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500
Start Of The Middle AGES
The fall of Rome marked the beginning of he Middle Ages. -
500
Japan adopts Chinese alphabet
kanji, are the adopted logographic Chinese characters (hànzì) that are used in the modern Japanese writing system along with hiragana and katakana. The Japanese term kanji for the Chinese characters literally means "Han characters" and is written using the same characters as the Chinese word hànzì. -
Period: 500 to
Timline Task 1
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Oct 14, 1066
Battle of Hastings
King Harold II of England is defeated by the Norman forces of William the Conqueror at the Battle of Hastings, fought on Senlac Hill, seven miles from Hastings, England. At the end of the bloody, all-day battle, Harold was killed–shot in the eye with an arrow, according to legend–and his forces were destroyed. He was the last Anglo-Saxon king of England. -
Aug 11, 1096
the first crusade
The Crusaders were armies of Christians from all over Europe who marched to the Holy Land to regain lands captured by the Turks. The First Crusaders took the city of Jerusalem but paid a very heavy price in lives. -
Jan 1, 1280
Eyeglasses are invented and later improved
Eyeglasses are invented and later improved in the late medieval period. Spectacle frames usually are made of plastic or metal. Plastic frames are made from zylonite, cellulose acetate or nylon. Zylonite, also called zyl. 143 million adults wear prescription eye wear (64% of the adult population)
This helps show the origin of the eyeglasses. -
Oct 1, 1347
When Black Death Started
The Black Death arrived in Europe by sea on October 1347 when 12 Genoese trading ships docked at the Sicilian port of Messina after a long journey through the Black Sea.
