Middle ages asia

middle ages in the eastern world

  • 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