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| Question | Answer |
| Civilization begins in Mesopotamia and Egypt | 3500 B.C. |
| Hammurabi’s Code (first written laws) | 1800 B.C. |
| Trojan War fought | 1100 B.C. |
| Golden Age of Greece Persian Wars | 500 B.C. |
| Rise of the Roman Empire | 323 B.C |
| Apostles of Jesus Christ begin Christianity. | 1st C A.D. |
| Christianity becomes official religion of the Empire | 200 - 400 A.D. |
| Council of Nicea codifies Christian theology | 312 A.D. |
| Rome falls in the West; German invasions of the Empire form the foundation of Medieval European political entities Huns invade Eastern Europe | 476 A.D. |
| Dark Ages in Europe. | 500 – 800 A.D. |
| Islam begins and rapidly conquers Spain, North Africa and the Middle East. | 621 AD |
| Viking invasions of Northern Europe Vikings conquer northern France to form Dukedom of Normandy Alfred the Great turns back Vikings and creates Kingdom of England Byzantine power persists in the East. | 800-1000 A.D. |
| Norman conquest of England begins three centuries of French cultural dominance of England. | 1066 A.D |
| First Crusade launched culminating in the capture of Jerusalem | 1096 A.D. |
| Second and Third Crusades fail to prevent Muslim reconquest of Jerusalem Knights Templar and Hospitallers form warrior monastic orders; Plantagenet Dynasty rules Angevin Empire: Henry II, Eleanor of Aquitaine, Richard Lionheart, Robin Hood, John the Bad (John Lackland) | 1100–1200 A.D. |
| Steady rise in learning leads to increased economic activity and population growth; cities rebound and a “middle class” begins to emerge in Western Europe. Royal power consolidates in England and France; events shown in movie “Braveheart”. First stirrings of Italian Renaissance begin with the life of Petrarch. Mongol conquest of Asia and Middle East. | 1200-1315 A.D. |
| Battle of Crecy begins 100 years war between England and France First use of gunpowder on European battlefield. | 1346 A.D. |
| Black Death strikes; 1/3 of population between India and Iceland die in a few years. | 1348 A.D. |
| English longbow dominant weapon of period. | 1356 A.D. |
| Henry V of England briefly unites England and France under single rule. | 1415 A.D. |
| Ottoman Turks conquer Constantinople, ending 1,000 year Byzantine Empire. Renaissance in full swing in Italy. | 1453 A.D. |
| War of the Roses in England Tudor dynasty begins in England Columbus “discovers” America | 1450-1580 A.D. |
| Age of Elizabeth, life of Shakespeare. | 1580–1650 A.D. |
| Defeat of Spanish Armada, Permanent European settlements in the Americas. Fruits of the Renaissance set the stage for the emergence of modern nation states and the Enlightenment SCA and Medieval period draw to a close. | 1588 A.D. |
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