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800 BCE
Charlemage promotes science and eduacation
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663 BCE
Siegue of Constantinople
The First Arab Siege of Constantinople was one of the major conflicts in the Byzantine-Arab Wars. Despite a methodically planned attack by the Umayyad Caliphate, the Byzantine Empire was able to defeat their armies with a new technological advance. -
663 BCE
Viking invasion
Vikings were warriors. More precisely ‘Viking’ is the name by which the Scandinavian sea-borne raiders of the early medieval period are now commonly known. -
622 BCE
Beginning of Islam
After enduring persecution in Mecca, Muhammad and his followers migrate to the nearby town of Yathrib (later to be known as Medina), where the people there accepted Islam. This marks the "hijrah" or "emigration," and the beginning of the Islamic calendar. -
500 BCE
Poverty and unsafety
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470 BCE
Fall of the Roman Empire
Rome ruled all around the Mediterranean and large sections of Europe and Southwest Asia.In the end, the problems went too great and the Western Roman Empire fell.
