2nd Period - Timeline

  • 300

    Unit 3 - Camels were first brought to the Sahara

  • 300

    Unit 6 - Classic Mayan Civilization began

  • 330

    Unit 1 - Emperor Constantine moved the capital to Byzantium

  • 395

    Unit 1 - Christianity became the religion of the Roman Empire

  • 476

    Unit 1 - The Fall of Rome

  • 500

    Unit 1 - The Byzantine Empire began

  • 500

    Unit 3 - The Ghana empire began

  • 527

    Unit 1 - Justinian I’s reign began

  • 552

    Unit 5 - Buddhism was introduced to Japan

  • 565

    Unit 1 - Justinian I’s reign ended

  • 570

    Unit 2- Muhammad was born

  • 593

    Unit 5 - Prince Shotoku came to power

  • Jun 1, 604

    Unit 5 - The Seventeen Article Constitution began

  • Jun 1, 610

    Unit 2 - Muhammad became a prophet of Islam

  • Jun 1, 618

    Unit 4 - Buddhism religion expanded in the Tang Dynasty

  • Jun 1, 618

    Unit 4 - The Tang Dynasty began

  • Jun 1, 632

    Unit 2 - Muhammad Died

  • Jun 1, 645

    Unit 5 - The Taika Reforms were created

  • Jun 1, 651

    Unit 2 - The first official edition of the Qur’an was written

  • Jun 1, 661

    Unit 2 - The Umayyad Dynasty Began

  • Jun 1, 700

    Unit 3: Traders brought Islam to West Africa

  • Jun 1, 710

    Unit 5 - Nara became the capital of Japan

  • Jun 1, 732

    Unit 2 - Battle of Tours

  • Jun 1, 750

    Unit 2 - Bookmakers began to spread the Qur’an

  • Jun 1, 768

    Unit 1 - Charlemagne’s Christian Empire began

  • Jun 1, 794

    Unit 5 - The Heian period began

  • Jun 1, 794

    Unit 5 - Heian-kyo became the capital of Japan

  • Jun 1, 800

    Unit 5 - Hiragana writing began to develop

  • Jun 1, 814

    Unit 1 - Charlemagne’s Christian Empire ended

  • Jun 1, 850

    Unit 3 - Ghana became a rich empire

  • Jun 1, 850

    Unit 4 - The Tang Dynasty recorded a formula for gunpowder

  • Jun 1, 900

    Unit 4 - The Chinese discovered how to inoculate people against diseases

  • Jun 1, 900

    Unit 5 - The Japanese invented kana

  • Jun 1, 900

    Unit 6 - Classic Mayan Civilization ended

  • Jun 1, 900

    Unit 6 - Post-Classic Mayan Civilization began

  • Jun 1, 907

    Unit 4 - The Tang Dynasty ended

  • Jun 1, 920

    Unit 4 - The first written record of foot binding, which reduced the status of women

  • Jun 1, 960

    Unit 4 - The Song Dynasty began

  • Jun 1, 995

    Unit 5 - Fujiwara Michinaga led Japan

  • Jun 1, 1000

    Unit 1 - Feudalism began

  • Jun 1, 1000

    Unit 3 - Ghana dominated the trade routes between North and West Africa

  • Jun 1, 1028

    Unit 5 - Fujiwara Michinaga’s leadership ended

  • Jun 1, 1050

    Unit 4 - A new kind of drought-resistant rice was brought to China

  • Jun 1, 1050

    Unit 4 - Moveable type was invented in China

  • Jun 1, 1054

    Unit 1 - Roman Catholic and Eastern Orthodox churches split

  • Jun 1, 1065

    Unit 4 - The Song Dynasty began civil service exams

  • Jun 1, 1076

    Unit 3 - Almoravids captured the capital city of Kumbi

  • Jun 1, 1085

    Unit 2 - The Reconquista began in Toledo

  • Jun 1, 1096

    Unit 2 - The First Crusade began

  • Jun 1, 1099

    Unit 2 - The first crusade ended

  • Jun 1, 1100

    Unit 5 - Samurai women enjoyed considerable status

  • Jun 1, 1107

    Unit 4 - Song Dynasty printers used multiple wood blocks to print paper money

  • Jun 1, 1146

    Unit 2 - The Second Crusade began

  • Jun 1, 1148

    Unit 2 - The Second Crusade ended

  • Jun 1, 1185

    Unit 5 - The Heian period ended

  • Jun 1, 1185

    Unit 5 - Minamoto Yoritomo took control of Japan

  • Jun 1, 1189

    Unit 2 - The Third Crusade began

  • Jun 1, 1190

    Unit 4 - Zhu Xi published the Four Books about Confucianism

  • Jun 1, 1192

    Unit 2 - The Third Crusade ended

  • Jun 1, 1192

    Unit 5 - The first shogun came to power

  • Jun 1, 1192

    Unit 5 - The era of the samurai began

  • Jun 1, 1200

    Unit 1 - Cathedral schools became universities

  • Jun 1, 1200

    Unit 6 - The Incas first settled in Cuzco

  • Jun 1, 1203

    Unit 3 - The Ghana Empire ended

  • Jun 2, 1215

    Unit 1 - The Magna Carta was signed by King John

  • Jun 1, 1240

    Unit 3 - The Mali empire began

  • Jun 1, 1250

    Unit 6 - Aztecs arrived in the Valley of Mexico

  • Jun 1, 1258

    Unit 2 - The Mongols destroyed Baghdad

  • Jun 1, 1279

    Unit 4 - The Yuan Dynasty began

  • Jun 1, 1279

    Unit 4 - The Song Dynasty ended

  • Jun 1, 1295

    Unit 1 - Edward I created the Model Parliament

  • Jun 1, 1300

    Unit 7 - The Renaissance began in Italy

  • Jun 1, 1312

    Unit 3 - Mansa Musa was the first Islamic leader

  • Jun 1, 1319

    Unit 6 - Aztecs moved from Chapultepec

  • Jun 1, 1324

    Unit 3 - Mansa Musa’s pilgrimage arrived in Cairo, Egypt

  • Jun 1, 1325

    Unit 3 - Al-Saheli builds a new mosque at Timbuktu

  • Jun 1, 1325

    Unit 6 - Aztecs started building Tenochtitlan

  • Jun 1, 1325

    Unit 6 - Aztecs began practicing human sacrifices in religious rituals

  • Jun 1, 1337

    Unit 1 - The Hundred Years’ War began

  • Jun 1, 1347

    Unit 1 - The Bubonic Plague began in Europe

  • Jun 1, 1350

    Unit 2 - The Mongol empire was weakened

  • Jun 1, 1350

    Unit 3 - Timbuktu became a center of Arabic learning

  • Jun 1, 1352

    Unit 3 - Ibn Battuta crossed the Sahara with a trade caravan

  • Jan 1, 1368

    Unit 4- The Ming Dynasty began

  • Jun 1, 1368

    Unit 4 - The Yuan Dynasty ended

  • Jun 1, 1375

    Unit 3 - Mali appeared on a European map

  • Jun 1, 1400

    Unit 6 - The Inca Empire began

  • Jun 1, 1405

    Unit 4 - Zheng He made his first voyage

  • Jun 1, 1415

    Unit 7 - Jan Hus was burned at the stake for heresy

  • Jun 1, 1428

    Unit 6 - Aztec Empire began

  • Jun 1, 1438

    Unit 6 - The Incas began to create roads

  • Jun 1, 1450

    Group 9 = Unit 7 - Johannes Gutenberg invented the printing press

  • Jun 1, 1453

    Unit 1 - The Hundred Years’ War ended

  • Jun 1, 1453

    Unit 1 - The Byzantine Empire ended

  • Jun 1, 1460

    Unit 3 - Sunni Ali became the ruler of Songhai

  • Jun 1, 1460

    Unit 3 - The Songhai empire began

  • Jun 1, 1469

    Unit 7 - The Medici family began to rule Florence

  • Jun 1, 1470

    Unit 6 - The Incas conquered the Chimu

  • Jun 1, 1480

    Unit 2 - The Inquisition took place

  • Jun 1, 1492

    Unit 2 - The Spanish conquered Granada

  • Jun 1, 1492

    Unit 7 - Isabella sent Christopher Columbus to find a sea route to Asia

  • Jun 1, 1500

    Unit 3 – Folktales were brought to the Americas by West African slaves

  • Jun 1, 1500

    Unit 6 - The Inca Empire at its height

  • Jun 1, 1500

    Unit 6 - Post-Classic Mayan Civilization ended

  • Jun 1, 1500

    Unit 7 - The Reformation began

  • Jun 1, 1504

    Unit 7 - Michelangelo completed his statue of David

  • Jun 1, 1514

    Unit 7 - Copernicus stated that the earth revolves around the sun

  • Jun 1, 1517

    Unit 7 - Martin Luther posted his Ninety-Five Theses

  • Jun 1, 1519

    Unit 6 - The Aztec Empire ended

  • Jun 1, 1519

    Unit 6 - Aztecs stopped practicing human sacrifices in religious rituals

  • Jun 1, 1525

    Unit 7 - William Tyndale translated the Bible into English

  • Jun 1, 1532

    Unit 6 - The Inca Empire ended

  • Jun 1, 1532

    Unit 6 - The Incas stopped creating roads

  • Jun 1, 1534

    Unit 7 - King Henry VIII created Anglicanism

  • Jun 1, 1541

    Group 9 = Unit 7 - John Calvin created Calvinism

  • Jun 1, 1545

    Unit 7 - The Council of Trent was formed

  • Unit 3 - The Songhai empire ended

  • Unit 7 - The Renaissance ended in Italy

  • Unit 5 - Edo (Tokyo) became the new capital

  • Unit 7 - The Thirty Years' War Beagn

  • Unit 4 - The Ming Dynasty ended

  • Unit 7 - The Thirty Years’ War ended

  • Unit 7 - Peace of Westphalia was signed

  • Unit 7 - The Reformation ended

  • Unit 5 - The era of the samurai ended

  • Unit 1 - The religious schism ended