APWH Chapter 15 By Ns19.kornk Period: Jan 12, 1100 to Jan 13, 1400 The freedom was increasingly lost for middle eastern peasants and tax revenues declined. Jan 12, 1258 The Fall of the last Arab caliphate Period: Jan 12, 1348 to Jan 13, 1375 The worst impact of the Black Plague in europe. Killed about one-third of the population. Jan 12, 1351 Genoese sailors visited the madeiras and Azores. Jan 12, 1368 CHina drove out mongol overlords. Jan 12, 1400 The renaissance starts in Italy. Period: Jan 12, 1405 to Jan 13, 1433 Chinese expeditions lead by Zheng He. Jan 12, 1439 Portugal had taken Azores. Jan 12, 1453 Constantinople fell to the turks. Jan 12, 1460 Prince Henry of Portugal (Henry the navigator) died Period: Jan 12, 1464 to Jan 13, 1591 A muslim kingdom (Songhay) arose and flourished. Jan 12, 1469 Castile and Aragon are united through royal marriage. Jan 12, 1498 Vasco de Gama was the first to sail to India.