Mariah's World History 2 Timeline of Ch. 10-20

By staroforion11
  • 500

    Teotihuacan reaches population peak in central Mexico.

  • 511

    Clovis unites Franks under Christian rule.

  • 527

    Justinian becomes ruler of Byzantine Empire.

  • Jan 1, 630

    Muhammad returns to Mecca after making the Hijrah to Medina.

    Muhammad returns to Mecca after making the Hijrah to Medina.
  • Jan 1, 732

    Charles Martel defeats the Muslims at Tours.

  • Jan 1, 732

    Charles Martel stops Muslim invasion. (Charles Martel and advisers)

  • Jan 1, 1000

    Muslim scholars, who preserved Greek medical works, share them with Europeans.

  • Oct 22, 1000

    Hausa city-state begin to emerge.

  • Jan 1, 1066

    Norman invasion of England.

  • Jan 1, 1095

    First Crusade begins.

  • Jan 1, 1100

    Muslim literature flourishes.

  • Oct 22, 1100

    Yoruba kingdom of Ife is established.

  • Oct 22, 1100

    Mississippian culture thrives at Cahokia.

  • Jan 1, 1190

    Holy Roman Empire weakens.

  • Jan 1, 1192

    Kamakura Shogunate rules Japan. (Kamakura period painting)

  • Jan 1, 1215

    King John approves Magna Carta.

  • Oct 22, 1235

    Sundiata founds Mali Empire.

  • Jan 1, 1240

    Mongols destroy Kiev. (Mongolian archer on horseback)

  • Jan 1, 1279

    Kublai Khan conquers China.

  • Nov 4, 1300

    Renaissance begins in Italian city-states such as Florence, Milan, & Mantua.

  • Dec 1, 1300

    Osman founds Ottoman state.

  • Oct 22, 1324

    Mali king Mansa Musa goes on hajj to Mecca.

  • Oct 22, 1325

    Aztec build Tenochtitlan.

  • Jan 1, 1347

    Bubonic plague strikes Europe.

  • Dec 1, 1398

    Timur the Lame destroys Delhi.

  • Dec 1, 1405

    Zheng He takes first voyage.

  • Dec 1, 1419

    Prince Henry founds navigation school.

  • Jan 1, 1429

    Joan of Arc leads the French to victory over the English at Orleans.

  • Nov 4, 1434

    Medici family takes control of Florence.

  • Oct 22, 1438

    Pachacuti becomes Incan emperor.

  • Jan 1, 1453

    Constantinople falls to Ottoman Turks.

  • Jan 1, 1453

    Hundred Years’ War ends with French victory.

  • Dec 1, 1453

    Ottomans capture Constantinople.

  • Nov 4, 1455

    Gutenberg Bible printed in Mainz.

  • Oct 22, 1464

    Sunni Ali begins Songhai Empire.

  • Dec 1, 1492

    Columbus makes first voyage.

  • Dec 1, 1494

    Spain & Portugal sign Treaty of Tordesillas.

  • Dec 1, 1501

    Safavids conquer Persia.

  • Oct 22, 1502

    Montezuma 2 crowned Aztec emperor.

  • Nov 4, 1517

    Martin Luther begins the Reformation in Wittenberg.

  • Dec 1, 1521

    Cortes conqures Aztec Empire.

  • Dec 1, 1526

    Babur founds Mughal Empire.

  • Dec 1, 1533

    Pizarro conquers Incan Empire.

  • Nov 4, 1534

    English King Henry 7 starts the Church of England.

  • Nov 4, 1563

    Council of Trent mandates reforms in Catholic Church.

  • Shah Abbas 1st rules Safavid Empire.

  • Tokugawa shoguns rule Japan.

  • English found Jamestown.

  • Champlain claims Quebec for France.

  • Dutch open trade with Java.

  • Shah Jahan orders construction of Taj Mahal at Agra.

  • Manchus establish Qing Dynasty in China.

  • French and Indian War begins.

  • Britain seeks to trade with China.

  • Al-Khwarizmi writes the first algebra textbook.

  • Byzantine culture spreads to Russia.

  • Tang Dynasty begins 289- year rules in China. (Tang statuette)

  • Heian period begins in Japan.

  • Koryu Dynasty controls Korea.

  • Song Dynasty established in China.

  • Pope Leo 3 crowns the Frankish king Charlemagne emperor.

  • Treaty of Verdun divides Charlemagne empire.

  • Outside invasions spur growth of feudalism. (Viking helmet)

  • Otto the Great becomes emperor.

  • Capetian dynasty begins in France.

  • Anasazi culture develops in the Southwest.

  • Classic period of Maya civilization ends.

  • Empire of Ghana thrives on trade.