Statistics for The History of Medieval Europe - 6th century

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  • The average score is 6 of 15

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HintAnswer% Correct
508 - Clovis the Frank makes this city, formely called Lutetia, the capital of his kingdomParis
87%
ca. 570 - This founder of a new religion is born in the Arabian city of MeccaMuhammad
86%
541 - This pandemic afflicts the Byzantine Empire, especially its capital Constantinople, the Sassanid Empire, and port cities around the entire Mediterranean Sea. It will result in the deaths of an estimated 25-50 million people. Since this pandemic occured during his reign, it will be named after the Emperor JustinianPlague
69%
534 - The Byzantine Empire conquers North Africa from this peopleVandals
64%
568 - This Germanic people conquers Italy and rules most of the Italian Peninsula until 774Lombards
61%
555 - The Byzantine Empire conquers Italy from this East Germanic peopleGoths
54%
ca. 529 - This man becomes the founder of the Abbey of Monte Cassino and writes a very influential monastic ruleBenedict of Nursia
42%
582 - The Balkan city of Sirmium is conquered by this Caucasus native ethnic group that has already invaded central EuropeAvars
20%
590 - This pope is elected who wrote the Dialogues and later gave his name to the mainstream form of Western plainchantGregory the Great
20%
523 - This Roman senator and official, who is imprisoned by King Theodoric the Great, awaits his trial. He writes "The Consolation of Philosophy", a philosophical treatise, which examines various questions, including why bad things happen to good peopleBoethius
18%
565 - According to his vita, this Irish saint, who converted the Picts, banishes a ferocious "water beast" to the depths of the River NessColumba
17%
507 - This battle between the Franks of Clovis and the Visigoths of Alaric II takes place in Gaul near PoitiersVouille
10%
534 - This compendium of juristic writings on Roman law ordered by Emperor Justinian is completed. It comprises three parts: a compilation of imperial enactments to date (codex), a compilation of the writings of Roman jurists (digesta seu pandectae), and a textbook (institutiones)Corpus Juris Civilis
6%
597 - This Benedictine monk is sent on a mission to convert the Anglo-Saxons to Christianity by the above mentioned PopeAugustine of Canterbury
4%
525 - This monk of Scythian origin creates a new dating system as part of his efforts to understand the dating of Easter, which makes him the father of the Anno Domini calendarDionysius Exiguus
2%

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