Middle Ages

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  • Period: 395 to 1453

    Byzantine Empire

    The Roman Empire was divided into two territories: the Western Roman Empire, with its capital in Rome, and the Eastern Roman Empire, with its capital in Constantinople. The empire of the East later became known as the Byzantine Empire.
  • 476

    The End of the Western Roman Empire

    The Western Roman Empire was invaded by barbarians and disappeared
  • Period: 476 to 1050

    Early Middle Ages

    The Early Middle Ages are also sometimes referred to as Late Antiquity. This time period is usually viewed as beginning in the third century and stretching to the seventh century, and sometimes as late as the eighth.
  • Period: 527 to 564

    Emperator Justinian I

    The period of greatest splendour of the empire occurred during the reign of Emperor Justinian I, who recovered some ancient Roman territories and collected all Roman laws in the Corpus Iuris civilis.
  • Period: 622 to

    Islamic Empire

    In the 7th century, the preaching of the prophet Muhammad gave rise to a new religion: Islam. Its rapid spread by the Muslim armies allowed the creation of a great empire that included the territories of Arabia, Mesopotamia, Central Asia, North Africa and the Iberian Peninsula.
  • Period: 632 to 661

    First Caliphs

    Capital Medina
  • Period: 661 to 750

    Umayyad caliphate

    Capital Damascus.
  • Period: 715 to 741

    Charles Martel

    He was not the king, he was the Mayor of the Palace. He stopped the muslims in the Battle of Poitiers. After that he became very popular and famous.
  • 732

    Battle of Poitiers

    Battle of Tours, also called Battle of Poitiers, victory won by Charles Martel, the de facto ruler of the Frankish kingdoms, over Muslim invaders from Spain. The battlefield cannot be exactly located, but it was fought somewhere between Tours and Poitiers, in what is now west-central France.
  • Period: 750 to 945

    Abassid.

    Capital Bagdad
  • Period: 751 to 768

    Pepin the Short

    He became the king. He signed an alliance with Roman Curch.
  • Period: 768 to 814

    Charlemagne

    He conquered many territories in Europe. He wanted to rebuild Roman Empire. Capital in Aacheu, Germany.
  • Period: 768 to 814

    Caroligian Empire

    On French territory, in the mid-8th century, Pippin the Short deposed the last Merovingian king and proclaimed himself king of the Franks. He inaugurated the Carolingian dynasty . His son Charlemagne created an empire that covered most part of Western Europe. His defence of the Church was rewarded with the crown of the Holy Roman Empire.
  • 800

    Holy Roman Empire

    Was a multi-ethnic complex of territories in Western and Central Europe that developed during the Early Middle Ages
  • 843

    End: Division of the Empire

    Treaty of Verdun (Origin of present-day France and Germany)
  • Period: 1000 to 1250

    High Middle Ages

    The High Middle Ages were preceded by the Early Middle Ages and were followed by the Late Middle Ages,
  • 1054

    The East-West Schism

    Although in religious matters Byzantium had to submit to the will of the pope, disagreements often arose and religious conflicts increased over the years. Finally, the East-West Schism occurred, which meant the division between the Church of Rome and the Church of Constantinople. Since then, Eastern Christians have been called Orthodox.
  • Period: 1250 to 1453

    Late Middle Ages

    The Late Middle Ages followed the High Middle Ages and preceded the onset of the early modern period (and in much of Europe, the Renaissance).
  • May 29, 1453

    Fall of constantinople

    the fall of Constantinople into the hands of the Ottoman Turks, was a historical fact that, in classical journalism, and according to some historians, marked the end of the Middle Ages in Europe