Timeline

Axis Age/Golden Age- 479-431 BCE
Rome Sacked/ Falls to Barbarians- 410 BCE
Alexander the Great- 356-323 BCE
Constantine the Great- 312 BCE
Julius Caesar/ Fall of the Roman Republic- 410 CE
Battle of Tours- 732 AD
Charlemagne- 800 AD
Great Schism- 1054 AD
William the Conqueror- 1066 AD
Crusades- 1095 AD
Magna Carta- 1215 AD
Columbus Leaves Spain- 1492 AD

Alexander the Great- 356–323 B.C.

Q: Can you give me some background about you, Alexander?
 

A: My name is Alexander, otherwise known as Alexander the Great, and I was born in 356 B.C. in Pella, Macedon. My father’s name is Phillip II and was a king and my mom was Olympias, a princess. In 336 B.C.E.  I was named Alexander III and I took the throne. I defeated Persia at Arbela in 331 B.C.E.

      Carleton, Robert. "Ancient Greece." Carelton World History A. Seaholm High School. Seaholm High School, Birmingham Public Schools. 26 Oct. 2010. Class lecture.

Julius Caesar/Fall of the Roman Republic-410 CE

Q: What is your story Julius?

A: I crossed the Rubicon with my army and we defeated Pompey for control of Rome.I later forced the Senate to make me the Dictator. I also created the Julian calendar. (March 14, 44BC Caesar was assonated by Senate members because they did not want him to have so much power). 

Q: Alaric, as the leader of the Visagoths, can you tell about the Fall of Rome?

A: My army and I attacked Rome in 410 CE, which led to the fall of Rome. The problems really showed in 476 CE and it no longer gave security or infrastructure for the next 1,000 years to the people in Rome.

      Carleton, Robert. "Rome." World History A. Seaholm High School. Seaholm High School, Birmingham Public Schools. 27 Oct. 2010. Class lecture.

 

Columbus Leaves Spain- 1492

Q: Christopher Columbus, why did you leave Spain?

A: I left Spain in search of land on August 3, 1492. I sailed west with three ships, the Nina, the Pinta, and the Santa Maria. We had good weather but we could not see land for a very long time. Finally on October 12th we spotted land.  I spent many months searching the islands of Carribbean. We found people who we then named "Indians". We returned to Spain in 1493 and we were treated like heros.

Rome Sacked/Falls to Barbarians- 410 C.E.

Q: Alaric I, why did you sack Rome?

A: My group, the Visagoths, and I sacked Rome because we wanted their food. We seiged for two years and once we got in we saw that many people were being starved and dieing of disease. We came inside and killed more people, took their money, and the last bit of food they had. We didn't find much so we left Rome to suffer. This event was important because the empire was so strong and then one day when they got surrounded they fell apart.

" World History: Ancient and Medieval Eras - Username." World History: Ancient and Medieval Eras - Username. N.p., n.d. Web. 10 Nov. 2010. <http://ancienthistory.abc-clio.com/Search/Display/575959?terms=Alaric>.

Great Schism- 1054 AD

Q: Pope, why did you have somebody excommunicate the patriarch of Constantinople?

A: I had the patriarch of Constantinople excommunicated because I wanted rule the church by myself and give the patriarch less power.

Q: Why did you excommunicate the Pope, patriarch of Constantinople?

A: I had the Pope excommunicated because of revenge to him doing so to me. He wanted me to have less power so when I excommunicated him he lost power.

Background-

Both of the excommunications caused a split in the church. Two sides of the Church were created. They were called, the Eastern Orthodox Church and the Catholic Church.

"Schism of 1054." World History: Ancient and Medieval Eras. ABC-CLIO, 2010. Web. 10 Nov. 2010.

Magna Carta- 1215 AD

Q: King John, why did they Barons force you to sign the Magna Carta?

A: The Barons were rebelling against the taxes I had created and the rights that I had violated, so they forced me to sign the Magna Carta. The document stated the Barons rights and I had to follow them. That was the first time that somebody had power over the king other then the pope.

Carleton, Robert. "England and the Holy Roman Empire." World History A. Seaholm High School. Seaholm High School, Birmingham Public Schools. 4 Nov. 2010. Class lecture.