Unit 1. The Beginning Middle Ages And Islam

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  • Period: 200 to 699

    Germanic invasions

    In Western Europe, the Germanic kingdoms replaced the Roman Empire.
  • 476

    The fall of the Roman Empire

    The fall of the Roman Empire
    Romulus Augustulus, the last emperor of Rome, was deposed in 476 AD when a Germanic warlord from an unknown tribe invaded Italy and took control of the peninsula.
  • Period: 500 to 999

    Other invasions

    The most important groups are Ostrogods, Visigoths, Suebi, Franks,Angles, Jutes, Saxons, Burgundians, Alemanni, Thuringii, Lombards and Muslims
  • 507

    Battle of Vovillé

    Battle of Vovillé
    The Battle of Vouillé (from Latin Campus Vogladensis) was fought in the northern marches of Visigothic territory, at Vouillé, near Poitiers (Gaul), around Spring 507 between the Franks, commanded by Clovis, and the Visigoths, commanded by Alaric II.
  • Period: 527 to 564

    Time's of the Justinian Empereor

    The Byzantine empire reached its maximum size during the reign of Emperor Justinian and his wife Theodora, whose ovjetive was reunify the empire.
  • 610

    The birth of the Islam

    The birth of the Islam
    Muhammad a trader from Mecca, claimed the Gabriel has appeared with news of a new religion called Islam
  • 622

    Expulsion from Mecca

    Expulsion from Mecca
    They expelled Muhammad and his followers from Mecca and they moved to Medina.
  • 630

    Conquest of Mecca

    Conquest of Mecca
    In medina Mohammad reoganised his doctrine and his follewers and formed an army, conquering Mecca in 630.
  • 632

    Dead of MUHAMMAD

    Dead of MUHAMMAD
    When Mohammad died in 632, most of the arab tribes were under his control.
  • Period: 632 to 660

    The orthodox caliphate

    At first, the caliph (political and religious leader) ruled the Muslim Empire from Medina. The first four caliphs were Muhammad successors. They defeated the Byzantine and Ottoman Empires and spread Islam to Egypt, Palestine, Syria, Mesopotamia and Persia.
  • Period: 659 to 750

    The umayyad caliphate

    After the Fouth calip died, the Umayyad dynasty ruled. They moved the capital to Damascus (Syria) and divided their lands into emirates (provinces the caliph gave a governor political authority over). They conquered India, Samarkand and the Iberian Peninsula. Their defeat by the Byzantines in Constantinople in 718 A. D. and the Franks in Poitiers 732 A. D. prevented further expansion.
  • Period: 700 to 900

    Iconoclastic Wars

    Some emperors prohibited the worship of religious icons because they belived this went against the teachings of the Bible.
  • Period: 750 to 1258

    The abbasid caliphate

    After the assassination of the Umayyad, the Abbasid dynasty ruled. They controlled all the regions except al-Andalus, which the remaining Umayyad ruler governed. The Abbasid dynasty moved the capital to Baghdad (Iraq) and this period was height tof the Muslim Empire. In the 10 th centuary, it began to decline.
  • 1054

    The Great Schism

    The Great Schism
    Division of the Church (Catholic & Orthodox)
  • May 29, 1453

    Conquest of Constantinople

    Conquest of Constantinople
    Fall of Constantinople, conquest of Constantinople by Sultan Mehmed II of the Ottoman Empire. The dwindling Byzantine Empire came to an end when the Ottomans breached Constantinople's ancient land wall after besieging the city for 55 days.