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400
Rome begins to decline (encourages dark ages)
The great empire of Rome begins to decline as the empire is so stretched out and then it splits in half to form the west and east empire ruled by Theodosious sons Arcadius (east) and Honorius who was ten at the time (west). The middle class which was the real backbone of the empire started to dissapear. All while the germanic clans such as the Visigoths begin to gain power and lurk dangerously. Also during this period the tempertature began to drop as so the population of rome itself from 65-50M -
410
City of Rome sacked (encourages dark ages)
The city of Rome was sacked on 24/8/410 by the Visigoths led by there most famous king Alaric. This was'nt the first time they attacked Rome as they tried twice before, rome luckily for the western empire was not the the capital at the time for strategic reasons but this attack really hurt as the the romans knew that rome was there true heart of the empire -
434
attila the hun savages europe (encourages the dark ages)
Attila and the Huns, A barabaric group out of Asia emerges and europe is threahtend by this force until his death in 453. -
476
Western Rome finally is overun by Barbarians (encourages dark ages)
In 476 the leader of the west, Romulus was overthrown by barbarian leader Odoacer, The rule of the western roman empire on western europe is gone. -
500
education/progress slows drastically (encourages dark ages)
education and progress sdeclines rapidly, after the fall of the Roman empire as the world was a dangerous, unforgiving, and corrupt place, filled with poverty so education really was put to the side. -
Sep 26, 622
The religon of Islam is born
Islam was born in Mecca by the prophet Mohammed and at the moment is the fastest growing religion in the world -
Sep 26, 674
Siege of Constantinople (discourages the dark ages)
This perhaps could be the most important battles in history, if constantinople (present day Istanbul) was overun their would be nothing stopinng the muslims from running rampage in the Byzantine empire. Also greekfire was created and first used in the siege. -
Sep 27, 730
Charles ''the hammer'' Martel (discourages the dark ages)
Charles ''the hammer'' Martel was a Frankish general who famously stopped the advancement of Muslim troops in Western Europe -
Sep 27, 1000
end of the ''mini'' ice age (encourages the dark ages)
During this time the world was enduring what many people called a ''mini'' ice age where the tempertature was significantly lower making it harder to live. Until around 1000 where it started t owarm up. -
Sep 27, 1096
The crusades (encourages the dark ages
The Catholic church launch a bloody campaign that would last almost 200 years to reclaim Jerusalem and the holy land from the Muslims. -
Sep 27, 1348
The Black death rages across England (encourages the dark ages)
A deadly plague that is still well known today was ''the black death'' it was most likely brought in from asia. England had no medical reaserarch and easieled succumbed to the black death which could kill victims as fast as 2-3 days, the reason it is called the black death is the black spots you get when you have it. The black death killed 1.5 million people. -
Sep 27, 1492
Columbus finds America (Discourages the dark ages)
Christopher Columbus dicovers America in 1492 near Florida aboard the Santa Maria and the world was changed forever -
The first of the Viking invasions (encourages the dark ages
The Vikings, a warrior like race out of Scandinavia (Denmark,Sweden,Norway,Finland etc.), First started raiding,looting, and pillaging in the early 790's and would continue to do so for many years. There raids were ussually quite succesful as they could attack places who were quite hard to get to, by travelling by boat as they were very seaworthy. -
Charlemagne crowned emperor (discourages the dark ages)
Chalemagne also known as Charles the great (some may argue) was
emperor of rome on christmas day and would be so for 14 years until his death in 814. Charlemagne is famous for being an advocate for education in the middle ages. And supported education for some women too.
