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476

• Rome falls to barbarians• Marks the beginning of the Middle Ages

Early Middle Ages

• Decline in population• Decline of trade• Feudalism– Economic and social system

481-511

• Clovis unites France

• Imposes Christianity

Roman Empire continues…

• Constantinople (Byzantium, Istanbul) maintains Roman power

• Emperor Justinian publishes law code– Attempts to reconquer Rome

570

• Muhammed is born

732• Battle of Tours• Charles Martel halts Muslim advance

793

• Viking attacks begin on England

800

• Charlemagne crowned king

1066

• William the Conqueror becomes king of England.

• Descended from Vikings• Ruled in Normandy• Changed English culture.• End of Viking raids

1095-1291

• The Crusades• Roman Catholic Missions to reclaim the holy

land.

1184

• Beginning of Inquisition• Church trials of Heretics• Torture to repent

1300

• Mongol invasion• Genghis Khan • Asia and Eastern Europe

1315-1317

• The Great Famine- • Bad weather causes crop failure.

1348-1350

• Black Plague• 75-200 million dead

1337-1453

• France and England battle over who is king of what.

1439

• Movable type printing press• Johannes Gutenberg• Allowed for mass printing