Chapter II By buebele Period: 200 to Mar 2, 2022 Era of Division; political division in China; time of greatest Buddhist influence 220 End of Han 330 Constantinople made capital of Eastern Roman Empire Period: 570 to Nov 18, 632 Lifetime of Muhammad Period: Jan 1, 600 to Dec 31, 1450 The Postclassical Era Period: Nov 18, 600 to Nov 18, 700 Islam spreads across North Africa Period: Nov 18, 624 to Nov 18, 627 Wars between followers of Muhammad and the Quraysh of Mecca Nov 18, 646 Taika reforms in Japan Period: Nov 18, 710 to Mar 2, 2022 Imperial Japanese capital at Nara Period: Jan 1, 750 to Dec 31, 1258 Abbasid Dynasty Nov 18, 1050 Invention of block printing with moveable type Nov 18, 1054 Schism between Eastern and Western Christianity Period: Nov 18, 1096 to Nov 18, 1270 Crusades Nov 18, 1100 Invention of gunpowder Period: Nov 18, 1100 to Nov 18, 1453 Byzantine decline, growing Turkish attack Nov 18, 1119 First reference to use of compass for sea navagation Period: Nov 18, 1127 to Nov 18, 1279 Southern Song Period: Nov 18, 1150 to Nov 18, 1300 Gothic style spreds Period: Nov 18, 1185 to Nov 18, 1333 Kamakura Shogunate in Japan Nov 18, 1200 Rise of the empire Mali Nov 18, 1204 Capture of Constantinople during 4th Crusade Period: Nov 18, 1237 to Nov 18, 1241 Mongols Capture Russia Nov 18, 1275 Marco Polo 20 years in China Period: Nov 18, 1279 to Nov 18, 1368 Mongol(Yuan) dynasty rules all China Period: Nov 18, 1290 to Nov 18, 1317 New famines in Europe Nov 18, 1291 First Italian expedition seeks route to Indies Nov 18, 1320 First European use of cannon in warfare Nov 18, 1324 Pilgrimage of Mansa Musa Nov 18, 1325 Aztecs established in central Mexico; Tenochtitlan founded Nov 18, 1330 Black death reaches China Period: Nov 18, 1338 to Nov 18, 1453 100 Years War Nov 18, 1348 Bubonic Plague in Europe Nov 18, 1348 Peak of Black Death in Middle East Nov 18, 1350 Incas established in Cuzco area Nov 18, 1368 Mongols expelled from China; Ming dynasty Period: Nov 18, 1405 to Nov 18, 1433 Chinese expeditions Nov 18, 1453 Fall of Constantinople/ Byzantine Empire Mar 2, 2022 Defeat of Arab attack on Constantinople Mar 2, 2022 Spread of new plows; use of horses in ag., transport (West Europe) Mar 2, 2022 Germanic kings "revive" Roman Empire Mar 2, 2022 Period of Buddhist persecution(840s) Mar 2, 2022 Japenese capital shifts to Heian(Kyoto) Mar 2, 2022 Last Japenese embassy to China Period: Mar 2, 2022 to Mar 2, 2022 Charlemagne's Empire Period: Mar 2, 2022 to Mar 2, 2022 Sui dynasty; building of the Grand Canal Period: Mar 2, 2022 to Mar 2, 2022 Tang Dynasty Period: Mar 2, 2022 to Nov 18, 705 Emperess Wu; Buddhism in China peaks Period: Mar 2, 2022 to Nov 18, 1279 Song Dynasty; Neo-Confucianism
