The Early Middle Ages

By Rocio Cheng
  • 395

    The division of the Roman Empire

    The division of the Roman Empire
    In AD 395, the emperor Theodosius divided the Roman Empire into two halves:
    -The Western Roman Empire, whose capital was Rome.
    -The Eastern Roman Empire, whose capital was Constantinople.
  • 476

    Fall of the Western Roman Empire

    Fall of the Western Roman Empire
    In AD 476, the Western Roman emperors couldn’t withstand the attacks of the Germanic tribes.
  • Period: 527 to 565

    Justinian’s rule

    It was the greatest period of glory, when the empire conquered many territories
  • Jun 21, 622

    Hegira

    Hegira
    This event marks the beginning of the Muslim calendar.
    The Hegira is the migration of Mohammed from Mecca to the city of Yathrib, later known as Medina in the year 622, because the Koraichi chieftains of the first city did not accept his teachings on the new religion, Islam.
  • Period: 632 to 661

    Orthodox caliphate

    The caliphs were member of Muhammad’s family.
  • Jun 8, 632

    Dead of Muhammad

    Dead of Muhammad
    He died after a brief illness.
  • Period: 661 to 750

    Omeya caliphate

    Muslim armies conquered
    vast territories from Persia
    to the Peninsula Ibérica.
  • Jan 26, 661

    Ali assassinated

    Ali assassinated
    Ali Ibn Abi Talib, the fourth Orthodox caliphate and the first Shia imam, was assassinated by a Kharijite named Abd al-Rahman ibn Mulyam on January 26, 661, in the Great Mosque of Kufa, in present-day Iraq.
  • 726

    Worship of religious images is banned

  • 750

    Abu al-Abbas’s rebellion

    Abu al-Abbas’s rebellion
  • Period: 750 to 1258

    Abbasid caliphate

    The Abbasids lost control over many territories.
    The Turks challenged Abbasid rule.
    A Mongol army killed the last Abbasid Caliph.
  • 929

    Caliphate of Córdoba

    Caliphate of Córdoba
    It was an Andalusian Muslim state with its capital in Córdoba, proclaimed by Abderramán III in 929.
  • 1054

    East- West Schism

    East- West Schism
    In 1054, the East-West Schism took place.
    This was a split between the Orthodox Church,
    which recognised the Patriarch of
    Constantinople, and the Roman Catholic
    Church, which only accepted the authority
    of the Pope.
  • 1203

    Fist conquest of Constantinople by the Crusaders

    Fist conquest of Constantinople by the Crusaders
    The first siege of Constantinople took place in July 1203 within the framework of the Fourth Crusade and ended with the overthrow of Alexios III and the coronation of Alexios IV.
  • Jan 29, 1258

    Conquest of Baghdad

    Conquest of Baghdad
    The Conquest of Baghdad in 1258 was a feat of arms that ended with the victory of the Mongol chief Hulagu Khan, grandson of Genghis Khan and brother of the Mongol paramount chief Mongke Khan, over the Abbasid Caliphate and culminated in the taking, looting and burning of Baghdad.
  • 1453

    Fall of the Eastern Roman Empire

    Fall of the Eastern Roman Empire
    The Eastern Roman Empire, known as the Byzantine Empire which survived for a thousand years after the western half had crumbled into various feudal kingdoms and which finally fell to Ottoman Turkish onslaughts in 1453.