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The Middle Ages

Can you answer these questions about various important events, people or places of the Middle Ages (from 476 to 1492)?
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Year
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476
This Empire falls after more than 1000 years of history
Western Roman Empire
589
Chinese Dynasty who managed to reunify the Country after more than two centuries
Sui
622
Muhammad, the founder of Islam, escapes from Mecca and takes refuge in this Arabian city
Medina
793
A raid on a monastery found on this English island kickstarts the Viking Age
Lindisfarne
800
Pope Leo III crowns this Frankish leader, who becomes the first Emperor in the west since 476
Charlemagne
886
This Wessex ruler becomes the first King of England (or rather King of the Anglo-Saxons)
Alfred the Great
955
Otto I, later Emperor, defeats the Hungarians in this great battle
Battle of Lechfeld
1031
The Umayyad Caliphate based in this now-Spanish city collapses into many princedoms called taifas
Cordoba
1096
The start date of this Christian military endeavor to conquer the Holy Land
First Crusade
1163
Construction begins on this Parisian cathedral
Notre-Dame
1215
King John Lackland signs this document, paving the way to the first forms of English parliamentarianism
Magna Charta
1258
The Mongols sack this capital of the Abbasid Caliphate, ending the Islamic Golden Age
Baghdad
1324
This faboulously rich ruler of the Mali Empire completes his Hajj to Mecca
Mansa Musa
1346-1353
Terrible pandemic which sweeps through Europe, Asia and North Africa, killing up to 50 million people
Black Death
1402
The empire, which comprised much of central Asia and northern India, led by this turkic ruler reaches its greatest extent
Timur
1405-1433
This Chinese admiral travels across Asia with his treasure fleet
Zheng He
1428
Alliance of three city-states that manages to take over most of the Valley of Mexico
Aztec Empire
1453
Constantinople, last bastion of the Byzantine Empire, falls to Mehmed II, ruler of this turkic dynasty
Ottomans
1469
This "Magnificent" patron of the arts becomes de facto ruler of the Florentine Republic
Lorenzo de' Medici
1492
Nation who finances the expedition of Columbus to America, an event which traditionally ends the Middle Ages
Spain
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