Social Studys: Middle Ages

The western Roman Empire ends

Mohammed conquers Mecca and makes it the cetre of the Islamic Faith

Charlemagne (Charles the Great) is crowned emperor in Rome

william of Normandy conquers England

The first crusaders capture Jerusalem

The first universities develop in western europe

Marco Polo begins his expedition to the court of Kublai Khan, the Mongol emperor of china

The black death ravages Europe

The muslim ottoman turks capture Canstantinople

The period in time when the literature, and records tell near to nothing about this timeframe

Surnames came to be by the ocupation of someone

The word holiday comes from holy day