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Fall Of The Roman Empire
It was when Romulus was overthrown by Odeacer. This started when groups attacked the empire.Another reason why the empire fell was because of their economic troubles,constant wars and overspending led to this .http://www.ushistory.org/civ/, http://www.history.com/news/history-lists/8-reasons-why-rome-fell -
Period: 476 to 1450
Middle Ages
The time between the fall of Rome and the beginning of the Renaissance.It was considered a time with no artist,thinkers,writers. The majority of the people wee motivated by religion. During this time the catholic church became the most powerful institution. http://www.history.com/topics/middle-ages -
Period: 1095 to 1291
Crusades
A series of religious wars between Christians and Muslims. The cause of this was centuries of Muslim wars of expansion.The goal of the western European Christians were to retake control of their holy land in the Mediterraneans. www.history.com/topics/crusades -
Period: 1300 to
The Renaissance
The rebirth of European art and literature. People started to read Latin and practice Greek art. People began to practice a lot more philosophy during this time. Also during this time printing was invented. https://www.britannica.com/event/Renaissance -
Period: 1517 to
Protestant Reformation
This was when people like Martin Luther,John Calvin, and Henry VII challenged the catholic church. This caused wars,persecutions and counter reformation.The church that was formed because of this was the protestant church which was started by martin Luther. http://www.history.com/topics/reformation -
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Age of Enlightenment
The Age of Enlightenment, was the age of the philosophers. Enlightenment thinkers throughout Europe questioned authority and wanted humanity to improve.Many famous philosophers were around during this time. http://www.history.com/topics/enlightenment -
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Industrial revolution
It was the transition to the new manufacturing period,.it was when they switched from hand production to machines.The main industry during this was textiles.This was caused by the rise of trade and development. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Industrial_Revolution -
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French Revolution
The time the people of France fought to take out there king.The causes of this was due to high taxes,poverty,and starvation people of France couldn't get jobs which meant they couldn't by the high taxes the king on them which led to them battling to overthrow him.With the starvation people got disease and died which made them angry. https://www.britannica.com/event/French-Revolution -
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WW1
WW1 started when Archduke Franz Ferdinand was assassinated. The war was Germany,Austria,Hungary,Bulgaria and the Ottoman Empire against Great Britain,France,Russia,Italy ,Romania,japan and the united states(the allied powers).There were over 7 million deaths in this war but the allied powers did end up winning it. http://www.history.com/topics/world-war-i/world-war-i-history -
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WWII
Hitlers invasion on Poland caused Great Britain and France to declare war on Germany. During this time Hitler started the holocaust which was the taking away of the Jewish from Germany. After all the long fought battles during this time the allies ended up winning. http://www.history.com/topics/world-war-ii/world-war-ii-history -
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Cold War
This was the time period of the u.s and soviet unions rivalry.After WWII the U.S and Soviet union to started to compete with each other building and testing different weapons and machines.When the U.S heard about the soviets testing out bombs they began to build there own. Another competition they had during this time was the space race which was the competition between who was going tom make to space first and touch different parts of the solar system.http://www.history.com/ -
NATO
The North Atlantic Treaty was established by 12 Western nations: the United States, Great Britain, France, Belgium, the Netherlands, Denmark, Italy, Luxembourg, Norway, Iceland, Canada, and Portugal.It is a military alliance between several north american and European states.NATO was formed to stop violence in countries and help rebuild them.
them.http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/nato-established -
Warsaw Pact
It was when the soviet union and seven of it partner nations signed a treaty.The Warsaw Pact was a mutual defense organization which put the soviet union in command of the armed forces of the member states.The treaty called on the member states to come to the defense of any member attacked by an outside force and it set up a unified military command under Marshal Ivan S. Konev of the Soviet Union. www.history.com/this-day-in-history/the-warsaw-pact-is-formed -
Fall Of The Berlin Wall.
On November 9 1989 after 28 years the Berlin wall was knocked down.The Berlin wall was the wall that split up East Germany who was communist and West Germany who wast.The reason why there was even a wall was because the U.S wanted western Germany and the soviets wanted eastern Germany.The reason it was knocked down was because of he cold war coming to eastern Europe. http://www.history.com/topics/cold-war/berlin-wall -
Fall of the soviet union
After 74 years in power the soviet union collapsed. The soviet union was a socialist state in Eurasia. Some of the causes were the reforms,western aggression,nationalist movement.Mikhail Gorbachev made a reform help the soviet union but it did more to speed up the fall of the soviet union then save it, the soviets were not happy about that.Another reason was the soviet union was composed of of 15 radically different republics which caused tension. https://graduate.norwich.edu/ -
Creation of the european union
The European Union was formed in 1993 between 28 European states.It is a political and economic union of 28 states that are located in Europe.It eliminates all border patrols between members.It allows the free flows of goods.There are three bodies in it, the EU council,the European parliament, and the European commission. https://www.thoughtco.com/the-history-of-the-european-union-1221595
