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Period: 224 to Apr 8, 651
Sassanid Empire
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Period: 306 to Apr 8, 1453
Contantinople
Roman Empire capital, obviously fell about the same time as the rest of the Roman Empire. Turks came in and destroyed everything and now it's called Istanbul and is located in present day Turkey. -
Period: 330 to Apr 8, 1453
Byzantine Empire
Part of the Roman Empire, had rulers who were in direct succession of former Roman leaders. -
Period: 500 to Apr 8, 1547
Mayan Civilization
Extremely advanced civilization until its Spanish capture in 1547. -
Period: 571 to Apr 8, 632
Muhammed
Orphaned at an early age and brought up under the care of his uncle Abu Talib. He later worked mostly as a merchant, as well as a shepherd. Somehow became a prophet. -
Apr 8, 632
Sunni/Shi'ite Split
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Period: Apr 8, 661 to Apr 8, 750
Umayyad Caliphate
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Period: Apr 8, 711 to
Muslims Conquer Spain
Muslims take over Spain, only to lose it a few years afterwards. -
Period: Apr 8, 750 to Apr 8, 1258
Abbasid Caliphate
3rd Islamic caliphate, built their capital in Bagdad which today is in Iraq. -
Period: Apr 8, 1037 to Apr 8, 1196
Seljuk Turks
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Period: Apr 8, 1095 to Apr 8, 1291
Crusades
Originally had the goal of recapturing Jerusalem and the Holy Land from Muslim rule, but turned out to be a war that lasted 200 years. -
Period: Apr 8, 1174 to Apr 8, 1193
Saladin
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Period: Apr 8, 1206 to Apr 8, 1324
Mongol Invasions
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Period: Apr 8, 1206 to Apr 8, 1227
Genghis Khan
Mongolian guy who conquered a lot of teh wrold nd idd sum stff cuz hes cool -
Period: Apr 8, 1206 to Apr 8, 1527
Delhi Sultanate
5 Islamic kingdoms that were rather short-lived. -
Apr 8, 1212
Magna Carta
Document that gave people other than the king some basic rights. This and several other documents would go on to contribute to the United States' constitution. -
Period: Apr 8, 1312 to Apr 8, 1337
Mansa Musa
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Period: Apr 8, 1337 to Apr 8, 1453
Hundred Years' War
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Period: Apr 8, 1368 to
Ming Empire
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Period: Apr 8, 1370 to Apr 8, 1405
Timur
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Period: Apr 8, 1371 to Apr 8, 1435
Zheng He
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Apr 8, 1436
Gutenborg Press
One of the first printing presses, among other accomplishments it created the first printed Bibles. -
Period: Apr 8, 1438 to Apr 8, 1533
Inca Empire
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Period: Apr 8, 1440 to Apr 8, 1505
Ivan III
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Period: to
Sui Empire
Had a lot of accomplishments -
Period: to
Tang Dynasty
Founded by the Li who took control of the declining Sui Empire -
Period: to Apr 8, 1279
Song Empire
First government in the world to issue paper money, quite the accomplishment if you ask me, because they did it without any printers or computers. -
Period: to Apr 8, 1349
Kievan Russia
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Period: to
Charlemagne
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Period: to Apr 8, 1453
Holy Roman Empire
Roman Empire, fell at the same time Constinople did.
Taken over by the Turks and caused a big mess.