrims to visit the holy city once again. -
1202
The Fourth Crusade
The Fourth Crusade was formed by Pope Innocent III with the hope of taking back the Holy Land. However, the Crusaders got sidetracked and greedy and ended up conquering and plundering Constantinople instead. -
1212
Children's Crusade
Started by a French child named Stephen of Cloyes and a German kid named Nicholas, tens of thousands of children gathered to march to the Holy Land. This ended in total disaster. None of the children made it to the Holy Land and many were never seen again. They were likely sold into slavery. -
1217
Crusades Five through Nine
Over the next several years there would be 5 more Crusades. None of them would be very successful in terms of gaining control of the Holy Land.