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Period: 300 to
Period 3
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570
Muhammad
He was the founder of Islam, and started a major movement in Europe and Asia. He started a large empire that conquered most of Eatsern Europe and Asia. He founded one of the universal religions of the world. -
Dec 4, 661
Umayyad Dynasty Begins
It was the second of the four caliphates. It was the great Muslim dynasty to rule the Islamic Empire. It helped expand the Islamiz empire even more. -
Dec 4, 710
Nara Period
This was when japan was more of a peaceful time, and everybody usually lived in small villages that practiced the same religion called Kami. This was when Japan was being influenced by Tang China. -
Dec 3, 750
Abbasid Dynasty Begins
The dynasty was formed from Islam. It's capital was Baghdad and they helped spread Islam throughout Africa and Europe. They adopted many technological innovations and they spread those innovations throughout their empire. -
Dec 4, 1035
Saljuq Control Over Abbasid Dynasty
They started invading the Abbasid Dynasty and they originated from the Turks. They took over the Abbasid Dynasty and ruled completely over Baghdad. They expanded and conquered a large amount of land in Eastern Europe and in the Middle East. -
Dec 4, 1054
Schism Between Eastern and Western Christian Church
It was divided into two churches, Roman Catholic Church and the Eastern Orthodox Church. This caused many poeple to convert and led to conflict between these two churches. It also was more difficult for the Roman Empire to be revived. -
Dec 4, 1066
Norman Invasion of England
It was a battle for the person to be the king of England. This is important because it linked England closer to Europe, and it help create one of the most powerful monarchies durring that time. -
Dec 3, 1096
First Crusade
This was an attack from the Christians trying to tke back major religous sites from the Arabs. This also was very successful to the Christians, and that led to many more Crusades to come. -
Dec 4, 1125
Kingdom of Angkor
It was a major Hindu temple that helped spread Hinduism throughout that area. It helped make Hinduism more popular and helped make more Hindu texts to be written down in larger numbers. -
Dec 4, 1176
Reign of Chinggis Khan
This was when he started to form a small tribe. He was the founder of the Mongol Empire, and that is the largest empire in world history. He formed and created the basis of the empire, and he expanded the empire when he ruled greatly. -
Dec 4, 1204
Fourth Crusade
This Crusade attempted to capture the Muslim controlled Jerusalem. This was one of the major attacks towards the Muslims. -
Dec 4, 1206
Sultanate of Delhi
It was a series of Muslim rulers in India. This is important because it helped spread Islam throughout India. -
Dec 4, 1220
Kingdom of Great Zimbabwe
The kingdom was a large kingdom and well-known because of its large amount of elegant resources, like gold and slaves. They were a major export in the African region, and they exported goods to the Swahili civilization and they traded the goods with China, India, etc. -
Dec 4, 1230
Mali Empire Begins
It was located along the Niger River, and it was a very wealthy civilization. Its most know ruler was Mansa Musa. Their empire spread its culture and ideas all along the Niger River, including Islam. -
Dec 4, 1264
Reign of Kublai Khan
He established the Yuan Dynasty and became the emperor of China. He became the first non-Chinese emperor. -
Dec 4, 1271
Marco Polo's Trip to China
He visited China and told about the experiences he had while staying there. This was important because he opened everybody's eyes to China, and he made many people want to go and explore China and trade with China. -
Dec 4, 1271
Yuan Dynasty Begins
The dynasty was founded by Kublai Khan, and it ruled over China. It used Chinese cultures, but it was a dynasty under the Mongol Empire. It was the first dynasty ruled by an outside empire. -
Dec 4, 1279
Mongol Conquest of all of China
it was the first major civilization conquered by a pastoral or nomadic group. It also made China not a powerful nation since they were under the rule of another empire. -
Dec 4, 1304
Ibn Battuta
He was very famous Islamic traveler. He traveled throughout most of the Islamic world and parts of the non-Muslim world. He helped make many civilizations want to trade with other civilizations further away. -
Dec 4, 1312
Reign of Mansa Musa
He was the ruler of Mali, and was most famous for his trip to Mecca. His civlization was full of gold, and he brought a lot of gold with him on his trip, but he spent most of it along the way and had to borrow some from lenders with high rates. -
Dec 4, 1336
Tamerlane
He was a Mongol ruler and conquered West, South, and Central Asia. He revisioned on reviving the Mongol Empire. -
Dec 4, 1337
Hundred Year's War
It was a war between a kingdom of France and a kingdom of England. Enlgand lost most of their territory to the French. -
Dec 3, 1348
First Bubonic Plague Pandemic
This was a major factor for the fall of the Roman Empire. It killed a lot of the population, killed thousands a day. -
Dec 4, 1368
Ming Dynasty Begins
It was comsidered another Golden Age in China, and this was because of China using a stable currency of silver. Also, its economy was very good and urbanization was very popular durring this time. They also built the Great Wall of China. -
Dec 4, 1405
Zheng He's Expedition
He traveled and learned about many other culteres. Hebrought back stories from the places he visited, and he was the first major traveler to come from China in that time. -
Dec 4, 1438
Inca Empire
They were the largest empire in the Americas. They controlled a large area of the Andes, and they influenced many empires and other civilizations in that region or to come in the future. -
Dec 3, 1453
Fall of Constantinople
This marked the fall of the Byzantine Empire. It was named after the Roman Emperor, Constantine. It was heavily fortified. -
Kingdom of Ghana
A kingdom that was converted to Islam. They had a an abundance of ivory, salt, gold, etc. They traded these goods with civlizations in the north by camel. This helped spread the Islamic culture. -
Reign of Charlemagne
He tried to reconquer the Eastern part to rebuild the Roman Empire completely. This shows how important to the Byzantine Empire on rebuilding the Roman Empire completely was to them. -
Tang Dynasty Begins
This was the beginning of the Golden Age of China. It help make the Song Dynasty to have the best economy durring that time, and make it flourish. -
Silla Dynasty Begins
it was a dynastyn in Korea, and it occurred during the Tang Dynasty in China. It unified Korea for the first time, and it helped make Korea spread their culture through China. -
Heian Period
This was the Golden Age of Japan. Japanese culture and influences were at the height, and they were spreading very quickly. -
Song Dynasty Begins
The Song Dynasty was the main Golden Age in China. Chinese culture and ideas flourished greatly durring this time. -
Sui Dynasty Begins
Sui Dynasty reunified China after the collapse of the Han Dynasty. It helped prepare the next dynasties, and after the collapse of the Sui the Tang Dynasty appeared right after it and it used the same ideas and guidelines and the Sui.
