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1
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Names for the Middle Ages.

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  1. Medieval times

2. Dark ages

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Timeline of the Middle Ages?

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5th century to 15th (400’s to 1400’s)

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Importance of 476?

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End of the western Roman Empire

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Importance of 630?

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Mohammed established the city of Mecca as the centre of Islam

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Importance of 850?

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Mayan cities in Central America abandoned for unknown reasons

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Importance of 992?

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Vikings land in Newfoundland

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Importance of 1066?

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William the conquerer of Normandy conquers England.

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Importance of 1096?

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Crusades begin

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Importance of 1150?

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First university appear in Europe?

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Importance of 1215?

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The Magna Carta or great charter is signed by John 1 of England.

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Importance of 1291?

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End of crusades- Muslims defeat Christians and remain in holy lands

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Importance of 1337?

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Beginning of the hundred yeArs of war between England and France

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Importance of 1347?

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First waves of the plague (Black Death) spread in Europe

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Importance of 1492?

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Christopher Columbus reaches the West Indies: believes it is India

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The three social categories?

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Peasants, clergy and nobility

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Who were the nobility?

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  • those who fight/rule
  • the smallest group
  • Kings were the most powerful of the nobility
  • lived in the castle
17
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Who were the peasants?

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  • those who work
  • the largest group
  • worked the land of the nobles and payed rent for the land
  • lived in village close to the castle
18
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Who were the clergy?

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  • those who pray and walk with God
  • dominant religion was Christianity
  • 1 church in each village
19
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What was the Feudal system?

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  • all land was owned by the king
  • the king gave a portion land to the nobles as rewards
  • the nobles would divide the land up between peasants
  • peasants and serfs would work for the lord of the manor in exchanged for protection
  • any land or property or title would be passed down to the eldest son
  • (remember the diagram of land)
20
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Most people in the Middle Ages lived inside the castle (True or False)

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False:

Most people were peasants or farmers and only the nobles lived inside the castle.

Unit 4: Middle Ages (1 decks)

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