World History Events 400 BC - AD 1400
| Wars between Greek states Athens and Sparta ending in Athen’s defeat in 404 BC. | Peloponnesian Wars. |
| What empire gained control of the entire Mediterranean region around 146 BC? | Rome. |
| The Punic Wars of the first and second centuries BC were between Rome and what city? | Carthage. |
| What year was Jesus Christ crucified? | AD 30. |
| What even led Roman Emperor Nero to first persecute Christians in AD 64? | Great fire of Rome. |
| What 4th century heresy nearly engulfed the Catholic Church by denying the divinity of Christ? | Arian. |
| What year did the Germanic king Odoacer conquer Rome brining about the fall of the Western Empire? | AD 476. |
| What is the term for the ‘holy war’ that Islam used to rapidly spread their religion? | Jihad. |
| The date that Pope Leo III crowned Charlemagne the first Holy Roman Emperor. | Christmas Day, AD 800. |
| The event which weakened the absolute authority of the medieval Catholic Church in the 14th century AD. | Great Schism (rival claimants to the papacy). |
| The cause of the death of almost 25% of Europe’s population in the 14th century. | Black death (bubonic plague). |