Great Schism- Michael I Cerularuis 12

(100 A.D- 1059 A.D) Michael was born in Constantinople in the 1000. Michael and the Pope Leo IX sent letters back and forth arguing about how each of the churches differed from each other and this ultimately lead to the Great Schism.
Q: When was the first letter sent and what did it say?
A: Pope Leo sent the first letter assuring me that the donation was real and then I sent a letter back that completely attacked the church and I also called the Pope brother instead of father.
Q: What happened as a result of that?
A: The Cardinal then sent me a notice of excommunication on July 19, 1054 so I in turn excommunicated the cardinal which lead to the east and west Schism.
Q: What was a result from the East-West Schism?
A: It confirmed that the Pope was the ultimate authority over religious matters.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael_Cerularius

Columbus Leaves Spain 11

(1451 A.D - 1506 A.D) Christopher Columbus was born on October 31, 1451 in northwestern Italy.  In 1473 Columbus started an apprenticeship for a well known company in which he has the opportunities to sail around Europe and the West Coast of Africa.  He was a smart man studying and learning the languages of Latin, Portuguese, and Spanish. He also read about the subjects of astronomy, geography, and history.
Q: How did you get funding for your voyage?
A: I first applied to John II, King of Portugal in 1485 but he eventually rejected it and I tried again in 1488 and he rejected it again but on May1st 1486 he tried Queen Isabella of Spain and she said yes.
Q: When did you leave Spain to start your first voyage?
A: We left from the port of Palos in southern Spain on August 3, 1492.
Q:When did you reach land?
A: We reached land oh October 12, 1492 landing in what is know known as San Salvador.. And the natives that were on the island were peaceful and friendly.
Q: What other islands did you explore on that voyage?
A: We explored the northern shores of Cuba and Hispaniola and my last stop is what I call the bay of arrows in what is now known as the bay of arrows because that is what we were met by.
Q:When did you return to Spain?
A: I finally returned to Spain on March 15, 1493.
Q: How did this effect the future?
A: I discovered a new land mass for people to go to.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Christopher_Columbus
http://www.columbusnavigation.com/v1.shtml

Charlemagne- 10

(742 A.D-814 A.D) Charlemagne was believed to be born in the year 742 but that is controversial but he was born in the city of Herstal near what is now Belgium.  He was the oldest of his siblings.
Q: What important figure are you related to?
A: I am related to Martel the man that held back the Umayyads in the Battles of tours he is actually my grandfather.
Q: When were you given the title Emperor of Roman?
A: I was given the title Emperor in the year 800 on Christmas day.
Q: You had a brother though named Carloman how did you split the city between the two of you?
A: I ended up taking the area that surrounded the city while he got the very inner part of it.
Q:You had many campaigns didn't you?
A: Yes I had a lot of campaigns some of them included my Italian campaign which included the conquest of Lombardy and southern Italy, then there was my Spanish campaign which included the Roncesvalles campaign, and the war with the Moors, then there was my Eastern campaign which also had its battles.
Q: How do you think that you effected history?
A: One of my big contributions was probably the invention of stirrups it helped our armies to do better in battle by being able to stand with stability.

http://www.humnet.ucla.edu/santiago/histchrl.

Crusades- Peter the Hermit 9

(1050 A.D- 1131 A.D) Peter the Hermit was a man that the first crusades which were also known as the People Crusades. Peter was also at Pope Urban II famous Council of Clermont in1095. He lead one of the five sections of the peoples crusades.
Q: What gave you the idea to start the people crusades which were also known as the People Crusades?
A: I was in the Church of the Holy Sepulchre when I had a vision from Jesus that said I should go and start a crusade.
Q: What did you do next?
A: I went and gathered 40,000 men and women and headed towards Constantinople but when we got there in only a month or two we had lost over 10,000 people.
Q: Where did you go from there?
A:  The Eastern Roman Emperor didn't think that he could supply the large amount of people so he had ships organized to take us over to the holy lands. He was also supposed to organize guards to take us through the Turkish territory but failed to do so.
Q: What happened when you crossed?
A: We were attacked and killed by the Turks o we had to retreat back and wait for the Paupers when they arrived we went and made it to Jerusalem and took it over.
Q: What impact did this have on the future?
A: It increased trade between Europe and Asia and made Europe stronger.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peter_the_Hermit

Magna Carta- King John 8

(1167 A.D- 1216 A.D) King John was born on December 24, 1167 in Oxford and was the youngest of five children.  I 1199 he inherited the throne as king of England.
Q: What went wrong John why did every thing go downhill?
A: I became unpopular very fast with the barons for things like dispute with the pope, high taxation, and unsuccessful wars.
Q: How did the Barons react to this?
A: They came and they created this document that said things like states rights of the barons, I must obey the law and it also had this thing about the due process of law and they made me sign it.
Q: What happened after that?
A: I agreed not to raise taxes with out consulting the Grand Council of Lords.
Q: How do you think the Magna Carta will effect the future?
A: It will affect the future of England because some of its rules will be used far into the future.

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Battle Of Tours- Charles Martel 7

(686 A.D- 741 A.D) Charles was born on August 23, 686. His fathers name was Pippin and he ruled the country but when Pippin died his wife didn't want Charles to inherit the throne so she had him imprisoned.  In 715 he escaped and gained the trust of the Austrasians and lead them to a few victories.  He then rose to power and became duke and prince of the franks and secured them lots of land. Then came the Battle of Tours.
Q: What year did the battle of tours take place in and what lead to it?
A: The Battle of Tours took place in 721 when the Umayyads were trying to push north into our territory and had to be stopped.
Q:Do you think you had an advantage and why?
A: Yes I think I had an advantage because I sent out troops to the town of Tours where we settled on a forested hill which was good because they would have to charge uphill to get to us.
Q: How did the battle start?
A: When the Umayyads got to us they had to wait a week to plan out their strategy and on the seventh day the attacked.
Q: What happened next?
A: They managed to break through our line but when they did it spread that a larger number of our forces we're going to go around and free our prisoners from their main camp.
Q: Did you manage to get to their Camp?
A: It was lie so they had to quickly get back to their camp but in the process they left their leader unguarded and he was killed. So all of their troops retreated and kept going.
Q: How do you think this effected history?
A: It prevented most if not all of Europe from being Muslim.

http://militaryhistory.about.com/od/army/p/martel.htm

William The Conqueror 6

(1027 A.D -1087 A.D) William was born and grew up in Normandy, France and at the age of seven became the Duke of Normandy. At the age of 15 he was knighted by King Henry I of France and at the age of 19 he was fending off rebellions and invasions.
Q: What major battles have you lead?
A: I was in the battle of Hastings and I was fighting against this guy named Harold.
Q: where your armies even in size?
A: Yes our armies were even in size but my army had calvary, infantry and archers while their armie had only foot soldiers and a few archers.
Q: Who ended up winning the battle?
A: We ended up winning the battle because we had a better strategy than the English.
Q: What did you do from there?
A: I then went and took the crown and was crowned England's king in1066 on Christmas day.
Q: What changes did this create back in Normandy?
A: It lead to a big cultural change because it mix Anglo-Saxon culture into Norman culture creating Anglo-Norman culture.

http://www.middle-ages.org.uk/william-the-conqueror.htm