World History Timeline 2010

By raymondd
  • Period: 206 to 220

    Han Dynasty - A Golden Age for a United China

    The Han Dynasty was a bureaucracy because all of the authority belonged to the emperor, who was the most powerful ruler. Some were chosen to become Court officials and helped the emperor keep the government in balance.
  • Period: 220 to

    Six Dynasties - A period of chaos and division

  • 300

    Kingdom of Ghana founded

    First of three great trading empires of West Africa.
  • 324

    324

    Roman Emperor of East defeated by Roman Emperor of the West, Constantine (first Christian emperor) ; Byzantium renamed Constantinople & built up by Constantine
  • Period: 476 to

    Byzantine Empire

    476: Constantinople considered capital of Byzantine Empire after Rome falls
    527+: Constantinople further built up by Emperor Justinian I ( e.g., Hagia Sophia, Major Christian Church, Codification of Roman Laws)
  • Period: 565 to

    Byzantine Empire

    City increasingly Greek in Nature
  • Period: Nov 18, 601 to

    7th to 8 Centuries

    Many Arab (Muslim) sieges of city; Byzantine Empire shrunken.
  • Period: Nov 18, 1001 to Nov 18, 1101

    11th and 12th Centuries

    City and Empire hurt by Crusades.
  • Nov 2, 1044

    The first formula for gunpowerder was recorded during the Tang Dynasty

  • Nov 1, 1050

    Moveable types were first invented in China

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  • Nov 18, 1054

    1054

    The Great Schism-break between Rome (papacy) and Constantinople (Greek Orthodox)
  • Nov 1, 1065

    Daily civil service exams began under the Song Dynasty

  • Dec 6, 1203

    Sumanguru ends Ghana

    Takes what's left of it and turns it into Mali
  • Nov 18, 1204

    1204

    City taken by Crusaders
  • Period: Nov 2, 1279 to Nov 2, 1368

    Yuan Dynasty(Mongols) - Control of China by foreigners

    The Yuan Dynasty was different than others because it was ruled by Mongols who had captured China. They had different customs and traditions, which made the two very hard to bond together. The government was much less strict because of its uncontrolled government.
  • Period: Nov 18, 1301 to Nov 18, 1400

    14th Century

    Byzantine land in Asia taken by Ottoman Turks.
  • Jan 1, 1324

    Mansa Musa makes his Hajj in Mecca

    First African leader to do a Hajj.
    Brought 60,000 people, 30,000 pounds of gold
    500 slaves each with
  • Period: Nov 2, 1368 to

    Ming Dynasty - Opening up of China to foreign influences at the start of the dynasty, closing down of China by the end.

    This is a theory that has not been solved yet. Some say there were proof of evidence that the Chinese set foot 500 years before Columbus, but others admit that the Vikings did.
  • Jan 2, 1375

    Mal first appears on the European Map

    As a recognizabl trade partner.
  • Period: Nov 2, 1405 to Nov 2, 1433

    The voyages of the seven ships lef by Zheng He resulted in new tributary states favored to China

  • Nov 18, 1453

    1453

    City of Constantinople taken by Ottoman Turks (Mehmet, or Muhammad, II) ; renamed Istanbul, made capital of Ottoman Empire, and revived as center of learning and religious tolerance.
  • Period: Nov 18, 1520 to Nov 18, 1566

    1520-1566

    Under Sultan Suleiman I, city at its height
  • Period: to

    7th to 8th Centuries

  • Byzantium and Western Roman Empire (Span) C.E. 130-475

  • Reduction of Women stature led by foot binding records

  • 293

    Byzantium named by Roman Emperor Diocletian as a new center of Roman Empire with power split between Rome (West) and Byzantium (East)
  • Period: to

    During the beginning to the end of the Tang Dyanasty, Daoism began to spread

  • Period: to

    Siu Dynasty - Reunification of China

  • Period: to

    Tang Dynasty - Economic development and growth; many inventions and discoveries

    The Tang Dynasty's form of government was a Aristocracy because it only permitted the highest class( Wealthy and Powerful) families to rule.
  • Period: to

    Five Dynasties in the North - A period of chaos and division

  • Period: to

    Ten Kingdoms in the South - A period of chaos and division

  • Period: to Nov 2, 1279

    Song Dynasty - Economic development and growth; many inventions and discoveries

    The Song Dynasty was a Meritocracy because it consisted of talented and skilled people who were fit to rule.
  • Period: to

    Post Byzantine Empire 9th to 11th Centuries

    Glory of city regained under Emperor Basil I; revival of learning (art and literature: older Greek models); major invasion by Turks