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1492 BCE
Columbus discovers America
Leonardo Da Vinci- Rebirth of Classical arts -
1492 BCE
RENAISSANCE
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1436 BCE
Passing knowledge is easier due to the newly invented Printing Press
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1350 BCE
The Plague
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1216 BCE
The Dominicans Traslated words into Latin
The First Universities in Europe
Voyages for trade and Exploration, Silk road- trading goods from the East
Inventions:
Spinning wheel
Spectacles
Compass
Windmills -
1139 BCE
Avverroes translated work of Aristotle's and annoted them
Invention: Crossbows -
1096 BCE
The Crusades
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800 BCE
Charlemagne promotes Science and Education
Schools founded in monasteries -
673 BCE
Siege of Constantinople
Inventions:
Greek Fire- Flamethrower
Stirrups
Viking Invasions -
622 BCE
The Beginning of Islam
Expansion of Islam -
500 BCE
Poverty and Unsafety
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476 BCE
Fall of the Roman Empire
In 476 C.E. Romulus, the last of the Roman emperors in the west, was overthrown by the Germanic leader Odoacer, who became the first Barbarian to rule in Rome. The order that the Roman Empire had brought to western Europe for 1000 years was no more.