Middle Ages
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The Middle Ages was a period of European history from roughly the 5th to the late 15th century, marked by feudalism, the rise of Christianity, and the formation of many modern European cultures and languages.
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How this entity was disambiguated
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Target entity: Middle Ages Context triple: [Scottish Gaelic, hasWritingTraditionSince, Middle Ages]
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Middle English
Middle English is the historical stage of the English language spoken and written roughly between the late 11th and late 15th centuries, exemplified by works like Chaucer’s "Canterbury Tales."
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Age of Enlightenment
The Age of Enlightenment was an 18th-century intellectual movement in Europe and the Americas that emphasized reason, science, and individual rights, profoundly shaping modern democratic and political thought.
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Age of Exploration
The Age of Exploration was a period from the 15th to 17th centuries when European powers undertook extensive overseas voyages that led to global maritime trade networks, colonization, and the first sustained contacts between previously isolated continents.
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Roman Empire
The Roman Empire was a vast and influential ancient civilization that dominated the Mediterranean world and much of Europe for centuries, profoundly shaping law, politics, culture, and religion in Western history.
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Gilded Age
The Gilded Age was a late 19th-century period in the United States marked by rapid industrialization, vast wealth accumulation, stark social inequality, and influential business magnates like Andrew Carnegie.
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- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
Target entity: Middle Ages Target entity description: The Middle Ages was a period of European history from roughly the 5th to the late 15th century, marked by feudalism, the rise of Christianity, and the formation of many modern European cultures and languages.
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A.
Middle English
Middle English is the historical stage of the English language spoken and written roughly between the late 11th and late 15th centuries, exemplified by works like Chaucer’s "Canterbury Tales."
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B.
Age of Enlightenment
The Age of Enlightenment was an 18th-century intellectual movement in Europe and the Americas that emphasized reason, science, and individual rights, profoundly shaping modern democratic and political thought.
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C.
Age of Exploration
The Age of Exploration was a period from the 15th to 17th centuries when European powers undertook extensive overseas voyages that led to global maritime trade networks, colonization, and the first sustained contacts between previously isolated continents.
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D.
Dutch Golden Age
The Dutch Golden Age was a 17th-century period when the Netherlands became a leading global power in trade, art, science, and finance, marked by prosperity and cultural flourishing.
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Roman Empire
The Roman Empire was a vast and influential ancient civilization that dominated the Mediterranean world and much of Europe for centuries, profoundly shaping law, politics, culture, and religion in Western history.
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Statements (60)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
era of European history
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historical period ⓘ |
| alsoKnownAs |
medieval era
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medieval period ⓘ |
| characterizedBy |
Gothic architecture
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Romanesque architecture ⓘ castle building ⓘ chivalry ⓘ crusades ⓘ decentralized political authority ⓘ development of vernacular languages ⓘ feudalism ⓘ formation of European nations ⓘ growth of the Catholic Church ⓘ guild system ⓘ manorialism ⓘ monasticism ⓘ rise of Christianity ⓘ scholasticism ⓘ |
| dominantReligion |
Eastern Orthodox Christianity
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surface form:
Eastern Orthodoxy
Roman Catholicism ⓘ |
| endTime | late 15th century ⓘ |
| fieldOfStudy | medieval studies ⓘ |
| followedBy |
Early modern period
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Renaissance ⓘ |
| follows |
Classical antiquity
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Western Roman Empire ⓘ |
| hasPart |
Middle Ages
self-linksurface differs
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surface form:
Early Middle Ages
High Middle Ages ⓘ Late Middle Ages ⓘ |
| hasTheme |
codification of customary law
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conflict between secular and ecclesiastical power ⓘ development of canon law ⓘ formation of national monarchies ⓘ growth of towns and trade ⓘ rural agrarian economy ⓘ spread of Latin Christendom ⓘ |
| includesCulture |
Byzantine Empire
ⓘ
Holy Roman Empire ⓘ Islamic Spain ⓘ Kingdom of England ⓘ France ⓘ
surface form:
Kingdom of France
|
| includesEvent |
Avignon Papacy
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Black Death ⓘ Carolingian Renaissance ⓘ Christianization of Europe ⓘ Reconquista ⓘ
surface form:
Crusades
East–West Schism ⓘ
surface form:
Great Schism of 1054
Hundred Years' War ⓘ Investiture Controversy ⓘ Mongol invasions of Europe ⓘ Reconquista ⓘ Viking Age ⓘ rise of universities ⓘ |
| mainLocation | Europe ⓘ |
| majorLanguageFamily |
Germanic languages
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Romance languages ⓘ Slavic languages ⓘ |
| precededByEvent | fall of the Western Roman Empire ⓘ |
| startTime | 5th century ⓘ |
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Subject: Middle Ages Description of subject: The Middle Ages was a period of European history from roughly the 5th to the late 15th century, marked by feudalism, the rise of Christianity, and the formation of many modern European cultures and languages.
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