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500
Start of the Middle Ages
In European history the collapse of the Western Roman Empire merged into the Renaissance. After much of the land fell into confusion as local kings and rulers tried to grab power this is how the middle Ages, or Medieval period started. It was a time of castles, peasants, guilds, monasteries, cathedrals and crusades. Great leaders such as Joan of Arc and Charlemagne were part of the Middle Ages as well as major events such as the Black Plague. The Middles ages came to an end around 1500. -
Period: 500 to
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Oct 10, 732
Charles the Hammer and the Battle of Tours
The Battle of Tours was a fight between forces under the Frankish leader Charles Martel and a massive invading Islamic army led by Emir Abdul Rahman. During the battle, the Franks defeated the Islamic army and Emir Abd er Rahman was killed. This battle stopped the northward advance of Islam from the Iberian Peninsula. It stopped the Islamic defeats, and Christianity as the controlling faith in Europe, during a period in which Islam was overrunning the remains of the old Roman and Persian Empires -
Oct 14, 1066
The Battle of Hastings
When king Edward of England died who had ruled England for 19 years it was unknown who would be crowned King of England. The battle between three rivals for the throne was known as The Battle of Hastings. The Battle of Hastings was a day long fight on the 14th of October, 1066, between the Norman-French army of Duke William II of Normandy and an English army under the Anglo-Saxon King Harold Godwinson, beginning the Norman defeat of England. -
Aug 6, 1337
The Hundred years' War
The Hundred Years' War was fought between France and England during the late Middle Ages. It lasted 116 years from 1337 to 1453. The war started because Charles IV of France died in 1328. Edward III of England then believed he had the right to become the new king of France through his mother. The reason the war lasted for so long was because it became a French civil war, with some French bosses supporting English monarchs in order to stop the centralizing goals of the French crown. -
Jul 28, 1347
Black Death reaches Italy
The Black Death reached the shores of Italy in the spring of 1348 killing 30–60% of Europe's total population. It is an infection in the lymph nodes, causing enlarged, painful and tender lymph nodes called buboes on a victim’s neck, armpits or groin, along with the symptoms of a fever, chills, headaches and weakness. These bacterial infections are found mainly in rodents, mainly rats, and in the fleas that feed on them. Other animals and humans usually get the bacteria from rodent or flea bites. -
Christianity was banned
Christianity was banned in Japan because it was upsetting the harmony, which is the main thing of Shinto+Buddhism was about. Christianity was introduced to Japan by a Jesuit minister called Francis Xavier. Christians have been in Japan since it was first introduced, but they haven’t had a strong attendance because it has 1% of Japan's population that claims Christian belief. Most traditional values of Christianity including Roman Catholicism, Protestantism and Orthodox Christianity are in Japan.
