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800 B.C. Homers lilad is written,
tells stories about the gods
and thier relationships. (religion)
600 B.C. the Eutruscans invade Rome
the Romans adopt the
Eutruscan alphabet (intellectual)
461-445 B.C.First Peloponnesian war
Athens and Sparta battle over
wealth prestige and power (political)
335 B.C. Aristotle teacher of Alexander the great establishes his own school at Lyceum. (intellectual)
326 B.C. Alexander fights his last major
battle and his many battles led to the
opening of trade routes (economic)
324 B.C. Alexander adopts Persain dress and custom, upsetting the Greeks (social)
264-241 B.C. First Punic War
between the Empire of Carthage
and the Roman Republic (political)
27 B.C. The Roman Republic ends,
the Roman Empire begins and
Octavian became emporer of the
Roman world. (political)
14 A.D. due to the fall of Rome there was
'drained imperial treasury'-increase in taxes and
lowering value in coins resulting in a
shortage of jobs and decrease in food supply
(economic)
197 A.D. Christianity spreads throughout the Roman Empire (religion)
542 A.D. The Plauge 2,00 die per day resluting in a corrupt society (social)
1054 there was a split between the
Eastern and Western Christian Churchespromoted by arguments
over the crusades (religion)
1095 the first Crusades to capture the holy lands began on the command of Pope Urban the II (religion)
1182 Philip II Augustus ordered all
non-converting Jews out of France
confiscating thier possesions and propety.
(political)
1264 Merton college was established
as part of the University of Oxford in
England, one of the earliest at Oxford.
(intellectual)
1305 Giotto paints The Crucifixion tempra on wood (artistic)
1348 The Black Death 40 million people
killed. The economy collapsed becuase
of no trade and no one working due
to illness and death. (economy)
1362 Piers Plowman written by
William Langland about the everyday
lives of the poor peasants and thier social
class. (social)
1429 Cosimo de Medici becomes head
of the bank of Florence after his father
dies, giving him great economic power.
(economic)
1464 Lorenzo de Medici rules after
his father Cosimo dies, bringing
Florence to its greatest heights of the
Renaissance. (political)
1492 the death of Lorenzo de Medici
largley affected the tranqulity of Florence,
Lorenzo devoted his attention to the city,
establishing peace. (social)
1517 Martin Luther writes 95 Theses
to send a message to people that indulgences
are not necessary and priests who promote
them are corrupt (religion)
The Renaissance contributed to the development of the West, especially through art. Arts and arcitecture were very important parts of the Renaissance. Linear perspective, humanism and symmetry were used in the arts for the first time. The Renaissance changed art and aided the growth and development of the West.
1610 Galileo Galilei establishes
the four moons of Jupiter.
(intellectual)
Until 1630 All religious authorities opposedthe Copernican system to a greater orlesser extent. (religious)
1651 Thomas Hobbes believes all men
areselfish and competitive. Life without
government would be poor, brutish and
short. Men would use economic power
selfishly. (economic)
1662 Royal Society of London
founded (social)
1687 Sir Issac Newton defined
the three laws of motion.
(intellectual)
1748 Montesquieu, The spirit of laws
he believes that the government
must have a seperation of powers.
(political)
1762 Rousseau, The socail contract.
Main ideas include that the establishment of government is a social contract between the people and the ruler. (social)
1795 William Blake's 'Newton' created, demonstrates his opposition to the "single-vision" of scientific materialism. (artistic)
1536-1541 The Last Judgment was painted by
Michelangelo centered around the domainant figure of Christ, part of the
Sistine Chapel. (artistic)
1436 Brunelleschi's Dome was
finishedproving that man can
conquer the impossible (intellectual)
1434 Brunelleschi invented linear
perspective, while sketching the outline
of a babistry. (intellectual)
1430 David was created by Donatello
first free-form bronze since Roman
times (artistic)
1302 Giotto paints The Lamentation,
tempra on wood and ground gold. Medieval art work, unproportional and 2-D (artistic)
460 B.C. Zeus with thunderbolt shows power of Greek Gods. (artistic)
18 B.C. the Pantheon interior
painting was done by Giovanni
Paolo Panini (artistic)
The Age of Reason\ Enlightenment contributed to the development of the West in a few different ways. It was a intellectual and cultural movement that aided the development through science and philosophy, The Age of Reason was a time of new ideas and discovers that helped to develop the West into what it is today.