5404982701 | Middle Ages (500- 1450 CE) | - After the fall of the Roman Empire, western Europe declines - Trade and cultural exchanges hampered - People live isolated in villages and small towns | 0 | |
5404982702 | England (Middle Ages) | - 1066 Norman Invasion (French nobleman invades the island) - Centralized England - Doomsday Book (census) 215 Magna Carta: King John is forced by Lords to agree to: - no imprisonment without a just cause - no taxes without agreement from Parliament 1337- 1453 Hundred Year's War - France claimed English land in France - John of Arc - Longbow - England forced to retreat | 1 | |
5404982703 | France (Middle Ages) | - Since Charlemagne France's rulers made Catholic faith part of their power. - France is fighting the English in Normandy and win | 2 | |
5404982704 | Holy Roman Empire (Middle Ages) | After Charlemagne's Empire fell apart, German kings made an arrangement with the Pope to rule the Holy Roman Empire, but its size and the Alp Mountains make it least effective. Attacked by Ottoman Turks led to the rise of Hapsburgs (Austria) | 3 | |
5404982705 | Italy (Middle Ages) | - After the fall of the Rome Italy is politically divided. - Roman Catholic Church brings some stability. | 4 | |
5404982706 | Iberian Peninsula (Middle Ages) | - Spain is occupied by the Umayyad Dynasty (mores- Muslims) and enjoys the prosperity of the Umayyad Dynasty Reconquesta is finished by 1492 and so it religious tolerance. - Portugal- Henry the Navigator sets up a school and starts navigation on the west coast of Africa. | 5 | |
5404982707 | Russia (Middle Ages) | - Culture by Monks from the Byzantine Empire (Cyrillic Alphabet) - Kiev was the first official capital but destroyed by the Mongols -Moscow grew in importance under Ivan III and Ivan IV (the Terrible) | 6 | |
5404982708 | Renissance (1450- 1600) | - Rebirth of Roman/ Greek cultural "I" value. - Crusades led to more exchange - Italy was at the center and profited most from the exchange - Materialism led to redefinition of culture ~ focus on the now and individual | 7 | |
5404982709 | England (Renaissance) | 1455- 1485 War of the Roses - many nobles die- Tudor Family wins control - Henry VII: reestablished order - Henry VII replaced Catholic with Angelican Church - Elizabeth I: religiously tolerant - 1588 defeats Spanish Amada | 8 | |
5404982710 | France (Renaissance) | Louis XI sets up efficient central government | 9 | |
5404982711 | Holy Roman Empire (Renaissance) | - 1517 Martin Luther begins the Reformation - Politically many north Germany Lords support the reformation as a way to break with Rome. - Thirty Year War (1618- 1648) was fought over religion and influence and left Germany devestated. | 10 | |
5404982712 | Italy (Renaissance) | - Epicenter of the Renaissance - Artists sponsored by the wealthy merchants or the Church | 11 | |
5404982713 | Iberian Peninsula (Renaissance) | - 1492 C. Columbus finds America ~ and claims it for Spain. Portugal reached India in 1498 Conflict between the neighboring nations resolved by the Pope in 1494: Treaty of Tordesillas - Spain is the dominating power during the 16th century | 12 | |
5404982714 | Russia (Renaissance) | - Civil War after Ivan's death - Boyars (Lords) elect Romanovs as the next ruling family in power until 1917 | 13 | |
5404982715 | Early Modern Ages (1600- 1750) | - With explorations Europe gained trade in the Atlantic and Indian Ocean trade - Greater wealth led to consolidation of power by absolutist kings - Absolutism mostly practiced in France | 14 | |
5404982716 | England (Early Modern Ages) | - 17th century Civil War: Stuarts gained control but have bad relationship with parliament leads to civil war in the 1640s and the beheading of Charles I (1649) - Cromwell takes Puritan Control ~ son rejected - 1660 Restoration under Charles II - His son James has absolutists tendencies: 1688 Glorious Revolution as Parliament kicks out the king peacefully: William and Mary of Orange take the throne. - Parliament get the ENGLISH BILL OF RIGHTS: rights of the individual protected from government | 15 | |
5404982717 | France (Early Modern Ages) | - Reformation led to Civil Ward - Ended in 1589 when Henry of Navarre became Henry IV of France: Edict of Nante - France supported the Protestant cause during the 30 Year War - Sun King Louis XIV: Absolutist | 16 | |
5404982718 | Holy Roman Empire (Early Modern Ages) | 1618-1648 Thirty Year War - Over 300 small and midsize kingdoms rule in Germany - The MOST POWERFUL: Hapsburgs | 17 | |
5404982719 | Italy (Early Modern Ages) | - Politically weak and often occupied by foreign armies (France) | 18 | |
5404982720 | Iberian Peninsula (Early Modern Ages) | - Loss of Power to England, France, and the Dutch - Spanish inflation due to too much Ag and little economic development | 19 | |
5404982721 | Russia (Early Modern Ages) | 1682-1725 Peter the Great: Westernization of Russia - St. Petersburg a warm weather port on the Baltic ( Window to the West) | 20 |
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