The
Rise of Europe
1000-1300: Development of Towns and trade
(food and reproduction)
1100: Feudalism evolves to protect people
from invaders; systems regulates relationships among classes of people
890-1100: Magyars and Vikings invade Europe
800-814: Charlemagne (a.k.a. Charles the
Great) (a French Kings, smart but not very literate) unifies Germanic and Roman
lands in Western Europe; sets example of unified rule for later rulers
711-732: Islam spreads into Europe, bringing
knowledge of math and science
400-700: Germanic tribes carve Western Europe into small kingdoms