Important Dates
1492
Who is Columbus?
Generally speaking, the Middle Ages began with this event.
What is the fall of the Roman Empire?
This religion, which dominated the overland route between the Levant and China, was a major impetus for Europe to find a sea route to the Far East.
What is Islam?
He started the Protestant Reformation in 1517 by pinning his 95 Theses on the doors of the All Saints Church in Wittenberg, Germany.
Who is Martin Luther?
This group, originally led by Genghis Khan, created the largest empire known in history, stretching from China to Russia.
Who are the Mongols?
732
What is the Battle of Tours
This economic system, which comprised of lords, vassals, fiefs, and knights, governed most of European society during the Middle Ages.
What is feudalism?
This country was the first to explore the west coast of Africa on the way to India.
What is Portugal?
This group of Protestants believed that everyone's soul is predestined to either go to heaven or hell.
Who are the Calvinists?
This religious empire, which began on the Arabian peninsula, was adopted by many regional empires thru various trade routes within the Afro-Eurasian continents.
What is the Islamic Empire?
1453
What is the fall of Constantinople?
In the 14th century, transmitted to Europe by the Silk Road trade route and spread by close contact in growing European cities, this disease wiped out over 60% of the European population.
What is the Bubonic Plague?
What is Hispaniola?
By issuing the Act of Supremacy in 1534, he appointed himself as the leader of the Church of England.
Who is Henry VIII?
This empire, which comprised of kingdoms in the middle of Europe, would become the precursor to modern-day Germany.
What is the Holy Roman Empire?
1054
What is the Great Schism?
This religion almost changed the course of European history had it not been for the victory of the Frankish emperor at the Battle of Tours.
What is Islam?
This explorer, who navigated the St. Lawrence River, is known as the Father of New France.
Who is Samuel de Champlain?
As a response to the Protestant Reformation, the Catholic Church created a group called the Society of Jesus, originally led by this Catholic priest.
Who is Ignatius Loyola?
This empire, which began in 330 with the establishment of the western capital of the Roman Empire, ended with the sacking of its capital, Constantinople, by the Ottoman Turks in 1453.
What is the Byzantine Empire?
1517
What is the start of the Protestant Reformation?
This period, beginning with the contest over the bronze baptistry doors of the Cathedral of Florence, marked the end of the Middle Ages.
What is the Renaissance?
What is Macau?
This 1555 treaty allowed each of the kingdoms within the Holy Roman Empire to choose whether they would be either Protestant or Catholic.
What is the Treaty of Augsburg?
This group dominated trade around the Strait of Malacca.
Who are the Srivajaya?