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801
Barbarian Invasion
The barbarians invaded the weakened cities of rome and due to insecurity the people decided to go live/take refuge within the walls of the fiefdom. -
Period: 801 to 1400
Feudalism
The feudalism was a social, politic, and economic system that was used for protection in the Middle Ages. -
Period: 1095 to 1291
Crusades
The crusades were a series of religious wars that had the objective of knowing who was going to stay in the holy land, between those of the catholic church and the muslim Arabs. -
Aug 15, 1096
First Crusade
The first crusade between Muslims and Catholics was in 1096, with the Catholics as the winner after several weeks of fighting. -
1147
Second Crusade
The second crusade takes place between 1147 and 1149.
this crusade was one of several crusades that were fought between the muslims and the catholic church. As winners of this second crusade were the Muslims ,who for this reason, controlled the holy land. -
1291
benefits of the crusades
After the crusades, more people were encouraged to discover the rest of the world, finding new trade routes and the American continent; leading Europe to discover new products (peaches, cotton, and mirrors) never before seen by them, etc.
Another consequence was that the Christian church gained a lot of power
After this, the interest in mathematics and astronomy increased, being this one of the most important things. -
Period: 1346 to
The Black Death
The black plague was one of the most dangerous epidemics of this time, causing the death of half the population of Europe, that due to very little medical knowledge this disease was so serious. -
1347
Origin and transmission
From Asia (today Uzbekistan) it spread to all of Europe in a short time, due to very bad hygiene habits. symptoms, took up to 20 days to appear, when those already infected had already infected more people. -
1348
Epidemics and Wars
During this time, very bloody wars (fighting for territories) and epidemics occurred. In fact, for these reasons, the population decreased by almost half, and since there was no labor available, it was one of the reasons why feudalism ended. -
1400
Recovery of Europe
At the end of the following sprouts, many peasants took over abandoned land, thus boosting the rural economy, since there were fewer workers in the cities, they increased their pay. -
1492
Urbanization
The population grew again, and free men arose who traveled to the east for trade activities so many cities grew while receiving new artisans and merchants. -
New Discoveries about the Black Death
After several years of research after the black plague epidemic, the bacteriologists Kitasato and Yersin discovered that what transmitted this disease were the fleas of black rats; and for this reason the belief that diseases were a punishment from God was abandoned.