Timeline of Awesomness By kiwi-awesome 500 Teotihuacan reaches population peak in central Mexico 511 Clovis unites Franks under Christian rule 527 Justinian becomes ruler of Byzantine Empire Oct 15, 630 Muhammad returns to Mecca after making the Hijra to Medina Oct 15, 732 Charles Martel defeats the Muslims at Tours Oct 15, 1000 Muslim scholars, who preserved Greek medical works, share them with Europeans Oct 15, 1000 Hausa city-states begin to emerge Oct 15, 1066 Norman invasion of England Oct 15, 1095 First Crusade begins Oct 15, 1100 Muslim literature flourishes Oct 15, 1100 Yoruba kingdom of life is established Oct 15, 1100 Mississippian culture thrives at Cahokia Oct 15, 1190 Holy Roman Empire weakens Oct 15, 1192 Kamakura Shogunate rules Japan Oct 15, 1215 King John approves Magna Carta Oct 15, 1235 Sundiata founds Mali Empire Oct 15, 1240 Mongols destroy Kiev Oct 15, 1279 Kublai Khan conquers China Oct 15, 1324 Mali king Mansa Musa goes on hajj to Mecca Oct 15, 1325 Aztecs build Tenochtitlan Oct 15, 1347 Bubonic plague strikes Europe Oct 15, 1429 Joan of Arc leads the French to victory over the English at Orleans Oct 15, 1438 Pachacuti becoms Incan emperor Oct 15, 1453 Constantinople falls to Ottoman Turks Oct 15, 1453 Hundred Years' War ends with French victory Oct 15, 1464 Sunni Ali begins Songhai Empire Oct 15, 1502 Montezuma II crowned Aztec emperor Mar 2, 2022 Al-Kwarizimi writes the first algebra textbook Mar 2, 2022 Byzantine culture spreads to Russia Mar 2, 2022 Tang Dynasty begins 289-year rule in China Mar 2, 2022 Heian period begins in Japan Mar 2, 2022 Koryu Dynasty controls Korea Mar 2, 2022 Song Dynasty established in China Mar 2, 2022 Pope Leo III crowns the Frankish king Charlemagne emperor Mar 2, 2022 Treaty of Verdum divides Charlemagne's empire Mar 2, 2022 Outside invasions spur growth of feudalism Mar 2, 2022 Otto the Great becomes emperor Mar 2, 2022 Caperian dynasty begins in France Mar 2, 2022 Empire of Ghana thrives on trade Mar 2, 2022 Anasazi culture develops in the Southwest Mar 2, 2022 Classic period of Maya civilization ends