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Apr 15, 622
Mohammad to Medina
Prophet Mohammad was threatend at the time with death so him and his followers went to Medina and performed hija. which also is marked as the first year on the muslim calender. -
Apr 15, 630
Mohammad back to Meca
Prophet Mohammad, once he performed hija, he returned to meca and destroyed all the shirnes except for the Ka'ba, which is now a point of muslim pilgrimage. -
Apr 15, 632
Abu Bakr as Caliph
in 632 when prophet mohammad died, abu bakr became the caliph. whihc basically means he wa sa ruler, an emporer in a religious way, and a cheif judge to his society. -
Period: Jan 1, 634 to Dec 31, 650
Byzantine Empire
Arab armies destroyed the Sasanid Empire and captured the Byzantine Egypt, Syria, and Tunisia. -
Apr 15, 650
The Holy Qu'ran
established around 650, the holy book is the "bible" for muslims who bilieve in Islam. the text in it was collected into a group of surahs depending on how big they were. This holy book has brought history down to generation for muslims to carry on their faith. -
Jan 1, 700
Byzantine Empire
Disagreements led to charges and countercharges of heresy when a person was non-Christian. -
Jan 1, 711
Byzantine Empire
Arabs and Berbers raiders under Umayyad caliph authority overturned the kindon of the Visgoths in Spain. -
Apr 15, 732
Islam to Europe
in 732 when the unayyads failed to overthrow that regime, the islamic empire began to make a move on europe on the iberian peninsula. -
Period: Jan 1, 750 to Dec 31, 1258
Abbasid dynasty - Islam
this dynasty had established atrs and sciences and had buit the capital at Bagdad which is now a great cultural center of the world. this dynastry was also defeated byt he mongosl later on causing the empire to decline. -
Jan 1, 1054
Western Europe
The Great Schism; split between Roman and Eastern orthodox churches -
Period: Jan 1, 1081 to Dec 31, 1118
Byzantine Empire
Alexius Comnenus rules Byzantine Empire, calls for western military aid against Muslims -
Period: Jan 1, 1095 to Dec 31, 1270
Western Europe
The Crusades; the christian church began takeing back sacred land from the muslims -
Apr 15, 1115
Liao capital destryed
in 1115, the jurchens destrayed the liao capital in mongolia. -
Period: Jan 1, 1127 to Dec 31, 1279
southern song dynasty
this dynasty was established beofre the mongols took over and this empire helped add on to chinese traditions. -
Jan 1, 1170
Byzantine Empire
King Henery's knights murdered Thomas a Becket in Canterbury Cathedral. -
Jan 1, 1173
Byzantine Empire
Pope declares Becket a saint -
Period: Jan 1, 1206 to Dec 31, 1236
Delhi Sultanate
Muslim conquerors extend their rain over the Hindu princes and chiefs of northern India. -
Jan 1, 1215
Western Europe
Magna Carta; gave rights to the people -
Jan 1, 1227
Mongol
Genghis Khan dies -
Jan 1, 1234
Mongol
Mongol has control of almost all of northern China and were threatening Southern Song. -
Jan 1, 1235
Ghana/Mali
Mali became an important empire when a resistance was formed against the Soninke -
Period: Jan 1, 1240 to Dec 31, 1260
Mongol
Merchants, ambassadors, missionaries, and adventurers from Eurasia were all attracted to the imperial capital at Karakorum. -
Jan 1, 1241
Mongol
After Ogodei's death the family unity begins to fall apart. -
Jan 1, 1250
Ghana/Mali
The Ghana empire began to disentegrate and eventually fell -
Period: Jan 1, 1253 to Dec 31, 1324
Western Europe
Marco Polo was one of the first euorpean explorers to travel to china -
Jan 1, 1258
Mongol
The Middle East pillaged Baghdad and executed the last Abbasid caliph. -
Jan 1, 1260
Mongol
The Il-Khan state (established by Hulegu) controlled Armenia, Azerbaijan, Mesopotamia, and Iran. -
Jan 1, 1265
Mongol
Khubilai declares himself the Great Khan, however Jagadai's decendents refused to accept him. -
Jan 1, 1271
Mongol
Khubilai declares himslef founder of the Yuan Empire. -
Jan 1, 1298
Delhi Sultanate
Ala-ud-din's forces extended Sultanate's southern flank, conquering Gujarat, a major trading state. -
Period: Jan 1, 1312 to Dec 31, 1337
Mali/Ghana
The Golden Age; Mansa Musa was the king of Mali, he developed Islamic practices in Mali -
Period: Jan 1, 1315 to Dec 31, 1317
Western Europe
The Great Famine occurred and killed millions -
Period: Jan 1, 1337 to Dec 31, 1453
Western Europe
Hundred Years War -
Jan 1, 1338
Delhi Sultanate
Bengal successfully breaks away from the sultanate. -
Period: Jan 1, 1347 to Dec 31, 1351
Western Europe
Bubonic Plague (Black Death); the didease began to spread and killed 2/3 of the population in europe...spread by fleas off of rats -
Apr 15, 1368
Ming Dynasty formed
this dynasty was the third final empire of the 3 popular empires of the chinese dynasties. once the mongols were forced to leave china, the ming dynasty formed to carry on traditional chinese rule to the empire. -
Jan 1, 1390
Delhi Sultanate
Gujarat regains its independence -
Jan 1, 1398
Delhi Sultanate
Timur (Turko-Mongol leader) invades and captures Delhi. -
Jan 1, 1398
Mongol
Timur pillages the Muslim sultanate of Delhi in northern India. -
Jan 1, 1402
Mongol
Timur defeats the sultan of the rising Ottoman Empire in Anatolia. -
Tang Dynasty
Under Emporer Xuanzong, the Tang dynasty expanded chinese territory into parts of Manchuria, Tibet, and Korea.
The dynasty would have much power and soon to be have too much power. Tang dynasty was unique because of it's poetry practices that tok place. -
Tang Dynasty declines
This day the Tang dynasty begins to realize that they have to much power and decline because of the uncontrolable power -
Western Europe
Coronation of Charlemagne; charlemagne was crowned king -
Ghana/Mali
Ghanian gold came into high demand -
Song Dynasty
Song dynasty formed in 960 after the tang dynasty had declined ater having too much power. Emporer Taizu had power to rule and eventually lost power to the jurchens and the mongols. The song dynasty added on to the tang dynasty on thier society. Song empire made the printing processes which helped spread literture. -
Byzantine Empire
Vikings make a threat to western Europe when they attacked a monastery in the English coast. -
Period: to Dec 31, 1121
Liao empire
this empire last a little while before declining from having too much power such as the tang dynasty.