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476
Fall of the Roman Empire
Romulus Augustulus was removed from office by the barbarian general Odoacer who was ruling Italy at the time -
Period: 476 to 1500
The Middle Ages
It was a time period when Europeans started to look back and celebrate different arts and cultures. -
1095
Crusades
The Byzantine emperor asked the Christians in Europe to help protect his empire from the Turks. Pope Urban II called for a crusade against the Muslims to regain control of Jerusalem. -
Period: 1350 to 1400
The Renaissance
It was a rebirth of education, science, art, literature, music, and a better life for people in general. -
Period: 1517 to
Protestant Reformation
The Reformation occurred during Renaissance times. It was a split in the Catholic Church where a new type of Christianity called Protestantism was born. -
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The Age Of Enlightenment
It was a time period of 1600-1700 during which many Europeans began to break away from tradition and think again about political and social standerds -
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The Industrial Revolution
The Industrial Revolution started in Great Britain in the late 1700s. It soon spread to the United States where it changed the way products were made and how people worked and lived. The first part of the Industrial Revolution in the United States took place in the Northeast. -
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French Revolution
The French Revolution was when people from france demanded their voices to be heard by the government. -
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WWI
World War I was a major conflict that was fought between the Allies and Central Powers. -
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WWII
Japan destroyed U.S. Navy ships at Pearl Harbor. Thousands of Americans died. The United States declared war on Japan. -
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Cold War
The Cold War was a long period of tension between the democracies of the Western World and the communist countries of Eastern Europe. -
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NATO/ Warsaw Pact
A period when communist expanded the United States and 11 other western states to form NATO -
Fall of the Berlin Wall
President Ronald Reagan gave a speech in Berlin directed to the Soviet Union leader, Mikhail Gorbachev and asking him to tear down this wall of shame. -
Collapse of the Soviet Union
The Collapse of the Soviet Union was when the soviet union was broken up into 15 separate states. -
Creation Of European Union
It was created by the Treaty Of Paris for buisness and a strong cooperation