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Fall of Roman empire
Roman empire was a huge empire that strechted across Italy. It fell because the people of rome were decadent and got invaded by barbarians. -
300
Silk Road Began
The silk road wasnt actually a road but the path that merchants travelled on while they were selling goods. -
300
Feudal System Began
It was a Hierarchial system where the king was on top then the higher clergy, nobles, lesser nobles, knights,lower clergy and at the bottom were serfs and peasents. -
300
Byzantine empire
the eastern half of the roman empire that lasted from the 4th to the 15th century (300-1400). -
300
middle/medievel/dark ages
An era when they stopped caring about education and their art was bad. They were all focused on religion and nothing else. It went from 4th-14thcentury (300-1300). -
Oct 17, 1095
Start of Crusades
THe crusades was the battle for the holy land. The Jews, Christians and Muslims fought for the holy land each thinking it belonged to them because all religions stem from there. -
Nov 24, 1304
Petrarch
Petrarch was a humanist scholar. He was born in 1304 and died in 1374. -
Oct 18, 1330
late middle ages
a time period that is close to the renaissance but is still in the middle ages. -
Oct 17, 1347
Black Death
The Black Death was the Bubonic plague and it started at 1347 started and kept spreading through Europe. It caused black lumps to appear on the armpits and groin. THe lumps oozed pus and blood. It killed millions. -
Oct 17, 1350
Renaissance era
A time when art, science, astrology and architecture were beginning to be important again. It means rebirth. -
Oct 18, 1350
city-states
A city that ruled itself and was ruled by arstocracy. -
Nov 24, 1377
Filippo Brunelleschi
Filippo was a architect. HE was the first to use pespective. HE was born in 1377 and died in 1446. -
Nov 24, 1386
Donatello
was a very good artist during the early italian renaissance. He had a unique technique for casting bronze statues. -
Nov 29, 1390
Van Eyck
Van Eyck was ana amazing oil painter . He might have invented it. He was born in 1390 and died in 1441. -
Nov 24, 1401
Masaccio
MAsaccio was the first painter to use linear and aerial perspective. He died in 1428 and was born in 1401. -
Nov 29, 1416
Jean Fouquet
He was a french painter. HE was born in 1416 and died in 1480. -
Oct 31, 1435
Medici family take over Florence
The family made Florence the centre of the Renaissance in Italy. Medici were a banking family. -
Nov 29, 1452
Leonardo DA Vinci
DA Vinci was many things. The term renaissance man came from him. HE was born in 1452 and died in 1519. -
Oct 31, 1454
treaty of Lodi signed
brought slight stability to the city of Florence, Venice, Milan and Naples for 40 years. -
Nov 24, 1466
Erasmus
Erasmus was a renaissance christian humanist. HE was born in 1466 and died in 1563. -
Nov 24, 1467
Guillaume Bude
Guillaume was a royal secretary to king Francois and at times was a diplomat. HE was born in 1467 ans died in 1540. -
Nov 29, 1471
Albrecht Durer
HE was well known for his woodcuts. HE died in 1528. -
Nov 29, 1473
Nicolaus Copernicus
Nicolaus was a Polish mathematics and astronomer. He died in 1543. -
Nov 29, 1525
Pieter Brueghel
He was a flemish painter. HE died in 1569. -
Nov 24, 1533
Michel de Montaigne
Michel was a french philosopher and writer. HE created the essay writing form. HE was born in 1533 and died in 1592. -
Nov 29, 1540
Francois Viete
was a french mathematician who wroete books on trigonometry and geometry. He died in 1603.
