Medieval world and beyond period 6 lightj By googoobear 220 Buddhism religion expanded in the Tang Dynasty 300 Classic Maya civilization began 300 Camels were first brought to the Sahara 476 The Fall of Rome 500 The Byzantine Empire begins 552 Buddhism is ntroduced to Japan Jan 1, 604 The Seventeen Article Constitution began Jan 1, 610 Muhammad became a prophet of Islam Jan 1, 651 The First Official Edition of the Qur'an was written Jan 1, 700 Traders brought Islam to West Africa Jan 1, 710 Nara became the capital of Japan Jan 1, 750 Bookmaking Began to spread the Qur'an Jan 1, 1000 Feudalism: Establishing Order Jan 1, 1000 Feudalism Begins Jan 1, 1000 The Tale of Genji, the first novel, was written Jan 1, 1050 Movable Type was invented in China Jan 1, 1054 the Roman Catholic and the Eastern Orthodox split Jan 1, 1065 Song Dynasty begins civil service exams Jan 1, 1085 The Reconquista Began with Toledo Jan 1, 1096 The First Crusade Began Jan 1, 1099 The first Crusade ends Jan 1, 1146 The Second Crusade Began Jan 1, 1148 The Second Crusade ends Jan 1, 1185 The Heian period ended Jan 1, 1189 The Third Crusade Began Jan 1, 1192 first shogun came to power Jan 1, 1192 The era of the samurai begns Jan 1, 1200 Aztecs arrived in the valley of Mexico Jan 1, 1203 The Ghana Empire Ended Jan 1, 1206 The Mongols Dynasty Began Jan 1, 1215 King Henry VII created Anglicanism Jun 1, 1215 The signing of the MAgna Carta June Jan 1, 1240 The Mali Empire Began Jan 1, 1258 The Mongols destroyed Baghdad Jan 1, 1260 The Mongol Empire was weakened Jan 1, 1279 The Mongols Dynasty begins Jan 1, 1290 The Mali Empire Began Jan 1, 1300 The Tang Dynasty recorded a formula for gunpowder Jan 1, 1300 The Mongol empire is weakened Jan 1, 1304 Humanism began in Italy Jan 1, 1312 Mansa Musa was the first Islamic leader Jan 1, 1325 The Aztecs built Tenochtitlan Jan 1, 1337 The Hundred Years War begins Jan 1, 1347 The Bubonic Plague Begins in Europe Jan 1, 1350 Timbuktu became a center of Arabic Learning Jan 1, 1368 The Ming Dynasty Began Jan 1, 1368 The Mongols Dynasty Ended Jan 1, 1400 The Inquisition took place Jan 1, 1400 The Renaissance began in Italy Jan 1, 1405 Zheng He made his first voyage Jan 1, 1438 The Incas began to create roads Jan 1, 1450 Johannes Gutenberg invented the printing press Jan 1, 1453 The Hundred Years War Ends Jan 1, 1453 The Byzantine Empire Ends Nov 22, 1481 Vasco de Gama began to sail to India Jan 1, 1492 The Spanish conquer Granada Oct 12, 1492 Isabella sent Christopher Columbus to find a sea route to Asia Jan 1, 1497 Bartolomeu Dias began to sail around the tip of Africa May 2, 1497 John Cabot landed in Canada Jan 1, 1500 Post-Classic Mayan Civilization ended Apr 22, 1500 Pedro Cabral began to sail to Brazil Jan 1, 1504 Michelangelo completed his statue of David Jan 1, 1509 John Calvin created Calvinism Oct 31, 1517 Martin Luther posted his Ninety-Five Theses Aug 10, 1519 Ferdinand Magellan began to sail around the world Jan 1, 1521 Hernan Cortes destroyed the Aztecs Jan 1, 1521 The Medici family began to rule Florence Jan 1, 1525 William Tyndale translated the Bible into English Jan 1, 1528 Giovanni da Verrazzano landed in North America Jan 1, 1531 Francisco Pizarro destroyed the Incas Jan 1, 1532 The Inca empire ended Jan 1, 1543 Coernicus stated his theoryof the heliocentric universe Jan 1, 1543 Copernicus stated that the earth revolves around the sun Jan 1, 1545 The Council of Trent was formed Jan 1, 1591 The Songhai Empire Began Jan 1, 1609 Henry Hudson began to try to find the Northwest passage Jun 1, 1609 The microscope was invented Jan 1, 1610 The Mali empire Ended Jan 1, 1618 The Thirty Years' War started Jan 1, 1642 Galileo decided to build a telescope Jan 1, 1644 Ming Dynasty Ended Jan 1, 1648 The Thirty Years' War Ended Jan 1, 1659 Peace of Westphalia was signed Jul 5, 1687 Newton published a book about gravity Jan 1, 1868 The era of the samurai ended Mar 2, 2022 Charlemagne's Christian Empire begins Mar 2, 2022 The Ghana Empire Began Mar 2, 2022 Tang Dynasty Began Mar 2, 2022 Tang Dynasty Ended Mar 2, 2022 Tang Dynasty records a formula for gunpowder Mar 2, 2022 Heian-kyo became the capital of Japan Mar 2, 2022 Prince Shotoku came to power Mar 2, 2022 Heian period begins Mar 2, 2022 Charlemagne's Christian Empire ends Mar 2, 2022 Buddhism religion expands in the Tang Dynasty Mar 2, 2022 The Japenese invented kana