Song Empire and the Americas

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  • Dec 3, 1020

    Leif Erikson dies.

    Leif Erikson dies.
  • Dec 3, 1127

    Jin conquered Northern Song. Southern Song Dynasty began.

    Jin conquered Northern Song. Southern Song Dynasty began.
    Jin conquered Northern Song. Southern Song Dynasty began.
  • Dec 3, 1161

    Fireworks

    Fireworks
    The Chinese used explosives for the first time in warfare, during the Song Dynasty. They also created cannons and fire fworks. They made simple flamethrowers and rockets that had multiple stages of going off.
  • Dec 3, 1201

    Cuzco

    Cuzco
    Around this time in the mountainous Andes region in South America, the Inca ruler, Manco Capac, oversees the construction of the city-state of Cuzco.
  • Dec 3, 1206

    Genghis Khan established the Mongol regime

    Genghis Khan established the Mongol regime
    This regime would eventually destroy the Song dynasty.
  • Dec 3, 1247

    Aztecs

    Aztecs
    Aztecs arrived in central mexican valley
  • Dec 3, 1279

    Conquered

    Conquered
    The Mongols conquer the Song Dynasty.

  • Song Dynasty Founded

    Song Dynasty Founded
    The Song Dynasty was founded by a military commander named, Zhoa Kuanyin.

  • Zhao Guangyi

    Zhao Guangyi
    The younger brother of Zhao Kuangyin unified the whole China during his reign by defeating the Northern Han.

  • Discovered

    Discovered
    Leif Erikson discovers America. The first European to discover America. He came from Norway.

  • Topiltzin

    Topiltzin
    Topiltzin was driven out of Tula around AD 987, following an internal conflict. He invaded and conquered Chichén Itzá, followed by the rest of the Yucatán Mayan sites, eventually creating an alternative domain to the one he had lost at Tula. Toltec-style architecture was adopted in Chichén Itzá, but there is evidence of Toltec-Maya influence in the Yucatán long before the arrival of Topiltzin.
  • Period: to Dec 2, 1279

    Song Dynasty

  • Period: to Dec 3, 1279

    The Americas