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476
The Fall of the roman Empire
A number of factors lead to the fall of the Roman Empire:-
• It had become too big to administer properly and defend.
• The gap between rich and poor had increased. The peasants became more disillusioned and were being taxed heavily.
• Roman army commanders became less disciplined and and started fighting between themselves.
• Roman land management practices were very poor, soil fertility was reduced and the food stores shrunk. -
Period: 476 to Dec 1, 1500
the middle ages
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Oct 14, 711
Moors start raiding Spain
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Feb 2, 1066
William of Normandy wins Battle of Hastings and becomes King of England
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Oct 14, 1096
Crusades begin
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Dec 30, 1100
Small towns start springing up in England
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Jul 8, 1215
King John of England signs the Magna Carta
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Oct 14, 1275
First meeting held in England of a parliament
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Aug 4, 1291
Crusades end
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Oct 14, 1337
100 Year's War starts
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Oct 14, 1347
Black Death breaks out in England
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May 5, 1381
Wat Tyler leads a revolt of English peasants to win more freedom from landowners
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Oct 14, 1429
Joan of Arc drives out the English from Orleans
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Dec 18, 1453
100 year's War ends
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Oct 14, 1485
Henry Tudor (Henry VIII) crowned King of England
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Vikings start raiding England - monastery at Lindisfarne
/http://www.bbc.co.uk/schools/primaryhistory/vikings/' >Lite and Times of the Vikings
From about 2000BC the Vikings lived in the countries of Sweden, Denmark and Norway. The areas they lived in were very mountainous, boggy, thickly forested and contained steep icy fjords.
The peoples from these regions lived in small isolated communities, but had a lot in common. They were farmers (crops and animals), fished, curved wood, metal and stone and embroidered tapestries.
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Alfred the Great - English King of Wessex, gives Vikings a region in England (Danelaw)
