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Medieval Battles
YGK These Medieval Battles
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| The battle where Charles Martel led the Franks to a major victory over the Umayyads under Abdul Rahman Al Ghafiqi, a turning point in European history | Tours (732) |
| The battle where William of Normandy defeated Harold Godwinson's English forces; depicted in the Bayeux Tapestry | Hastings (1066) |
| The Byzantine defeat by the Seljuk Turks under Alp Arslan, which severely weakened Byzantine control of Anatolia; Emperor Romanus IV was captured | Manzikert (1071) |
| A major turning point in the Reconquista of the Iberian peninsula where a Christian alliance defeated the Almohads under Muhammad al-Nasir | Las Navas de Tolosa (1212) |
| Also known as the "Battle on the Ice," this Russian victory under Alexander Nevsky ended territorial claims of the Teutonic Knights on Russian soil | Lake Peipus (1242) |
| A decisive victory for Robert the Bruce, King of Scots, over King Edward II of England, where the English attempted to lift the siege of Stirling Castle | Bannockburn (1314) |
| The battle that led to the subjugation of Serbia, where both the Serbian Prince Lazar and Ottoman Sultan Murad I died | Kosovo (1389) |
| The battle that led to the decline of the Teutonic Knights and the rise of Poland-Lithuania | Grunwald/Tannenberg (1410) |
| The battle where the outnumbered army of King Henry V of England defeated the French army under Charles d’Albret; led to the Treaty of Troyes | Agincourt (1415) |
| The 1453 event where Ottoman forces under Sultan Mehmed II captured the Byzantine capital after a seven-week siege, using ships rolled over Galata Hill | Fall of Constantinople (1453) |