The midle ages

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  • 324

    Constantine founded the city of Constantinople

  • 395

    Theodosius divided the roman empire

  • 476

    Fall of western roman empire

  • Period: 476 to 1050

    Early Middle Ages

  • Period: 527 to 565

    Justinian

    The peak of Byzantine empire was under the rule of the emperor Justinian and his wife Theodora.
  • 570

    Birth of Muhammad

  • 622

    The birth of islam

    Islam had its origins in the Arabian Peninsula. It was created by muhammad, the last prophet.
  • Period: 632 to 661

    First caliphs

    The capital was Medina.
  • Period: 661 to 750

    Umayyad caliphate

    The capital was Damascus.
  • Period: 715 to 843

    Carolingian Empire

  • Period: 715 to 741

    Charles Martel, founder of an empire

    Charles Martel was the Mayor of the Palace of Austria.
  • 732

    Battle of Poitiers

    Charles Martel stopped the Muslim conquest in Europe by defeating the invading Umayyads in the Battle of Poitiers.
  • Period: 750 to 945

    Abbasid caliphate

    The capital was Bagdad
  • 751

    Pepin was consecrated by the Pope of Rome

  • Period: 751 to 768

    Pepin the short, first Frankish king

    Martel's title of Ma yor palace was passed on to his so Pepin the short. Pepin's reign officially established the Carolingian dynasty.
  • Period: 768 to 814

    Charlemagne, holy roman emperor

    The alliance with the papacy that Pepin began was strengthened during the reign of his son Charles. The Pope crowned Charles as the Holy Roman Emperor. He became Charlemgne. His kingdom became the Carolingian Empire.
  • 800

    The pope crowned Charles I as the Holy Roman Emperor

  • Period: 840 to 843

    Division of the empire

    Charlemagne's son Louis divided up his kingdom among his sons. Upon his death, the sons fought a civil war, which ended with the Treaty of Verdun. It divided the empire into three kingdoms.
  • 843

    Treaty of Verdun

  • Period: 1050 to 1250

    High middle age

  • 1054

    East-wesr schim

    A schim marked the separation between orthodox and Roman christianity.
  • 1099

    Western cruzaders

  • Period: 1250 to 1492

    Late middle age

  • 1258

    Mongols destroyed Baghdad

  • 1300

    Ottoman Empire

    The turks conquered Muslims lands and established the Ottoman Empire.
  • 1453

    Fall of constantinople

  • 1492

    Descovery of América