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Period: 500 to
middle ages
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Oct 17, 610
islam is founded
mohammed founded islam during his time polytheism reigned -
Oct 10, 732
battle of tours
notably,the frankish troops won the battle without cavalry -
Oct 17, 776
Carolingian renaissance
western europe caused problems for the carolingian rulers by severely limiting the number of people capable of serving as court scribes -
Oct 17, 1066
Battle of hastings
established the superiority of the combined arms attack over an army pre dominately composed of infantry -
Oct 14, 1095
The First Crusade
significant event in the history of medieval europe. -
Jun 15, 1215
Magna carta
was the first document forced onto an english king by a group of his subjects. -
Oct 17, 1254
Marco Polo
when he was seventeen he and his dad and uncle went on a journey through the holy lands called cathay it took three years. -
Oct 18, 1348
black plague
Estemated to kill 30-60 percent of europes population -
St.benedict
Sometimes regarded as the founder of western monasticism -
Justinians code
contained in latin most of the existing imperical constitutiones, back to the time of hadrian -
vikings discover the new world
new land is said to have been first discoverd by bjarn: in ages, during avoyage from iceland to green land
