Collection of facts about the East-West Schism

This post is a collection of facts about the East-West Schism (1054). There are 9 facts listed below. Source: Wikipedia

• Break between Catholic Church and Eastern Orthodox Church
• Disputes: procession of the Holy Spirit, leavened or unleavened bread, iconoclasm, coronation of Charlemagne, papal supremacy, and See of Constantinople
• Patriarch Michael I Cerularius closed Latin churches in Constantinople
• Leo IX denied Cerularius the title 'ecumenical patriarch'
• Cerularius refused and was excommunicated by Leo IX
• Massacre of the Latins in 1182
• Sack of Thessalonica in 1185
• Siege of Constantinople and Fourth Crusade in 1204
• Schism continues to present day

Collection of facts about the Black Death

This post is a collection of facts about the Black Death (1346-1353). There are 5 facts listed below. Source: Wikipedia

• Plague pandemic in Europe
• Spread through the air and by fleas
• 25,000,000 to 50,000,000 deaths (30-60% of Europe's population)
• Possibly introduced to Europe during Siege of Caffa in Crimea and carried back by fleas on ships sailing through the Mediterranean Sea
• Known as second plague pandemic (first was plague of Justinian in 541 - 549 AD)

Collection of facts about the Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms period

This post is a collection of facts about the Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms period (907 - 979 AD). There are 7 facts listed below. Source: Wikipedia

• Five Dynasties ruled in succession in the Central Plain
• Ten Kingdoms established
• Near-constant warfare
• Fall of the Tang dynasty in 907 AD
• Song dynasty founded in 960 AD
• Led to Song dynasty rule of South China
• Led to Liao and Jin rule in North China

Collection of facts about the Warring States period

This post is a collection of facts about the Warring States period (c. 475 - 221 BC). There are 8 facts listed below. Source: Wikipedia

• Preceded by the Spring and Autumn period
• During the Zhou dynasty
• Partition of Jin in 453 BC
• Han, Zhao and Wei states officially recognized by Zhou in 403 BC
• Qin's wars of unification (230 - 221 BC)
• Ended when the Qin dynasty unified China in 221 BC
• Led to first Chinese imperial dynastic state
• Record of the Warring States written about this period

List of World Baseball Classic champions

This post is a list of World Baseball Classic champions. There are 6 champions listed below. Source: Wikipedia

2006: Japan
2009: Japan
2012: Dominican Republic
2017: United States
2023: Japan
2026: Venezuela

Collection of facts about the Sixteen Kingdoms period

This post is a collection of facts about the Sixteen Kingdoms period (304 - 439 AD). There are 8 facts listed below. Source: Wikipedia

• Preceded by Western Jin reunification of China and War of the Eight Princes
• Western Jin collapsed and then formed the Eastern Jin
• Power vacuum led to civil wars, rebellions and famine
• States formed by non-Han people in northern China
• Five Barbarians: Xiongnu, Jie, Di, Qiang, Xianbei
• Former Qin (376 - 838 AD) defeated by Eastern Jin
• Northern Wei reunited the north ending the Sixteen Kingdoms period
• Followed by Northern and Southern dynasties era

Collection of facts about the Spring and Autumn period

This post is a collection of facts about the Spring and Autumn period (c. 770 - 481 BC). There are 5 facts listed below. Source: Wikipedia

• During the Eastern Zhou dynasty
• Increased political autonomy for local lords
• Spring and Autumn Annals is about the state of Lu
• Ended with the partition of Jin
• Followed by the Warring States period