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476
Fall of the Roman Empire
The Visigoths made a brutal attack on the empire, causing it to fall. -
Period: 476 to Jan 1, 1300
The Dark Age
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527
Justinian I becomes Eastern Roman Emperor.
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Jan 1, 622
Muhammed migrates from Mecca to Medina
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Jan 1, 631
Death of Muhammed.
By this point all of Arabia is Muslim -
Jan 1, 1049
Pope Leo IX ascends to the papal throne
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Jan 1, 1099
First Crusade.
Jerusalem is re-taken from the Muslims on the urging of Pope Urban II. -
Jan 1, 1215
The Magna Carta is sealed by John of England.
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Jan 1, 1295
Marco Polo publishes his tales of China.
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Alfred the Great assumes the throne
The first king of a united England. -
Vikings attack Paris.
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Period: to
Tang Dynasty in China.
The essential administrative system of this dynasty lasts for 286 years.
