The Middle Ages

By Lucía Iglesias
  • 395

    Byzantine Empire

    Byzantine Empire
    In 395, the Roman Empire was divided into two territories: the Western Roman Empire, with its capital in Rome, and the Eastern Roman Empire, with its capital in Constantinople.The empire of the East later became known as the Byzantine Empire and survived until 1453.
  • 476

    Fall of Wester Roman Empire

    Fall of Wester Roman Empire
    The year 476 marks the end of the ancient world and the beginning of a new historical stage: the Middle Ages. The fall of the Western Roman Empire opened this long historical stage of almost a thousand years.
  • 622

    Beginning of Islam

    Beginning of Islam
    The Islamic civilisation emerged on the Arabian Peninsula in the early 7th century, when Muhammad, a merchant from Mecca, had a divine revelation.
  • 631

    First Caliphs

  • 661

    Umayyad caliphate

  • 700

    Carolingian Empire

    Carolingian Empire
    On French territory, in the mid-8th century, Pippin the Short deposed the last Merovingian king and proclaimed himself king of the Franks. He inaugurated the Carolingian dynasty
  • 715

    Charles Martel

    Charles Martel
    He was not the king, he was the mayor of the Palace, He stopped the muslims in the battle of Poitiers and after that he became very popular and famous.
  • Oct 10, 732

    Battle of Poitiers

    Battle of Poitiers
    The battle of Poitiers took place on October 10, 732 between the forces commanded by the Frankish leader Carlos Martel and a Muslim army under the command of Al-Andalus Abd ar-Rahman ibn Abd Allah al-Gafiqi. During the battle, the Franks defeated the Muslim army and al-Gafiqi was killed.
  • 750

    Abassid

  • 751

    Pepin the Short

    Pepin the Short
    He became king and singed an alliance with Roman Church.
  • 768

    Charle magne

    Charle magne
    He conquered many territories in Europe. He wanted to rebuild the Roman Empire, capital in Aachen, Germany.
  • 840

    Fall of the Holy Roman empire and death of Louis the Pious

    Fall of the Holy Roman empire and death of Louis the Pious
    The Holy Roman Empire disappeared on August 6, 1806 when Francis II renounced the imperial crown to remain solely as Austrian emperor, due to the defeats suffered at the hands of Napoleon I.
  • 843

    End: Division of the Empire

    Origin of the present day, France annd Germany.