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Jan 1, 1000
First Crusade. Exchange of technology between Europe and Middle East.
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Jan 1, 1023
Paper money, first developed in China.
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Jan 1, 1042
Buddhism declared the dominant religion of Tibet
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Jan 1, 1100
China divided into Northern Sung and Southern Sung
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Jan 1, 1100
Muslim oust the Franks from the Levant
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Jan 1, 1100
Genghiz Khan unites Mongols. Expansion of Mongol Empire begins
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Jan 1, 1192
Zen Buddhism is introduced to Japan from China
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Jan 1, 1200
Mongol control central and western Asia
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Jan 1, 1200
Marco Polo leaves for the East.
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Jan 1, 1200
Death of Genghis Khan
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Jan 1, 1200
Tamerlane, with capital in Samarkand, rises and conquers Persia, parts of Southern Russia, and northern India.
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Jan 1, 1260
Hulegu Khan conquers Damascus
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Jan 1, 1300
Mongol Yuan Dynasty collapes. Chinese Ming Dynasty begins
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Jan 1, 1392
End of Mongol occupation of Korea
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Jan 1, 1395
Timur-i Lang annexes Iraq
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Jan 1, 1400
Death of Tamerlane leads to the decline of Mongol power. Ottoman rises again in the Central Asia. Ottomans conquer Constantinople
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Jan 1, 1400
Tamerlane defeats the Ottoman Turks, and causes the deaths of seventeen million people.
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Jan 1, 1400
China closes the door to foreigners
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Nov 13, 1447
Kertawijaya becomes Majapahit ruler and converts to Islam
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Jan 1, 1498
Portuguese reach India and set up trading posts
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Jan 1, 1500
Islam becomes the religion of the entire Taklamakan region.
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first porcelain made in china
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gunpowder is invented in china
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all foreign religions banned
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The Islamic Empire divides into small kingdoms.
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Jayavarman II declares independence from Srivijaya; establishes Khmer empire
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Official repression of Buddhism in China
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Period: to Dec 31, 1500
middle ages era in asia