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Period: 1096 to 1291
Crusades are fought
The Crusades was a religious war between Christians and Muslims. The Christians were fighting to take the Holy Land. It was an unsuccessful war, but expanded trade routes -
Period: 1300 to
Renaissance Begins
The Renaissance is the french word for New Birth. In this time frame the idea of Humanism developed. Humanism is the idea of people being more for themselves, art and culture. -
Period: 1337 to 1453
100 Year War Begins
The 100 years war was a war between France and England. When the king of France died they had no one to take his place so the king of England thought he had the right to take over France. Unsuccessful England did not take over France, leaving France in misery of farmland and famine. -
1347
The Black Death begins in Europe
The black death also known as the black plague killed 75 to 200 million people in Europe. Some people think it was closer to half of the population. People did not know what was causing the death so they tried many eccentric religious remedies. -
Period: 1371 to 1433
Zheng He's Voyages
Zheng was an explorer of the Ming dynasty. His purpose of his voyages were to clear the sea ways and kill pirates. He traveled around Asia and Africa. -
1431
Joan of Arc Burned at the Stake
Joan was a 19 year old girl who was burned at the stake for being accused of heresy. Her trail lasted a year long. One of the main aspects of this trail was that she was accused of witchcraft. -
1440
Johannes Gutenberg printing press
Johannes Gutenberg changed the technology of the middle ages by inventing the printing press. The printing press was a machine that you could rearrange letters to make words and make mass productions of books. They did this by using wooden blocks with xylography. -
1453
Fall of Constantinople
Constantinople was the biggest Christian trading center. It was taken over by Muslims that invaded the Ottoman empire. This made the eastern roman empire expand. -
Nov 1, 1478
Start of the Spanish Inquisition
The Spanish Inquisition goal was to punish anybody who committed heresy to the Church. They wanted to do this to make Spain pure again. They mainly focused on punishing Jews and Muslims. -
1492
Colombian Exchange
The Colombian Exchange was the process of transferring things to the new world. The exchange was between Europe colonies and the Americas. It brought new ideas, plants, animals, disease, culture, and many more things to the new world. -
Aug 3, 1492
Christopher Columbus Lands in New World
On August 3rd, 1492 Christopher set sail for Spain. He came across many different tropical islands in the Caribbean. He also sailed on the Central and South america coast. he never actually stepped foot on North America. -
1506
Mona Lisa Completed
The Mona Lisa is known as the most famous painting in the world. Leonardo de Vinci is the creator of the painting. It is also the most visited painting with its location being in Paris. -
1508
Michelangelo begins painting the Sistine Chapel
One of Michelangelo's famous creations is the complex art on the ceiling of The Sistine Chapel. The chapel is located in The Vatican. It took him 4 years to work on it. -
Period: 1509 to 1547
King Henry V||| Regin
King Henry created The Church of England. He created the church of England to get an annulment to his wife at the time because she could not have a baby boy. He had 6 wives total. -
1514
Battle of Chaldiran
The Battle of Chaldiran was a war between The Ottomans and The Safavid empires. The Ottomans won in the war due to their military being better. The Ottomans were given more land to rule. -
1517
Martin Luther post 95 Theses
During the time of when the church was over using its power and taking advantage of people Martin Luther wrote 95 theses. It was an article of how the church was overusing power and he nailed it to the door of the church. He then was going to be burned at the stake but surrounding princes took and hid him. -
1519
Cortez defeats Aztecs
Cortez and his army arrived at the Aztec empire of Tenochtitlan in 1519. Cortez wanted to take over the empire to get more valuable items for himself and for Europe. He took the empire over in 1521. -
Period: 1520 to 1566
Sultan Suleyman Reign
Suleyman was the most famous of the sultans of The Ottoman empire. He was the most famous because he took over lots of land and was given the name "Lawgiver". He died from natural causes. -
1532
"The Prince"
"The Prince" was a book written by Niccolo Machiavelli. This book was written about how people should treat each other not very nicely. This book was a good symbol of humanism -
1532
Pizarro Defeats Incas
Pizarro lead his military up the long journey of the Andes mountains for two years. Once he reached the Inca empire Pizarro started the war between the Inca's. The Incas were defeated by the Spanish. -
Period: Sep 7, 1533 to
Queen Elizabeth Reign
Queen Elizabeth was known as one of the greatest queens. She ruled from 1558 until her death. She kept the English Church at its best. -
Period: 1545 to 1563
Counter Reformation
The counter reformation was an movement against the church. During this time The Council of Trent was assembled. The Council of Trent was a council of people that made sure the church was cleaned up and teaching what it was supposed to be. -
1555
Peace of Augsburg
The Peace of Augsburg was a Treaty. It happened after the Reformation and said that each prince had to decided what religion was going to be practiced throughout the land. It ended in 1555. -
Spanish Armada
The Spanish Armada was 130 ships to invade on England. The England tropes did defeat the Spanish ships. The victory was supposedly was just a lucky coincident -
Period: to
Slave trade
The slave trade was the process of taking capture of African Americans or Native Americans for labor of people. The slave trade started in Africa and moved across the Americas. They would sell, transport, and abuse slaves. -
Period: to
Era of the Samurai
A Samurai was a respectful warrior for Japan. They were apart of one of the highest military rankings. If they weren't able to fulfill their order they had to kill themselves. -
William Shakespeare's Death
William Shakespeare was born on April 23, 1564 and died on his 52nd birthday. He died from becoming ill with a fever. He is most known for his extraordinary plays that symbolize humanism and human emotional tragedies. -
Taj Mahal Completed
The Taj Mahal was created in honor of The Mughal Emperor Shah Jahan's wife who died. She died by giving birth to their 14th child. The palace was opened in 1653 -
Period: to
Opium War
This was a war between China and the British. It started over the trading process of Opium from the British to China. This had a huge impact on China's society.
