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Rome was sacked by the Visigoths in the 24th of August 410, led by Alaric I, who was the king of the Visigoths at the time
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The Fall of the Western Roman Empire was caused by the killing of Romulus Augustus.
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King Arthur was an extraordinary british leader of the late 5th century and early 6th century.
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Muhammad was considered to be the founder of the Islamic religion. He was the most important messanger and prophet of the gods. Muhammad died on the 8th of June 632.
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Islam rose in 622 and conquered many surrounding countries. The Spread of Islam started shortly after the death of the Islamic prophet Muhammad.
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Charlemagne (meaning: Charles the Great) was born around 742 and was the King of the Franks from 768 and was also a Roman Emperor from 800 until he died in 814.
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Edward the Confessor was one of the last Anglo-Saxon kings of England and was regarded as the last king of the house of Wessex. Edward was canonized in 1161 by Pope Alexander III adnd became a saint.
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On the 5th of January, Harold II is crowned the king of England but is killed in the Battle of Hastings.
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The Bayeux Tapestry was not actually a tapestry but an embroided cloth. It shows the events leading up to the Battle of Hastings.
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This battle was part of the Norman Conquest of England
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The Domesday Book was commisioned in 1085 by William the Conqueror but was drafted in 1086. It held records of 13,418 settlements in the English countries south of the Rivers Ribble and Tee.
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The First Crusade captured the Holy land of Jerusalem. The First Crusade ended in 1099.
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Genghis Khan was the founder, ruler and emperor of the Mongol Empire, which became the largest contiguous empire in history after his death.
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The Knight's Templar, also known as the Poor Fellow-Soliders of Christ and of the Temple of Solomon. They were active until 1341.
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The Second Crusade started in 1145 and ended in 1149. There were 9 Crusades altogether.
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Magna Carta was signed by King John of England.
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Marco Polo was born in 1254 in Venice. He was an explorer who travelled to many parts of Asia and died in 1324.
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The Great Famine struck Northern Europe and t was a period which included large levels of crime, disease, mass death and even cannibalism and infanticide.
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100 Year War Between France and England was about the domination of Western Europe.
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The Black Death begun in 1348, was believed to have originated from the Silk Road, China. The plague was carried by the fleas which resided on the black rats. The rats lived on boatsadn spread throughout the Mediterranian and Europe. The plague ended in 1350 ans was believed to have killed 30~60% of Europe's population.
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The Peasants' Revolt in 1381 was one of the popular Peasants' Revolts in Medieval Europe.
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The Bible was translated in 1382 into English by Jogh Wycliffe
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Joan of Arc was born in 1412 and she is considered a national heroine of France. She had led the French army to many important victories in the 100 year war. She was then captured and burned at the stake and was 19 years old when she died.
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The Printing Press was invented by a German by the name of Johannes Gutenberg in the Holy Roman Empire.
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Da Vinci was a brilliant artist and scientist. He thought of many ingenious inventions which were later invented in the modern world. He died on the 2nd of May 1519
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The War of Roses were series of dynastic cival wars which were faught for the throne of England. They were faught between the houses of Lancaster and York.
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The creation of the wall started in AD122 and finished about 6 years later. It was built across England to separate the Romans from the Tribes.
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The Vikings were Scandinavian explorers, warriors, traders, and pirates. They traded, explored, raided and settled in many parts of Europe and the North Atlantic islands.
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