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.

England Slide Show

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

Rome Sacked/Falls to the Barbarians- KIng Aleric 5

(370 A.D- 410 A.D  This guy I interviewed was a very interesting man his name is Alaric I, he was born in what is now known as Romania in 370 and grew up there but joined the army later in his life.  With post battle rewards they moved Alaric up king where he took command.
Q: When did you go to try to take over Italy?
A: It was in 401 when we entered through northern Italy laying waste to every thing we encountered but we didn't make it to far in when we were met by Stilicho and his forced and he defeated us.
Q: What did you do after that?
A: In 408 we went back to Rome and started a siege on it not allowing food or other supplies to go in and demanded a ransom of gold, silver,
Q: You went in for a third siege though didn't you?
A: Yes we used the same technique as last time and it worked again.
Q: But your last siege was the famous one wasn't it?
A: We got in on August 24, 410 and took what we wanted but didn't do a huge amount of damage to the city.
Q: What effect did this have on today's society?
A: It was the beginning of the dark ages for Europe and a lot of things resulted from that that effected us today.

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

Constintine The Great 4

  ( 272 A.D- 337 A.D) I interviewed this guy he is known as Constantine the Great but he was a very prominent figure in Rome at one time and had a very big religious effect on Rome. He was an Emperor of Rome to for a while in his life and I am going to interview him to tell me about it.
Q:Could you tell me about your childhood and early life?
A: Well I was born in 272 A.D with my full name being Flavius Valerius Constantinus, in the town of Naissus which is present day Nis, Siberia.  And when I was old enough I started as an officer in the Roman Army and worked my way up eventually becoming the governor of Dlamatia.
Q: what happened to you after that?
A: I went and received a formal education in the Diocletian Court.
Q: How did you come to be in power?
A: In 312 I was appointed the title Caesar and went and founded the new capital which I named Constantinople. It was great city in a great location too.
Q: What happened after that?
A: In 313 I helped developed the Edict of Milan which basically said that Christian should be allowed to follow their path of choosing.
Q: How do you think you did while you were in control?
A: I think that I did a good job because the city is still there today and it is a huge city.

http://www.historyguide.org/ancient/constantine.html

Julius Caesar/Fall of the Roman Empire 3

  3(100 B.C- 44 B.C) I heard about this guy his name was Julius Caesar and I have heard that he has done some pretty amazing things so I decided to go and see this guy my self and interview him about the thing that he has done and some of his life:
Q: So Julius where and when were you born?
A:  Well I was born in 100 B.C into a patrician family.
Q: When did you start to get into being political?
A: In 63 B.c I ran for priest of Roman state religion and I won and after a little while I was appointed to govern Spain.
Q: How did you get up to being a ruler?
A: I returned from Spain and made friends with two prominent figures Pompey and Crassus which helped boost me to consul which is the highest office in Rome. Then a year after that I become governor of Gaul and go on to win a lot of battles. Such as defeating the Helvetians, the Germans, the Nervii, then we win in the battle of Alesia. But I got a letter from Pompey saying to dispatch my army and return to Rome but I feared prosecution so I brought my army back to Rome and in 49 B.C crossed the Rubicon river and took over Rome. I then was elected dictator.
Q: Did you ever invent any thing?
A: Actually I did invent a calender system and named it the Julian Calender which is almost identical to todays western calender.

http://www.roman-empire.net/republic/caesar-index.html

Alexander the Great 2

(356 B.C-323 B.C) I interview a very interesting man by the name of Alexander III of Macedon but many people seem to call him Alexander the Great but this man has many great accomplishments and I found out what a lot of them we're and some of his personal life.
Q: Where and when were you born?
A: I was born in Pella, Greece in 356 B.C with my real name being Alexander III of Macedon.
What was your childhood like?
A: My father was the king of Macedon but besides that life was pretty ordinary until I was thirteen then I needed a tutor and my parents hired a guy known as Aristotle which was pretty cool to have as a tutor I learned a lot from him.
Q: How old were you when you inherited the kingdom?
A: My father was murdered by one of his guards when I was 20 so I imediatley inherited the kingdom.
Q: When did you start your conquest of most of Asia?
A: Right after I inherited the throne I felt as though I didn't have enough so I went and crushed a little rebellion in the Greek city states and to show that I meant business I just about destroyed the city of Thebes in 335 B.C killing most of the population and enslaving the ones that were spared.
Q:Where did you go from there?
A: I went on to conquer almost all of Asia and was even seen a the son of a god in Egypt.
Q: What impact do you think that this had on society in the future?
A: Well I expanded the boundaries of Europe and left behind  our culture in the conquered areas which can still be seen today.

http://www.interesting.com/stories/alexander/

Golden Age of Greece: Aristotle 1

(384B.C-322B.C)I just went and interviewed this guy named Aristotle and I interviewed him about all of his major achievements that he has contributed to our society and how helpful they have been.  He gave me answers on the different questions I asked him:
(Me)Q: So Aristotle when and where were you born?
(Aristotle)A: Well I was born in the year 384 B. in Stageria, Chalcidice which is one of Greece's prefectures and is really quite close to where the first Olympics were held.
Q: What form of an education did you receive?
A: I was taught and trained a member of Aristocracy but when I was about 18 years old I moved to Athens to become a student of Plato at the Plato Academy.
Q: Where did you go after the Academy?
A: I got married To Pythias then we had a daughter named Pythias then I got a request to teach.
Q: Who where you requested to teach?
A: I was requested to go and teach Alexander the Great in 343.
Q:You have many different writings what do some of these subjects include?
A: I have had many different writings and these writings cover subjects such as Physics,Theater, Logic, Biology, Zoology, government and many others.
Q: What was one of your better subjects?
A: Philosophy and it will be studied well into the future by many people.

http://www.iep.utm.edu/aristotl/