#e <t>battle<d>406 Dec<c>Mainz<n>Barbarians cross Rhine<info>German barbarians crossed the Rhine at Mainz and overthrew the Roman garrison on the south side of the river. The Rhine had frozen solid, which was an uncommon occurence.
#e <t>migration<d>429<n>Vandals cross the Strait of Gibraltar<c>Strait of Gibraltar
#e <t>siege<d>430<n>Vandals besiege Hippo<c>Hippo<info>The siege lasted for 14 months.
#e <t>battle<d>451<n>Chalons-sur-Marne<info>Attila is defeated in this battle.
#e <t>period<n>The Middle Ages<d>476<e>1475(25)<c>Europe<info>The Middle Ages started with the fall of the Roman Empire, and lasted until the Renaissance.
// 6th century
#p <nat>Arab<o>prophet<n>Mohammed<aka>Mahomet<b>570(1)<d>632 Jun 8<info>Mohammed began preaching in 610. He was forced to flee Mecca in 622, but by 630 had returned to conquer it.
#e <t>Islam<d>622 Jul 15<n>The Hegira<c>Mecca<info>Mohammed's flight from Mecca to Medina
#e <t>decree<d>529<n>closure of Plato's Academy<c>Athens<info>Charging that it promoted paganism, Byzantine emporer Justinian closes Plato's Academy in Athens. This event is frequently cited by historians as the end of the ancient Greek culture.
#e <t>fire<d>532<n>Constantinople<c>Constantinople<info>A library with 120,000 volumes burns.
#e <t>battle<d>637<n>Sarcens take Jerusalem<c>Jerusalem
// 8th century
#e <t>battle<d>732<n>Battle of Tours<c>France<info>Commanded by the Merovingian king Charles Martel, also known as "the Hammer," the Franks defeated the Saracens at Tours, France. A Moslems invasion from Spain into France is prevented.
// 9th century
#e <t>building<d>833<n>Bait al-hikma<c>Baghdad<info>The "Bait al-hikma," or house of wisdom, was the greatest library since Alexandria.
// 10th century
// 11th century
#e <t>migration<d>1000(100)<n>Maori settle New Zealand<c>New Zealand
#e <t>battle<d>1187<n>Saladin of Egypt takes Jerusalem<c>Jerusalem
#e <t>battle<n>Acre<d>1191<c>Acre
#e <t>constr<d>1200(50)<n>Great Enclosure<c>Zimbabwe<info>By about 1200, Zimbabwe was occupied by prominent Karanga chiefs, who erected the immense elliptical structure known as the Great Enclosure. The great freestanding outer wall of granite blocks, more than 244 m long and up to 9.8 m high, enclosed large huts, compounds, and a mysterious conical tower. Zimbabwe's rulers bartered copper and gold from mines under their control with traders from the east African coast. Fine metal ornaments of African manufacture as well as imported glass beads and Chinese porcelain litter the deposits of the site.<ref>Grolier
// 13th century
#e <t>battle<d>1228<e>1229<n>Fifth Crusade<c>Palestine<info>Led by Frederick II, this crusade recaptured Jerusalem, Bethlehem and Nazareth.