The Middle Ages

By Adriana Medrano
  • 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

  • Period: 622 to

    Origin of Islam

  • 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