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The Fall of the Western Roman Empire (476 A.D.)

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The Fall of the Western Roman Empire (476 A.D.)

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The Western Roman Empire fell because multiple factors. One of these factors is it's size, it was very big so there was too much land to defend. Another one of the factors were the germanic Tribes that kept invading and trying to take land.

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Considered the most influential Byzantine Emperor who during his reign, expanded trade, and codified Roman law to better fit the Byzantine Empire.

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Islam started on a peninsula which was named the Arabian peninsula. Islam spread out of the peninsula from trade. This weakened the Byzantine Empire and allowed Islam to spread to Asia, Northern Africa, and Southern Spain.

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When Muslims were invading places they got to the Frankish kingdoms which if they had gotten passed the Frankish kingdoms they would have been in Europe. But during this war fought between the Franks and the Muslims the Muslims lost to the Franks which stopped their expansion into Europe.

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Charlemagne anointed Holy Roman Emperor (800 A.D.)

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Charlemagne anointed Holy Roman Emperor (800 A.D.)

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Charlemagne was anointed by the Pope, Leo III. This alliance helped the Church gain political power. He united a majority of western and central Europe.

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The Great Schism of Christianity (1054 C.E.)

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The Great Schism of Christianity (1054 C.E.)

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The Western church and the Eastern church split from each other. The Greek Orthodox Church was based in Constantinople, spoke greek in liturgy, and had the patriarch at the top of their pyramid. Meanwhile, the Roman Catholic Church was centered in Rome, spoke Latin in liturgy, and had the Pope at the top of their pyramid.

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The Crusades were a series of battles that happened due to Islamic control of Jerusalem, the holy land for Christianity. Most of the battles fought ended in a victory for the Muslims. The crusades ended and due to the massive failure for the church they lost popularity and power.

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The fall of the Byzantine Empire (1204 - 1453 C.E.)

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The fall of the Byzantine Empire (1204 - 1453 C.E.)

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In 1204 the crusaders attacked, conquered, and destroyed the city of Constantinople. They remained in control for about 200 years until the Ottoman Turks permanently conquered Constantinople and renamed it Istanbul and marked the end of Byzantine culture and administration.

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The Fall of Baghdad to the Mongols (1258)

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The Fall of Baghdad to the Mongols (1258)

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In February of 1258 Mongols attacked and conquered Baghdad. When attacking they destroyed most of the irrigation infrastructure. Canals were cut out as a military tactic and were never repaired. A lot of the people there died or fled.

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The rise of the African Kingdoms (14th Century C.E.)

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The rise of the African Kingdoms (14th Century C.E.)

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These are the African Kingdoms, they appeared in Africa and developed regions. Most of these kingdoms thrived from trading because they had a lot of gold especially in Ghana. They had to trade through the water because of the Saharan desert which made it very difficult to travel.

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This person was the ruler of Mali, another African Kingdom. He was a devout Muslim and because of him Mali grew about double it's size. Mansa Musa developed Timbuktu by ordering the construction of Mosques and universities there.

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The Black Death was a disease spread from bacteria to ticks to rats to humans. It killed 35% - 70% of the population. Symptoms included, fever, chills, aching joints, nausea, and rashes.