THE MAJOR EVENTS OF

The Middle Ages

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JUSTINIAN'S REIGN
THE EMPOREOR JUSTINIAN I WAS
BORN 482. JUSTINIAN RULED FROM
527 TILL 565, JUSTINIAN HAD
INCREDIBLE TERRITORIAL EXPANSION
AND MILITARY SUCCESS

TANG DYNASTY BEGINS

LI YUAN REBELLED AGAINST THE SUI
DYNASTY AND BECAME THE FIRST
TANG EMPEROR, LEADING TO A
PROSPEROUS, STABLE, AND HIGH
POINT IN CHINESE CIVILIZATION.
PROPHET MUHAMMAD
PROFIT MUHAMMAD PBUH WAS
BORN ON 1570. HE WAS A RELIGIOUS
LEADER AND THE FOUNDER OF
ISLAM, HE DIED ON JUNE 8, 632.

ISLAMIC CONQUEST
THE ISLAMIC CONQUESTS STARTED IN
622 AND ENDED APPROXIMATELY 750
LASTING ABOUT 128 YEARS. ISLAM
CONQUERED MUCH OF THE MIDDLE
EAST, PERSIA, NORTH AFRICA, AND
MODERN DAY SPAIN.

BATTLE OF TOURS
THE BATTLE OF TOURS, FOUGHT ON
OCTOBER 10, 732, BETWEEN FRANKISH
FORCES AND ISLAMIC ARMY, IT
STOPPED ISLAM'S NORTHWARD
ADVANCE INTO EUROPE,

CHARLEMANGNE THE GREAT

CHARLEMAGNE WAS A MEMBER
OF THE CAROLINGIAN DYNASTY,
HE WAS CROWNED EMPEROR OF
THE ROMANS BY POPE LEO III IN
800CE.
ALFRED THE GREAT
ALFRED THE GREAT WAS KING OF
THE WEST SAXONS FROM 871 TO
886, HE ALSO RULED THE ANGLO
SAXONS FROM 886 TILL HIS
DEATH IN 899.

GUNPOWDER IN WARFACE
GUNPOWDER WAS FIRST USED FOR BATTLE
IN CHINA AROUND THE YEAR 900 AND BY
THE END OF THE 13TH CENTURY, IT HAD
SPREAD THROUGHOUT EURASIA,
EVENTUALLY CHANGING WARFARE AS A
PROPELLANT IN FIREARMS AND ARTILLERY.
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THE GREAT SCHISM
THE GREAT SCHISM WAS THE SPLIT OF THE
WESTERN CATHOLIC CHURCH FROM THE
EASTERN ORTHODOX CHURCHES. THIS
HAPPENED IN 1054 AS A RESULT OF
DISAGREEMENTS BETWEEN BOTH CHURCHS
LEADERS ON A NUMBER OF ISSUES.

THE FIRST CRUSADE

THE FIRST CRUSADE (1095–1102)
WAS A MILITARY OPERATION LED BY
WESTERN EUROPEAN SOLDIERS TO
RETAKE JERUSALEM AND THE HOLY
LAND FROM MUSLIM RULE.

THE SACK CONSTANTINOPLE

CONSTANTINOPLE WAS SACKED IN
1204. THE DIVERSION OF THE FOURTH
CRUSADE FROM THE HOLY LAND TO
ATTACK, SEIZE, AND DESTROY
CONSTANTINOPLE, THE BYZANTINE
CAPITAL.

MAGNA CARTA
MAGNA CARTA LIBERTATUM IS A
ROYAL CHARTER OF RIGHTS SIGNED
BY KING JOHN OF ENGLAND ON
JUNE 15, 1215, AT RUNNYMEDE.

GENGHIS KHAN
GENGHIS KHAN, ALSO KNOWN AS
CHINGGIS KHAN, WAS THE FOUNDER
AND FIRST KHAGAN OF THE MONGOL
EMPIRE, WHICH HE RULED FROM
1206 UNTIL HIS DEATH IN 1227.

MONGOL CONQUEST OF BAGHDAD

THE MONGOL CONQUESTS OF
BAGHDAD LASTED 13 DAYS, FROM 29
JANUARY 1258 TO 10 FEBRUARY
1258. IT WAS CARRIED OUT BY
ILKHANATE MONGOL ARMY AND
ALLIED TROOPS
MARCO POLO
MARCO POLO (1254-1324 CE) WAS
A VENETIAN MERCHANT AND
EXPLORER WHO TRAVELED TO
CHINA AND SERVED THE MONGOL
RULER KUBLAI KHAN.

REIGN OF MANSA MUSA

MANSA MUSA RULED MALI
FROM 1312 TO 1337. MALI WAS
ONE OF THE RICHEST KINGDOMS
IN AFRICA DURING HIS RULE.
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FOUNDING OF TENOCHTITLAN
TENOCHTITLAN WAS THE ANCIENT
AZTEC EMPIRE'S CAPITAL CITY. IT
WAS FOUNDED AROUND 1325.
TENOCHTITLAN WAS LOCATED ON
WHAT IS THE CURRENTLY MEXICO
CITY

THE BLACK DEATH

THE BLACK DEATH WAS A BUBONIC
PLAGUE PANDEMIC THAT LASTED FROM
1346 TO 1353 ACROSS WESTERN EURASIA
AND NORTH AFRICA. IT IS THE MOST
DEADLY PANDEMIC IN HISTORY, KILLING
75-200 MILLION PEOPLE.

THE HUNDRED YEARS WAR

THE HUNDRED YEARS WAR WAS A
SERIES OF 116 YEAR LONG
CONFLICTS FOUGHT BETWEEN THE
KINGDOMS OF ENGLAND AND
FRANCE FROM 1337 TO 1453.
RISE OF THE INCA EMPIRE
THE INCA EMPIRE BEGAN IN 1438,
THE EMPIRE EXTENDED ACROSS
THE ANDES MOUNTAINS. IT
STRETCHED FROM MODERN DAY
ECUADOR TO MUCH OF MODERN
DAY CHILE. IT CAME TO AN END IN
1533.
PRINTING PRESS
A PRINTING PRESS IS A MECHANICAL
DEVICE THAT APPLIES PRESSURE TO
AN INKED SURFACE ON A PRINT
MEDIUM TO TRANSFER INK. IT WAS
CREATED ON 1440. IT REPRESENTED
A SIGNIFICANT IMPROVEMENT ON
PREVIOUS PRINTING TECHNOLOGY.
FALL OF CONSTANTINOPLE
THE OTTOMAN EMPIRE CAPTURED
CONSTANTINOPLE, THE CAPITAL
OF THE BYZANTINE EMPIRE. THE
CITY WAS TAKEN ON MAY 29,
1453. IT WAS CAPTURED BY THE
OTTOMAN SULTAN MEHMET II
(REIGNED 1451–81).