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Period: 395 BCE to 395 BCE
Division of the roman empire
Justinian divided the empire between his two sons: Arcadio and Honorio -
Period: 324 BCE to 324 BCE
Fall of Constantinople
Ottomans invided the city -
Period: 476 to 476
Falling of the Roman empire
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Period: 622 to
Origin of Islam
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Period: 632 to 661
First Caliphate
with the capital in Medina -
Period: 661 to 750
Umayyad Caliphate
With the caliphate in Damascus -
Period: 732 to 732
Battle of Poitiers
Charles Martel stopped the muslim conquest in Europe by defeating the Umayyads -
Period: 750 to 945
Abassid Caliphate
With the capital in Bagdad -
Period: 1001 to 1100
Cycle of Expansion
Europe reached a population of 48 million inhabitants
Large areas of land were ploughed for farming
Urban renaissance -
Period: 1101 to 1300
Peak of Growth
73 million of inhabitants in Europe
Growing of network cities
Agriculture had reached the limit to its possible growth
Production slowed, causing the end of an agrarian cycle -
Period: 1301 to 1400
The Crisis of the 14th Century
Hundred years war
People started pillaging because they didn't have anything to eat
Black death killed almost the half of population
Malnutrition because they didn't have food
Climate of insecurity and violence
Revolts and riots