Late medieval Russia – History
Church of Yuriev-Polsky (1200s) By the 1200s AD, Russia was weak from civil wars. So the Mongols attacked Russia and forced the eastern part into the Mongol empire. The Mongol empire made it [...]
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Late medieval Hungary
Late medieval Hungary: Mongols kill Hungarians at the Battle of Mohi (1241 AD) The Mongols invade Hungary Hungary fell on hard times in 1241 AD, when the Mongols invaded Eastern Europe from Central Asia. [...]
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Venice – Early Medieval Italy
St. Mark's Cathedral in Venice, Italy (about 1100 AD) During the fall of the Roman Empire, in the 400s AD, people who lived along the north-east coast of Italy didn't feel safe. Central [...]
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Medieval Poland
Otto I (on a seal) attacked medieval Poland The Slavs live in Poland During the Early Middle Ages, a lot of small princes and dukes ruled the place where Poland is now. None [...]
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The Black Death (Bubonic Plague)
A person with a bubo from bubonic plague on their leg What was the bubonic plague? Bubonic plague (along with smallpox) was one of the most feared diseases of the ancient [...]
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Hundred Years’ War – Medieval Europe
The place where the British burned Joan of Arc alive in Rouen during the Hundred Years' War The last Capetian king When the last French king in the direct Capetian line died [...]
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Republic of Genoa – Medieval Italy
Republic of Genoa: Medieval drawing of the city of Genoa, Italy (1493) Genoa in the Early Middle Ages Around 900 AD, the Holy Roman Empire began to lose control of Italy, and Genoa was [...]
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Republic of Florence – Medieval Italy
Romanesque baptistery in the Republic of Florence, Italy Florence ruled by Matilda of Canossa The last of the Carolingian Holy Roman Emperors died in 924 AD. Then northern Italy - including Florence and nearby Genoa [...]
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Palaiologi – Fall of Constantinople
Palaiologi: Manuel II Paleologus -Second to last Byzantine Emperor The last dynasty of Byzantine emperors The Palaiologi were the last dynasty on the throne of the Roman Empire, from 1204 [...]
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Justinian – Byzantine Reconquest
Justinian was a Roman emperor in the 500s AD. He tried to reconquer the old Roman Empire all around the Mediterranean Sea, but he didn't quite manage it. Justinian's wife was Theodora.
