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The fall of Rome
Many things led up to the fall of the roman empire. The empire grew too large to govern, the Roman men no longer wanted to serve in the army, and Civil wars broke out in Rome between different factions. The rich grew disinterested in helping Rome and only wanted more for themselves and their families so then trade decreased while taxes and prices increased. Later the problems in the grew so great that the Roman empire fell to barbarian tribes in Europe. http://rome.mrdonn.org/fall.html -
Period: 476 to Jan 1, 1450
The Middle Ages
The middle ages or the ¨dark ages¨ was a time of sickness, sadness, intellectual darkness and depression. The middle ages happened right after the fall of Rome and during the middle ages the black plague hut making it a sad dark time and that´s why its called the ¨dark ages¨.
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Period: 1095 to 1291
The Crusades
The Crusades were a series of religious wars between Christians and Muslims, started because they wanted to protect these ¨holy sites¨ that they both believed was sacred. They were bloody wars, fighting for the middle east. http://www.history.com/topics/crusades -
Period: Jan 1, 1450 to
The Renaissance
Began in northern Italy in the fifteenth century.T he renaissance was a reawakening in arts and liturature. Impact was a rise in itellegence, the idividual creativity. http://novaonline.nvcc.edu/eli/evans/his111/Notes/Renaissance.html -
Period: 1517 to
The protestant reformation
The protestant reformation was a widespread theological revolt in Europe against the totalitarian control of the Roman Catholic Church. https://www.gotquestions.org/Protestant-Reformation.html -
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Age of enlightenment
The age of enlightenment was an intellectual and scientific movement which involved in the enlightenment of intellectual, philosophical, cultural, and social, religious, political, economic issues.Francis Bacon, Rene Descartes, John Locke, and Voltaire were some of the main influences or people involved. It was also known as the "The Century of Philosophy" or ¨Age if Reason¨.
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Industrial revolution
A period of increase in manufacturing and man made goods. Began in England and spread through Europe and america.greatly affected textile mills, agriculture, and natural resources. -
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The french revolution
It began with the storming of the Bastille. During this period, French citizens revolted against the king and their government. It was influenced by Enlightenment ideals. http://www.history.com/topics/french-revolution -
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WWI
Started because of the assassination of archduke Franz Ferdinand, WWI was a ¨war to end all wars¨. there were two groups who fought against each other, the central powers (Germany, Austria-Hungary, Bulgaria and the Ottoman Empire) and the allied powers (Great Britain, France, Russia, Italy, Romania, Japan and the United States). In the end the allied powers won, but the war resulted in more than 16 million dead. http://www.history.com/topics/world-war-i/world-war-i-history -
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WWII
WWII was the most widespread and deadliest war in history, involving more than 30 countries. Started by Hitler’s invasion of Poland in 1939, it went on for six years until the final Allies defeated both Nazi Germany and Japan. http://www.history.com/topics/world-war-ii -
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The cold war
The era of a state of tensions between the U.S. and Soviet Union without any actual direct fighting between the two. Resulted in the space race. http://www.history.com/topics/cold-war/cold-war-history -
NATO
The North Atlantic Treaty Organization is an intergovernmental military alliance between several North American and European states based on the North Atlantic Treaty. http://www.history.com/topics/cold-war/formation-of-nato-and-warsaw-pact -
The warsaw pact
The Warsaw pact is was a collective defense treaty signed in Warsaw among the Soviet Union and seven Soviet satellite states of Central and Eastern Europe during the Cold War. http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/the-warsaw-pact-is-formed -
The fall of the berlin wall
The main purpose of this Berlin Wall was to keep Western “fascists” from entering East Germany and undermining the socialist state. Germans didn't like the wall so they gathered Crowds of East Germans as they crossed and climbed onto the Wall, joined by West Germans. http://www.history.com/topics/cold-war/berlin-wall -
The collapse of the soviet union
The collapse was caused by many things, including the war with Afghanistan, failed attempts to reform, economic growth stalled, and the soviet oil crisis. https://history.state.gov/milestones/1989-1992/collapse-soviet-union -
Creation of the European union
The EU was created by the Maastricht Treaty. It is a political and economic union between European countries which makes its own policies concerning the members' economies, societies, laws and to some extent security. http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/0/what-is-the-eu-why-was-it-formed-and-when-was-it-created/
