The Middle Ages

By Domith
  • 476

    The fall of the Western Roman Empire

    The fall of the Western Roman Empire
    Beginning of Middle Age
  • Period: 476 to 1000

    Early Middle Age

  • 960

    Initiation of the Song dynasty (China)

    Initiation of the Song dynasty (China)
    300 years Flourishing period
  • Period: 1000 to 1300

    High Middle Age

  • Period: 1095 to 1291

    Crusades

    8 crusades Pope Urban II
  • Period: 1300 to 1453

    Late Middle Ages

  • Period: 1315 to 1317

    The great famine

  • Period: 1337 to 1453

    Hundred Years' War

  • Period: 1347 to 1351

    Black plague

    = Black Death Origine : Asia
    Transmission : Merchant vessels 25 million deaths - Europe
    Re-emergent disease
  • May 29, 1453

    Collapse of Byzantine Empire

    Collapse of Byzantine Empire
  • 1455

    First printed book

    First printed book