Periods and Significant Events

  • Period: 476 to 1453

    The Middle Ages

    The Middle Ages began from the fall of Western Roman Empire and continued until the Renaissance. During the Middle Ages, vast crisis and wars occurred throughout entire period.
  • Period: 753 to

    The Holy Roman Empire

    The Holy Roman Empire was an Empire which claimed to inherit legitimacy of the Roman Empire. The Empire consisted of multi-ethnic groups and different parts of Europe.
  • 1054

    The Great Schism

    The Great Schism was the split between Roman Catholic Church and the Greek Orthodox Church. The split of both churches encouraged the development of modern Roman Catholic and Greek Orthodox.
  • Period: 1300 to

    The Renaissance

    The Renaissance is the innovational period which European art and science faced vast reformation. Due to the reformation, Europe was able to transform into more sustainalbe place.
  • Period: 1346 to 1353

    The Black Death

    The Black Death is a disease which prevailed in Europe at the Early Middle Age. The Black Death was spread by rats and the disease killed more than 50 million people.
  • Period: 1517 to

    The Reformation

    The Reformation was a religious act which Martin Luther's attempted to reform Western Christianity from corruption.
  • Period: 1543 to

    The Scientific Revolution

    The Scientific Revolution is time period which mathematics and science rapid developed. The technologies from the Scientific Revolution became the fundamental factors toward emerge of modern technologies.
  • Period: to

    The Enlightenment

    The Enlightenment is a period which modernized European's ideology from traditional values.