The Middle Ages

  • 476

    THE EARLY MIDDLE AGES

    Fall of Rome,end of Western Roman Empire, and mass migration.
  • Period: 500 to 1100

    THE EARLY MIDDLE AGES

    Germanic kingdoms and high point of Byzantine Empire.
    Birth and spread of Islam.
    Carolingian Empire.
  • 507

    THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE CAROLINGIAN EMPIRE

    The king of the Franks,Clovis, defeated the Visigoths at Vouillé
  • 632

    THE ORTHODOX CALIPHS

    The first caliphs were members of Muhammad´s family.
    -They controlled the Arabian Peninsula.
    -They defeated the Byzantine Empire.
    -They subdued the Neo-Persian Empire.
  • Period: 632 to 1450

    THE EVOLUTION OF THE MUSLIM EMPIRE

    The Orthodox Cliphs.
    The Umayyad Caliphate.
    The Abbasid Caliphate.
    Later expansion.
  • 661

    THE UMAYYAD CALIPHATE

    Passed to the Umayyad dynasty, who governed from their capital in Damascus
    Territioral expansion:
    -India in the east
    -Samarkand in the north
    -Iberian Penisula in the west
    They fail in the conquer of Constantinople.
  • 732

    THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE CAROLINGIAN EMPIRE

    The mayor of the palace, Charles Martel (Pippin the Younger´s father), defeated the Muslims at Poitier and stopped their expansion in Europe.
  • 750

    THE ABBASID CALIPHATE

    Caliph passed to the Abbasid dynasty,who moved the capital to Baghdad. the 8th to the 10th was the golden age for theme,but then they have a decline because of the wars limited economic development.
    They divided the empire in two: the Umayyad and the Fatimds
  • 751

    THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE CAROLINGIAN EMPIRE

    Pippin the Younger became King of the Franks
  • 800

    THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE CAROLINGIAN EMPIRE

    Charlemagne was crowned emperor
  • 814

    THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE CAROLINGIAN EMPIRE

    Charlemagne died and his son Louis the Pious succeeded him.
  • 843

    THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE CAROLINGIAN EMPIRE

    Louis´sons divided up the empire in the Treaty of Verdun.
  • 962

    THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE CAROLINGIAN EMPIRE

    Otto I established the Holy Roman Empire
  • Period: 1100 to 1300

    THE HIGH MIDDLE AGES

    Feudal system.
    First Crusades.
    Romanesque art.
  • 1258

    LATER EXPANSION

    Sailor and Muslims merchants spread Islam beyond the borders of the caliphate, following the trade route.
  • Period: 1300 to 1500

    LATE MIDDLE AGES

    Development of trade.
    Gothic art.
    Black Death.
  • 1400

    LATE MIDDLE AGES

    Fall of Constantinople, end of the Byzantine Empire and beginning of the Renaissance.