Middle ages

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  • 100

    Wheelbarrow

    A wheelbarrow is a carrier, usually having only one wheel, consisting of a tray bolted to two handles and two legs.
    100bc
  • Mar 3, 742

    Rise of Charlemagne

    Charlemagne (c.742-814), also known as Karl and Charles the Great, was a medieval emperor who ruled much of Western Europe from 768 to 814
  • Mar 3, 1001

    High Middle Ages

    The High Middle Ages were preceded by the Early Middle Ages and followed by the Late Middle Ages, which by convention end around 1500
  • Mar 3, 1054

    a) Great Schism

    The Great Schism of 1054 was the split between the Eastern and Western Christian Church
  • Mar 3, 1095

    1st crusade

    The first of the Crusades began in 1095, when armies of Christians from Western Europe responded to Pope Urban II’s plea to go to war against Muslim forces in the Holy Land.
  • Mar 3, 1147

    2nd crusade

    To govern the conquered territory, those who remained established four large western settlements, or Crusader states, in Jerusalem, Edessa, Antioch and Tripoli
  • Mar 3, 1154

    Henry II

    King Henry II was the first Plantagenet King of England. He reigned from 1154 to 1189
  • Mar 3, 1189

    3rd Crusade

    After numerous attempts by the Crusaders of Jerusalem to capture Egypt, Nur al-Din’s forces (led by the general Shirkuh and his nephew, Saladin) seized Cairo in 1169 and forced the Crusader army to evacuate
  • Mar 3, 1215

    King John and the Magna Carta

    The Magna Carta was an agreement between King John and a group of English barons in response to years of the king’s misrule and excessive taxation
  • Mar 3, 1300

    Late Middle Ages

    In the Late Middle Ages, the Mongol Empire brought peace to most of Asia, and encouraged trade along the Silk Road. Poland, Russia, and Italy profited from this trade
  • Mar 3, 1431

    Joan of Arc and Orleans

    Joan of Arc, a peasant girl living in medieval France, believed that God had chosen her to lead France to victory in its long-running war with England.
  • Mar 3, 1439

    Invention of the Printing Press

    Gutenberg developed a printing press based on the design of screw-type wine presses
  • Mar 3, 1500

    Start of the Middle Ages

    500 ad People use the phrase “Middle Ages” to describe Europe between the fall of Rome in 476 CE and the beginning of the Renaissance in the 14th century

  • Legacy AFTER CHARLEMAGNE'S DEATH

    In 806, at the age of 64, Charlemagne took measures to provide for the succession of his empire. He divided the realm among his three sons—Charles, Pepin, and Louis