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1 Events
2 Significant persons
3 Inventions, discoveries, introductions
4 Decades and years
Events
Rome
sacked by
Visigoths
in
410
.
Attila the Hun
conquers large parts of
Europe
, threatens to attack Rome in
452
Vandals
conquer
Carthage
in
439
, sack Rome in
455
At some point after 440, the
Anglo-Saxons
settle in
Britain
. The traditional story is that they were invited there by
Vortigern
.
Last Roman ruler
of
Western Roman Empire
leaves in
476
.
Europe
descends into the
middle ages
Buddhism
reaches
Myanmar
and
Indonesia
.
According to the
Book of Mormon
,
Moroni
buries the
Golden Plates
and ends the record around
421
.
African
and
Indonesian
settlers reach
Madagascar
.
Significant persons
Augustine of Hippo
, bishop, theologian
St. Jerome
hermit, cleric, Bible translator
Inventions, discoveries, introductions
stirrup
invented in
China
heavy
plow
in use in Slavic lands
metal
horseshoes
become common in
Gaul
Decades and years
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