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Period: 410 to Jan 1, 1066
The fall of Roma to the end of the Dark Ages
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434
Attila of the Hun
Attila the hun was a encouraged to the dark ages why if you are wondering well he was one of the most feared man in the Rome empire and and he also wanted everthing so Attila invaded the west and east of Rome killing milions of people and taking anything he could get his hands on. -
476
The Fall of Rome
[link to page](www.ushistory.org/civ/6f.asp) This encouraged the dark ages. The germanic leader Odacer attacked rome in this time and he was the very firsrt barbarian king to rule rome. -
536
Start of the Cold
A huge vocanic eruption that happened in 536CE this event caused weather all over the world to get very cold. When I was researching this scientists said that it could have been a minature ice age. -
Jan 1, 662
Muslim Invasions
This encouraged the dark ages. The muslims were looking for land and profit and they decided to attack europe becuase it was weak from the fall of rome and they were very succsesful they concurred much land and mmuch more gold. -
Jan 1, 700
Holy War
this discouraged the dark ages and also encourarged it. this was a war between the two religions christians and the muslim beliefs. Many people were killed and since the christians were superior to the muslims won but since the christians won they brought back schools and churches which gave more education because back then many people lack education -
Jan 1, 751
Pepin the Short
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Jan 1, 1000
End of the cold
The end of the cold discouraged the dark ages because it started to warm up where everyone who was effected by the volcanos cold weather. After 470 years the effects of the volcano started to dissipate making it less cold and the stop to the minature ice age. -
Charlemagne
charlemagne encouraged the dark ages and also discuraged the dark ages. charlemagne had very strong belief in the christians so what he did is he forced everyone to become a christian but the people who refused were killed. chalemagne also brought schools and education back which was also good because very few people were educated back then. -
The Bloody Verdict of Vender
When Charlemagne was in rule he was wanting everyone to be chirsten so he started something close to a slater. He killed 4500 saxson witch was good because he give him a chance but if they did not want to take it they where killed -
The Viking raids
link to information This encouraged the dark ages. In 793 ce the vikings first started their raid they landed in lindisfarne and they stole everyones valuables and killed everyone aswell later on they started to focus on britain because they saw the potential in it. -
Alfred the Great
Alfred the great was the kings to the Wessex. Alfred defened his Kingdom from the Vikings and was successfully
