300 BC Alexander the Great spread Greek culture. Alexander the Great was the son of Philip Macedonia. Alexander the Great was a big admirer of Greek culture during his time. During Alexander the Great time in history he spread the Greek culture through the Middle East and North Africa. Alexander the Great past away at an early age and after his death the Greeks took over the Romans. 800 BC Poet Homer wrote two poems during his time. The Poet Homer wrote The Odyssey and The Iliad. Poet Homer was known as one of the greatest ancient Greek epic poet. Most of the poem Poet Homer wrote about was early Trojan War. 1066: William the Conqueror defeated Anglo-Saxon the King of England. The Battle of Hastings was fought between William the Conqueror and Anglo-Saxon the King of England. After the …show more content…
battle of Hasting William the Conqueror was crowned King of England. Also all of the Noblemen were being crown as Kings after the battle of Hasting. 1200 Marco Polo early travel. During the middle of 1200’s Marco Polo travel from Italy to China.
Marco Polo also helps establish the European Universities. The European universities only taught Latin and Greek. 1300 John Wycliffe translated the bible into the King James version. John Wycliffe was known for the first Bible translating from Latin into the English language. The Catholic Church condemned him for the translating of what we know as the King James version of the bible. The bible was translated again in later years by others. 1400 Prince Henry the great navigator. Prince Henry was known by the people as the Navigator. Prince Henry was also known as the Portuguese royal prince, soldier, and patron of explorers. Prince Henry sent a few sailing expeditions down Africa's west coast during his time in history. 1454 Johannes Gutenberg was famous for the promoting literature. Johannes Gutenberg is credited to as being the inventor of the first moveable printing press. Johannes Gutenberg was a big promoter in learning and literature. Printing was the most famous thing that Johannes Gutenberg will be known for. 1517 Martin Luther was an anonymity as the monk and
scholar. Martin Luther had begun the Protestant Reformation which he nailed on the church of Wittenburg. The German monk Martin Luther had many question of Catholic that lead up to the Protestant Reformation. Martin Luther believes that people could read the bible on their own and achieve their own salvation. 1520 King Henry VIII the King of the English church. Declared himself to be the King of the English church so that he could divorce his current wife and remarry. King Henry VIII made rules that would only fit himself. King Henry VIII was married three different times. The reason why King Henry VIII kept getting married was because he wanted a son to be an heir to his throne. 1572 Henry of Navarre the King of England. Henry of Navarre became the King of France. Henry of Navarre marriage and Saint Bartholomew's Day Massacre were done on the same day in history. Henry of Navarre came up with a policy that states religious toleration that would later bring peace among the people.
Another great navigator from Portugal was Henry the navigator, he was the prince of Portugal who began to establish an observatory and also a school of navigation, and he also directed many long voyages that ignited the growth of Portugal’s colonial empire.
October 14th of the year 1066 two armies faced each other near the town of Hastings. 10,000 Norman troops under the command of William of Normandy faced 8,000 Anglo-Saxon soldiers led by Harold the current king of England.
Dom Henrique of Portugal is also known as Henry the Navigator. Prince Henry was involved with the expansion of Portuguese rule in the Pacific Islands. His main reasons for his voyages were to explore Africa, expand trade, and expand Christianity. This is important because Prince Henry’s goals and achievements are what inspired Vasco de Gama's discovery of a way to India and Christopher Columbus’s voyage to America[ "Prince Henry the Navigator." Prestage, Edgar. (accessed February 17, 2014). http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/07239a.htm ]. He is one of the main reasons that Christianity has spread so far to foreign lands and has influenced different cultures.
Homer is a well-known author who is recognized for shaping Greek culture. While Homer wrote, he would call upon the muse which would help him spread knowledge throughout his works. These muses were known for their source of inspiration which would guide writers such as, Homer into writing great works. Two of his famous pieces are poems called The Iliad and The Odyssey that in respect are referred to as some of the greatest ancient Greek epics ever written. These literary works have influenced Greek culture greatly and have presented themes that people can relate to today.
The battle of Hastings took place on October 14th 1066. It was between Harold Godwin and William the Duke of Normandy. William won for a number of reasons but here are just two of them. William had more men as well as having more time to prepare.
..., and William became known as “William the conqueror.” Despite having decent control over his newly claimed territory, he continued to clash with his eldest son during his time as king. William the II was given England after his father’s death, and brought a period of peace and influence throughout England. The battle of Hastings is now regarded as one of history’s most important conflicts, and it completely changed the English way of life and ended a long period of Anglo-Saxon rule over England.
October 14th 1066 he and William fought at the famous battle of Hastings. William and his army of Normans came, saw, and conquered. True to his promise to his fellow warriors, William systematically replaced the English nobility with Norman barons and noblemen who took control of the land, the people, and the government.
1. Johannes Gutenberg was a German man who is credited with inventing the printing press in 1448. He was born in 1395 in the German city of Mainz. He grew up knowing the trade of goldsmithing; this supplied him with the knowledge he would need in making the printing press in years to come. Johannes Gutenberg brought the printing press into the world and it forever changed the way information was exchanged. Before the printing press, things were written and copied by hand. When the printing press came into existence, it revolutionized the way people communicated: socially, artistically, etc. This person deserves to be on this list because not only did he invent something new, he changed the way that the world operated for years to come.
Alexander the Great is hailed, by most historians, as “The Great Conqueror” of the world in the days of ancient Mesopotamia. “Alexander III of Macedon, better known as Alexander the Great, single-handedly changed the nature of the ancient world in little more than a decade. Alexander was born in Pella, the ancient capital of Macedonia in July 356 BCE. His parents were Philip II of Macedon and his wife Olympias. Philip was assassinated in 336 BCE and Alexander inherited a powerful yet volatile kingdom. He quickly dealt with his enemies at home and reasserted Macedonian power within Greece. He then set out to conquer the massive Persian Empire” (Web, BBC History). It is important to note, which will maybe explain his brutal actions, that Alexander was only twenty years old when he became the king of Macedonia. “When he was 13, Philip hired the Greek philosopher Aristotle to be Alexander’s personal tutor. During the next three years Aristotle gave Alexander training in rhetoric and literature and stimulated his interest in science, medicine, and philosophy, all of which became of importance in Alexander’s later life” (Web, Project of History of Macedonia). “In, 340, when Philip assembled a large Macedonian army and invaded Thrace, he left his 16 years old son with the power to rule Macedonia in his absence as regent, but as the Macedonian army advanced deep into Thrace, the Thracian tribe of Maedi bordering north-eastern Macedonia rebelled and posed a danger to the country. Alexander assembled an army, led it against the rebels, and with swift action defeated the Maedi, captured their stronghold, and renamed it after himself to Alexandropolis. Two years later in 338 BC, Philip gave his son a commanding post among the senior gener...
Born in 1395 in a city of Mainz, Germany, Johannes Gensfleisch zur Laden zum Gutenberg, made on of the greatest improvisation on one of the greatest inventions of all time, the printing press. The printing press is a large device used for printing ink onto paper of a printing medium. This device had to apply pressure upon the cloth or paper that rests on an ink surface of a movable type, or alphabet charters moulds that...
The ancient Greeks and Romans made a variety of contributions to western civilization in the field of literature. Both of these ancient cultures produced a variety of literary works which have persevered the test of time and continue to be studied today. One of the biggest contributions of the ancient Greeks to literature came from an author, who still relatively little is known about, Homer. Homer, believed by many to have been blind, is credited with the authorship of two of ancient Greece’s most famous epic poems, The Iliad and The Odyssey. These two epic poems chronicle the final days of the Trojan War and the epic struggle Odysseus underwent on his sea voyage back to his home after the tragic war.
Prince Henry the Navigator was born on 1394 and died in 1460. He was a Portuguese prince, soldier, and the father of explorers. He sent many voyages to Africa’s west coast and they helped create many maps, defeat the Muslims, establish trade routes and spread Christianity. Also during the 1400s and 1500s, prince henry helped begin the Great Age of Discovery.
Alexander III, commonly known as Alexander the Great of Macedonia, was born to Philip II, the king of Macedonia, and Olympias of Epirus in 356 BCE. He was a warrior by 16, a commander by 18 and crowned king of Macedonia by age 20. He played a powerful role in history by conquering one of the largest empires in the ancient world, stretching from Ionian Sea to the Hindukush. He was undefeated in the war and considered as one of the most successful commander in history. Though he respected local traditions of the conquered kingdom, Alexander was ruthless to the people who revolted. Although he was a supreme warrior who never lost a battle, Alexander the Great's most significant achievement was blending the Greek, Persian, Egyptian,
Johannes Gutenberg was born somewhere in 1395. He was famous and well known after his movable printer invention. Gutenberg was a goldsmith, printer and also a publisher; he introduced printing to German people.
During 1448, a German inventor named Johann Gutenberg changed the world. With many different strategies that he overcame and ways that he could spread his creation, he did it so that the whole nation could experience his brilliant invention. Although, there were many achievements throughout the world that deeply impacted many things that we still use today, the most important achievement throughout technology is the printing press by Johannes Gutenberg. It helped spread the spread of religion, books and as well as influencing the public’s opinion through articles and newspapers. Johannes Gutenberg is an inventor born in Mainz and created the printing press.