dates Flashcards

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354-430

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Augustine of Hippo; 397-398 writes Confessions, 426 completes City of God

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2
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408-450

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Reign of Theodosius II

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3
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410

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Alaric & Visigoths sack Rome, Roman armies pull out of Brtiain

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4
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415

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Murder of Hypatia

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5
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430

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Death of Augustin of Hippo

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6
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431

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Council of Ephesus (3rd Ecumenical Council)

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7
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451

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Council of Chalcedon (4th Ecumenical Council)

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8
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434-453

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Attila & Huns threaten East and West

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9
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455

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Vandals sack Rome

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10
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476

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Fall of Western Roman Empire to Odoacer

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11
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493

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Theodoric the Ostrogoth becomes ruler of Italy

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12
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500

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Clovis, King of Franks, converts to Catholic Christianity

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13
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527-565

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Reign of Justinian

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14
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529

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Justinian closes Platonic Academy in Athens

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15
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532

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Nika Revolt

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16
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532-537

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BUilding of Hagia Sophia

17
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533-534

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Codification of laws

18
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533-554

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Campaigns of Reconquest (Vandals in North Africa, Goths in Italy)

19
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541

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Plague begins

20
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6th century- early 7th century

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“transmitters” in the west, Boethius, Cassiodorus, Isidore of Seville

21
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594

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Death of Gregory of Tours

22
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604

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Death of Pope Gregory the Great

23
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610-641

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Reign of Heraclius

24
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602-628

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Great War with Persia (Byzantine-Sassanian War)

25
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613

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Antioch falls to Persia

26
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614

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Persians besiege and capture Jerusalem, ‘true cross’ taken to Ctesiphon

27
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627

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Heraclius defeats Persian army

28
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628

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Khusro II assassinated, end of Byzantine-Sassanian war

29
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622

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Muhammad’s Hijra

30
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632

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Death of Muhammad

31
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632-661

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Rashidun Caliphate

32
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636

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Battle of Yarmuk, Byzantines defeated

33
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637

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Jerusalem surrendered to Arabs by Patriarch Sophronius

34
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661-750

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Umayyad Caliphate in Damascus

35
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684-705

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Reign of ‘Abd al-Malik

36
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732

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Battle of Tours (Battle of Poitiers)