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Invention of the Wheelbarrow
it was designed to distribute the weight of its load between the wheel and the operator so enabling the convenient carriage of heavier and bulkier loads than would be possible were the weight carried entirely by the operator. -
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Start of the Middle Ages
The Middle Ages or Medieval period lasted from the 5th to the 15th century. It began with the collapse of the Western Roman Empire -
Dec 7, 771
Rise of Charlamagne
He united most of Western Europe during the early Middle Ages and founded modern France and Germany -
Jan 7, 814
Legacy after Charlemagne death
He inherits the western part of the Frankish empire, a coastal strip from southwest France up through the Netherlands into northern Germany -
Dec 7, 1001
High Middle Ages
The population grew and eventually small towns expanded to become cities. Also new people arrived. -
Jul 6, 1054
Great Schism
It was the final separation between the Eastern Christian churches (led by the patriarch of Constantinople) and the Western Church (led by Pope Leo IX). -
Dec 7, 1096
1st Crusade
a group of undisciplined hordes of French and German peasants -
Mar 5, 1133
Henry II
He was the King of England from 1154–89. He curbed the power of the barons, but his attempt to bring the church courts under control was abandoned after the murder of Thomas à Becket. -
Dec 7, 1145
2nd Crusades
There were two big armies led by kings and a few smaller independent armies that were scattered throughout the Mediterranean. Upon reaching Anatolia, both kings were soundly defeated separately giving the Turks a victory they badly needed. -
Dec 7, 1189
3rd Crusades
The Moslem world found in the famous Saladin a leader for a holy war against the Christians. -
May 30, 1213
King John and the Magna Carta
King John signed the Magna Carta. The Magna carta had 63 articoles and it was protectecting the peasents rights because king john was abusing his power. -
Dec 7, 1301
Late Middle Ages
People who depended on the land for raising animals or food were forced to move and farmland abandoned. Land that could grow crops was hard to find. -
Apr 29, 1429
Joan of Arc and Orleans
city of Orleans in France, was besieged by English forces and Joan of Arc a teenage French peasant, successfully led the French force to break the siege. -
Dec 7, 1440
Invention of the Printing Press
it was invented by Johannes Gutenberg. It was a hand mould to create metal movable type, and adapted screw presses and other existing technologies.
