Timelines - Middle Ages Flashcards

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Diocletian divides the Roman Empire

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286 AD

Sotw2 - Ch. 1

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2
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Western Roman Empire falls to barbarians

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410 AD

Sotw2 - Ch. 1

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3
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Augustine reaches Britain

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597 AD

Sotw2 - Ch. 3

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4
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Period St. Augustine of Hippo lived

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354-430 AD

Sotw2 - Ch. 3

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5
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Augustine becomes Archbishop of Canterbury

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601 AD

Sotw2 - Ch. 3

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6
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Justinian becomes ruler of the Byzantine Empire

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527 AD

Sotw2 - Ch. 4

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7
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The patriarch of Constantinople defies the Pope, leading to the Great Eastern Schism

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1054 AD

Sotw2 - Ch. 4

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8
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Period of the Gupta Dynasty in India

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320-~550 AD

Sotw2 - Ch. 5

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9
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Which dynastic era is known as the “Golden Age of India”?

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The Gupta dynasty

Sotw2 - Ch. 5

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10
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Ajanta Caves deserted

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650 AD

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11
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Yang Chien unites north and south China, and becomes first emperor of a united China

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581 AD

Sotw2 - Ch. 8

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12
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Period of Sui dynasty

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581-618 AD

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13
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Yangdi becomes second emperor of China

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604 AD

Sotw2 - Ch. 8

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14
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Li Yuan becomes emperor of China

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618 AD

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15
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Period of the Tang dynasty

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618 AD-906 AD

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16
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Which dynastic era is known as the “Golden Age of China”?

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The Tang dynasty

Sotw2 - Ch. 8

17
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Clovis inherits leadership of his Frankish tribe

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481 AD

Sotw2 - Ch. 11

18
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Rodrigo becomes king of the Visigoths

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710 AD

Sotw2 - Ch. 12

19
Q

Battle of Tours (Poitiers)

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732 AD

Sotw2 - Ch. 13

20
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Charlemange becomes king of the Frankish Kingdom

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771 AD

Sotw2 - Ch. 13

21
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Charlemange crowned Roman Emperor by the pope

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800 AD

Sotw2 - Ch. 13

22
Q

Viking “Great Army” lands in England

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866 AD

SotW2 - Ch. 15

23
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Sweyn Forkbeard defeats Ethelred the Unready; Vikings rule England

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1013 AD

SotW2 - Ch. 15

24
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Edward the Confessor dies; Battle of Hastings

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1066 AD

SotW2 - Ch. 15

25
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Alfred the Great appointed leader of Wessex

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871 AD

SotW2 - Ch. 15

26
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First Crusades began

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1096 AD

SotW2 - Ch. 18

27
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Saracens take back Edessa, starting the Second Crusade

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1144 AD

SotW2 - Ch. 18

28
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Saladin leads the Saracens to retake Jerusalem

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1187 AD

SotW2 - Ch. 18

29
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Al-Mansur becomes the Muslim king of Spain’s vizer

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978 AD

SotW2 - Ch. 18

30
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El Cid defeats the Muslim army, claims Valencia, and turns the mosque into a Christian church

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1097 AD

SotW2 - Ch. 18