middle ages in the eastern world By faze_eugine Feb 1, 800 gunpowder invented in china Feb 1, 800 Hagia Sophia was built Feb 1, 800 First Muslim invasion by Mohammed Bin Qasim Feb 1, 900 The Islamic Empire divides into small kingdoms Feb 1, 900 Mosque built at Shanga, Kenya Feb 1, 955 Otto I defeats Hungarians at Battle of Lechfeld Feb 1, 996 Pope Gregory V consecrated Feb 1, 1000 first crusade Feb 1, 1191 First battle of Tarain between Mohammed Ghori & Prithivi Raj Chauhan III Feb 1, 1194 Battle of Chandawar between Ghauri and Jayachandra Feb 1, 1270 Yekuno Amlak takes control of Ethiopia and establishes the Solomonoid dynasty Feb 1, 1410 Battle of Grunwald Feb 1, 1414 Yeshaq I becomes king of Ethiopia Feb 1, 1500 German scholar, Baron Ferdinand von Richthofen uses the term "Silkroad" (Seidenstrasse) for the first time
