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Period: 500 to
Year 8 History
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Oct 14, 1066
BATTLE OF HASTINGS
The battle all started when Harold Godwinson the most powerful family in England claimed the throne due to Edward the confessor death in January 1066. Some people said that he promised the throne to this cousin William, the duke of Normandy but decided on his deathbed to give it to Harold. William wanted the throne so badly he decided to invade England as a surprise attack and take the throne. When the whole battle was over the France people changed their values, language and lifestyle. -
Feb 24, 1099
THE FIRST CRUSADE
The first crusade was the most successful one out of them all of the crusades. Count Raymond of Toulouse was the leader of Provence in southern France, while the Germans from the Rhinelands, Normandy sent Robert, William the Conqueror's eldest son to go and fight. The capture of Jerusalem did not end the Crusades as the Crusaders wanted to get rid of the Muslims from the whole region and not just Jerusalem. This aspiration led to the other crusades. -
Feb 24, 1145
THE SECOND CRUSADE
The Second Crusade was the second crusade called by the Pope to defeat the Muslims who were still threatening to retake the Holy Lands. Within months, large armies from England, France, Germany and other nations marched to the turkey empire to plain the upcoming invasion. They would cross the Anatolia and destroy the Turkeys which was in great fear as many knights have died in the first crusade. This was the most unsuccessful crusade because there was no communication between the two kings. -
Jun 4, 1189
THE THIRD CRUSADE
The third Crusade was an attempt by European leaders to take over the holly lands again, and let the Christians have no paying fee to visit Jerusalem. The Third Crusade was led by Frederick I Barbarossa of Germany, and the offender was led by Philip II Augustus of France. Before Frederick I Barbarossa of Germany could even reach the Holly Islands he drowned. While Philip II Augustus of France returned home after a short period. -
Jun 19, 1206
THE MONGOL EMPIRE
The Mongol Empire was an event between 1206 to 1368. The Mongol Empire was an event that affected China and the east. The Mongol Empire was the largest attached empire land in the world. The Mongol Empire impacted on the West, East and Middle East during the 13th and 14th century. -
Jun 19, 1301
THE OTTOMAN EMPIRE
The Ottoman Empire arose from 1301 to 1922. The Ottoman Empire was one of the longest lasting empires. This empire was inspired by Islam, Islam is a religion of the Muslims. The Ottoman Empire started to decline once it got defeated at the battle of Lepanto. This impacted on Ottoman’s complete navy. -
Jun 11, 1347
THE BLACK DEATH
The plague first entered Europe in Sicily in 1347. It originated from sailors returning from the Middle East, where conflict with the capital mongals was taking place. -
Jun 12, 1352
THE END
Once the Black Death finished in 1352 the workers where in high demand, the workers had more mobility, people stopped believing, the population declaimed and the feudal system began to break down. -
Jun 15, 1381
PEASANTS REVOLT
In 1381 the Peasants Revolt started in England. This event was an attempt to continue the better conditions of the times before the decreases of the population. The Peasants of Revolt made 30% of the population died, the peasants went in a revolt for the reason that they got given no freedom, had to pay the church 10% of their wages, had to pay poll tax so King Richard the second, which was 14 years old could afford the cost of the war with France that occurred for over 100 years. -
Jun 19, 1492
CONQUEST OF THE AMERICANS
The Conquest of the Americans stumbled on the world in 1492. The Conquest of the Americans was an event when Christopher Colombus discovered America. -
Jun 14, 1493
BLAMING THE JEWS
During the Black Death in the people of that time had insulted a lot of things and one of them were the Jews. Thanks to people insulting the Jews they got given no jobs, had to wear a badge so the people would knew that they were Jews, removed all of the Jews properties and some of them got burnt alive. Even though the Jews still had no power and were dying as much as everyone else was people still believe that they could poison the wells that were full of water. -
Jun 7, 1543
SHIPS ARRIVED AT JAPAN
Black ships from Portugal landed near Kyushu at an island. This was their first arrival to Japan and to the west in 1543 AD. The effect that these black ships from Portuguese had to china was the misson that they had to achieve. -
JAPANESE GAINED NEW TECHNOLOGY
European Merchants gained a handy profit while the Japanese gained access to brand new technologies. Later on the European Merchants became catcholic missionaires and gained many Japanese people to convert to chrisitianity. Some of them faught with Tokugawa Leyasu to keep their own religon and not convert. -
THE GREAT PLAGUE OF LONDON
The Great Plague of London was a significant event that occurred in London around 1664. This event was a reoccurrence of the Black Death which happened between 1346 and 1352. The Great Plague of London had the same symptoms as the Black Death, they were high fever, vomiting and excruciating swelling under the arm-pit and groin. Many lives were lost, which was proximally 1000 deaths each week. -
TAXES BEGAN
Taxes becane a regular incidence in Japan and their population developed significantly which also had a great impact on the crops. -
TRADING TO LEARN
The Japanese and Portuguese head masters exchanged books so they both could teach each country different subjects. This lead to the kids education in Japan and Portuguese to grow. -
THE END OF MEDIEVAL PERIOD
The tozama Daimyo made the young Meji the ruler of Japan which ended the medieval period. -
KHMER EMPIRE
The Khmer Empire was founded by Jayavarman II in 802. The Khmer Empire was one of the most powerful Ancient Kingdoms in South, East Asia. -
KING CHARLEMANGNE
King Charlemagne was the king in 768 CE. His father Pepin the short ruled before him, and his godfather Charles Martel ruled before all of them. King Charlemagne was the most impressive king out of all of them they started to call him Charles the great. He turned the castles into schools and invented jury system. He held his kingdom together by his personality, he would never stay in his kingdom and he would
always be out and about in his blue cape and loud personality. -
THE VIKINGS
The Vikings occurred in 790-1066, the Vikings were a group of men and women but most of them were men who followed the life of the seas raids. They first followed the seas raids to England, Scotland and Ireland. The Vikings lived in a town along the coast, near the seas, the countryside or village. Vikings were skilled sailors, boat builders and navigators who travelled by seas to make travelling quicker.
