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Oct 13, 610
islam is founded
The best jihad struggle is by the one who strives against his own self for Allah, The Mighty and Majestic," by the Prophet Muhammad -
Oct 13, 732
battle of tours
A Moslem army, in a crusading search for land and the end of Christianity, after the conquest of Syria, Egypt, and North Africa, began to invade Western Europe under the leadership of Abder Rahman, governor of Spain. -
Oct 13, 1000
vikings discover new world
the Hell's Angels motorcycle gang on steroids - an appropriate description of the Viking raiders who ventured from their Scandinavian homeland to pillage the coasts of northern Europe beginning in the 8th century. -
Oct 13, 1066
battle of hastings
The battle of Hastings took place in the year AD 1066 after a dispute over the succession to the English throne. -
Oct 13, 1095
the first crusade
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Oct 13, 1215
magna carta
Widely viewed as one of the most important legal documents in the history of democracy. -
Oct 13, 1254
marco polo
Marco Polo 1254 to 1324 is probably the most famous Westerner traveled on the Silk Road. -
Oct 13, 1348
black plague
Coming out of the East, the Black Death reached the shores of Italy in the spring of 1348 unleashing a rampage of death across Europe. -
st. benedict
Founder of western monasticism, born at Nursia 480 died at Monte Cassino, 543. -
justinians code
Corupus Iurus Civilis or the Justinian Code, was the result of Emperor Justinian's desire that existing Roman law be collected into a simple and clear system of laws or codes -
carolingian renaissance
This Carolingian Renaissance was an isolated phenomenon. Learning did not catch fire throughout Europe -
Period: to Oct 13, 1348
middle ages (billy williams)
