Song Dynasty Compared to Europe

By indiechic18
  • Dec 2, 1044

    Wujing Zongyao Manuscript

    The Wujing Zongyao manuscript of 1044 was the first book in history to provide formulas for gunpowder and their specified use in different types of bombs.
  • Jan 1, 1095

    First Official Crusade Begins

    The first official crusade begin with a call to arms from Pope Urban II.This was partly because Urban wanted to unite Europe by giving them a common enemy
  • Jun 1, 1099

    The Crusades Began a Five Week Siege of Jerusalem

    In June 1099, the Crusaders began a five-week siege of Jerusalem, which fell in July 1099.
  • Jan 1, 1100

    European Nobles held both Antioch and Jerusalem as Latin Christian Kingdoms

    Most Christians in the Levant were Orthodox
  • Jan 1, 1132

    China's First Permanent Navy

    With a permanent navy, the Song were prepared to face the naval forces of the Jin on the Yangtze River in 1161, in the Battle of Tangdao and the Battle of Caishi. During these battles the Song navy employed swift paddle wheel driven naval vessels armed with trebuchet catapults aboard the decks that launched gunpowder bombs.[29] Although the Jin forces boasted 70,000 men on 600 warships, and the Song forces only 3,000 men on 120 warships,[30] the Song Dynasty forces were victorious in both battle
  • Jan 1, 1187

    Muslim forces advanced across Syria

    Muslim forces advanced across Syria and finally retook Jerusalem in October 1187.
  • Jan 1, 1202

    The Fourth Crusade

    The Fourth Crusade set out in 1202 with Egypt as its goal.
  • Jan 1, 1276

    Song territory had been captured by Yuan forces

  • Jan 1, 1279

    Mongol Attacks and the Fall

    Mongols ended the Song dynasty after many attacks on them and just like many other empires they were going to fall. Another cause because of the fall of the empire was the administration of the buerocrats that took control over them and it was impossible for them to fix the system leading them to the fall because of the weakness.

  • Song Taizu the First Emperor

    Song Taizu was the first emperor of the Song dynasty, he began his career as a military officer serving one of the most important warlords in China. He had a very widley known reputation in 960 his troops made and proclaimed him emperor thanks to his abilities which included honesty and effectivenes. Followed confucian ways and seeked to pass on the education to others.
  • Period: to Jan 1, 1279

    Song Dynasty

  • Period: to Jan 1, 1279

    Europe