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A monograph on the german tribes, Germania compared and showed how far the Romans had fallen, by raising up the barbarians.
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The Edict of Milan, created by Constantine Augustus legalised Christianity in the Roman Empire. This stopped Christians from being persecuted and allowed Christianity to expand.
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The Nicaean Creed was created by the First Council of Nicea, and it stopped the fighting caused by different controversies of Christianity.
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The Roman legions leave and this results in the Anglo-Saxons invading Britain
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Alaric had gone to the authorities in Ravenna and demanded a place for his people to stay, and when they refused, they besieged Rome. In the middle of the night, a group of slaves opened the gate and the the city was sacked.
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Theodosius II builds a great wall around Constantinople, establishing it as the center of the new Eastern Roman Empire (Byzantine Empire)
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The Anglo Saxons, who were comprised of Germanic tribes invaded Britain. The Anglo Saxons traveled to England across the North Sea because they had been invited to keep away invaders. Their land was also very hard to cultivate.
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The Merovingians were a powerful Frankish dynasty.
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Clovis was a Frankish king. He converted to Christianity after winning a battle in which he prayed to God.
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The Salic Law was a collection of laws to prevent bloodshed. The main goal of Germanic Legal codes was to stop wergeld.
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Justinian becomes the Emperor of the Byzantine Empire. Justinian was an ambitious emperor who wanted to regain the West and join it with the East.
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The populace revolted against Justinian after he refused to pardon two young Blue and Greens. As a result of crushing the revolt, Justinian was able to create Hagia Sophia, that was originally a church but then became an Islamic mosque.
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This document was the history of the Franks, and was strongly biased towards Christianity.
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Muhammed leaves Mecca to migrate with his followers to Medina.
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Muhammed leads a holy war to conquer Mecca. Muhammad tells his followers that if they die in battle, they get to go to paradise.
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Ali is murdered, creating Sunni/Shia split
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The Umayyad Caliphate was the second of the Arab caliphate established after the death of Muhammad.
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Also known as Saint Bead, he was one of the most influential Anglo Saxon writers. He is best known for writing "The Ecclesiastical History of the English People." It gives a historical background on the English people.
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The Dome of the Rock houses the rock which is said to be the rock on which Muhammad ascended to heaven on.
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The Abbasid Caliphate was the third caliphate that was established after the death of Muhammad. It spanned from 720 to 1268.
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The Franks, led by Charles Martel were able to defeat a force of Moorish muslims near Poitiers.
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The Carolingians was composed of a Frankish high class family. The Carolingians included Charles Martell, Pepin the Short and Charlemagne.
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Pepin the Short was born in 714 AD. He was the first Carolingian king. He was the father of Charlemagne. He became king in 751.
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The Pope crowns Charlemagne as the King of the Franks because Charlemagne had reinstated him.
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Alfred the Great was the king of Wessex. He defended his people against the Vikings. He was also often compared to Charlemagne.
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A heroic narrative concerning the deeds of a Scandinavian prince named Beowulf. The date of when Beowulf was written is important, as it was written in the Middle Ages when Christianity was growing.
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Because of the rise in temperature, the ice age ended, and agriculture and economics grew.
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They took control of the Holy Land in 11th century. They were not as different from the precious dynasties.
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The Church splits into Greek Orthodox and Roman Catholic.
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The Norman Invasion of England, as explained by the Bayeux Tapestry was the story of William the Conquerer and Harold, the Earl of Wessex. The Norman Invasion ended with William as the victorious one and was crowned king of England.
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This speech was important because it was what started the First Crusade. It was given by Pope Urban II in the Council of Clermont. The five reasons that he gave for starting the crusade were:
1, The Muslims were a threat to safety
2. Reclaim holy land
3. Expansion because of the growing population
4. Get land from the Muslims for the Christians
5. Clean sins and move the knights -
The crusaders breeched the walls of Jerusalem and slaughter 70,000 Muslims, and all the Jewish people were forced into a synagogue which they then burned to the ground/
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After Saladin's capture of Jerusalem 1187, the Christians formed the Third Crusade. This crusade was able to siege and capture Acre.
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The Prose Edda was the plot lines of Norse mythology. The author, Snori Sturlson emphasizes that man has lost the name of God because they had stopped God's name when "a evil passed". Thor was depicted as a strong, angry and warlike and brash warrior.
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Called Pope Innocent II, the Fourth Crusade was able to capture Constantinople, and place Alexius IV. Alexius V kicked the crusaders out of Constantinople, which consequently resulted in the recapture and plunder of Constantinople.
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The Children's Crusade consisted of thousands of young people sent to recover Jerusalem from the Muslims. It was a failure.
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The Fifth Crusade's goal was to reacquire Jerusalem and the rest of the Holy Land by defeating the Ayyubid state.
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Like the Fifth Crusade, the Sixth Crusade attempted to conquer Jerusalem.
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Launched by Louis IX, the Eighth Crusade's motive was to attack the Hafsid kingdom in Tunis.
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The Ninth Crusade was started by Prince Edward and was a battle in the holy land.
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Ibyn Battuta left on pilgrimage to Mecca.
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Constantinople finally fell to the Ottoman Empire under Ottoman Sultan Mehmed II.