Thanksgiving Timeline

Byzantine Empire

330

This is the year when the empire developed into a capital. It continued to exist for another thousand years until it fell to the ottman turks in 1453 under the reign of the conqueror, Mehmed. The empire was the most powerful economic, cultural, and military force in Europe.

Grand Canal Built

468

The Grand Canal was built in 468 BC, and it went through renovations and enlargements three times in history

Dark Ages

476

This was the fall of the western roman empire. It was also a period of religious struggles, the orthdodox christians and catholics viewed the era from different perspectives.

Muhammad's 1st Revelation

Dec 1, 610

Angel Gabriel came to Muhammad and raed him a verse of the Qur'an

Tang Dynasty

Dec 1, 618

Was an imperiel dynasty of china proceded by the Sui dynasty and followed by the five dynasties and ten kingdoms period. It was the golden Age of art, music and literature

The Hijrah

Dec 1, 622

The prophet Muhammad's migration from Mecca to Medina in order to ecsape persecution

Death of Muhammad

Dec 1, 632

He died in Medina, Saudi Arabia. Muhammad died of high fever or illness

Sunni/ Shia Split

Dec 1, 661

The split originates in a dispute after the death or prophet Muhammad over who should lead the muslim community

Muslim's control Spain

Dec 1, 711

In 711 Muslim forces invaded and in seven years conquered the Iberian peninsula. It became one of the great Muslim civilisations

Battle of tours

Oct 10, 732

Frankish leader, Charles Martel, A christian defeats a large army of spanish Moors, halting the muslim advance into Western Europe.

Umayyad Caliphate

Dec 1, 750

2nd of the fourth major Islamic caliphates established after the death of Muhammad

Abbasid's take Bagdad

Dec 1, 750

The abbasids overthrew the umayyad caliphate and ruled an islamic empire from their capital in Baghdad

Abbasid Caliphate

Dec 1, 751

The abbasid caliphate was the third of the Islamic caliphates to succeed the Islamic prophet, Muhammad

Viking invasion in europe

Dec 1, 800

They began by raiding coastal sites, especially undefended monasteries, in the British Isles. Over the next three centuries, they would leave their mark as pirates, raiders, traders and settlers on much of Britain and the European continent, as well as parts of modern-day Russia, Iceland, Greenland and Newfoundland.

Song Dynasty

Dec 1, 960

The Song dynasty was an era of Chinese history that began in 960 and continued until 1279. It succeeded the Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms period, and was followed by the Yuan dynasty.

Holy Roman Empire

Dec 1, 962

A multi-ethnic complex of terretories in central Europe that developed during the early middle ages. The importance of the empire was that the emperor consantine decreed it to be a christian empire. The empire was so huge, that it required two capitals

Great Schism between catholics and eastern orthodox

Dec 1, 1054

This basically was a split in churches.The primary causes of the schism were disputes over conflicting claims of jurisdiction, in particular over papal authority—Pope Leo IX claimed he held authority over the four Eastern patriarchs— and over the insertion of the Filioque clause into the Nicene Creed by the Western patriarch in 1014.

William the conqueror takes england

Dec 1, 1066

William the conqueror became duke of Normandy. William invaded england in September, 1066, defeating Harold II Godwineson at the battle of Hastings on October 14, 1066.

Crusades

Dec 1, 1095

They were military campaigns sanctioned by the latin romans catholic church during the high middle ages and late middle ages. In 1095, pope urban II proclaimed the first crusade with the stated goal of restoring christian access, to holy places in and near Jerusalem.

High middle ages

Dec 1, 1100

Feudalism reached its peak and began to decline as kings regained authority and power from feudal lords in Western Europe by this time, the invasions stopped.

Magna Carta

Dec 1, 1215

(The Great Charter), is one of the most famous documents in the world. Magna Carta established for the first time the principle that everybody, including the king, was subject to the law.

The inquisition

Dec 1, 1231

The Inquisition is a group of institutions within the judicial system of the Roman Catholic Church whose aim was to combat heresy.In the Late Middle Ages and early Renaissance, the concept and scope of the Inquisition was significantly expanded in response to the Protestant Reformation and the Catholic Counter-Reformation

Pax Mongolia

Dec 1, 1252

A phrase coined by Western scholars to describe the social, cultural, and economic outcome of the mongol empire's conquest of the territory from southeast Asia to Europe in the 13th and 14th centuries.

Yuan Dynasty

Dec 1, 1279

During this dynasty, the silk road became safer for travelers because it was monitered by patrols.

Mongol Empire

Dec 1, 1294

Conquered first China, then the islamic world, then eastern europe- tolerant of religions allowing eastern orthodox church to develop.

100 Years War

Dec 1, 1337

Series of campaigns over control of the throne of France, involving Engligh and French royal families and french noble families.

Tenochitlan Built

Dec 1, 1345

Capital of the Aztec empire, located on an island in lake texcoco; population was about 150000 on the eve of spanish conquest. Mexico city was constructed on its ruins.

Black Death

Dec 1, 1346

One of the most devastating pandemics in human history, resulting in the deaths of an estimated 75- 200 million people and people in Europe.

Ming Dynasty

Dec 1, 1368

Initially mounted huge trade expeditions to southern Asia and elsewhere, but later concentraded efforts on internal development within china.

Voyages Of Zhen He

Dec 1, 1405

Zheng He led china to become the superpower of the Indian ocean, which was considered to be "the world's most important crossroads of trade"

Middle ages

Dec 1, 1450

The time in European history between classical antiguity and the italian renaissance. Sometimes restricted to thje later part of this period.

Parliament Established

Dec 1, 1450

Basically, Parliament is a legislative assembly in certain countries. Parliamentary Monarchies can be that people have say in government.

Aztec Empire

Dec 1, 1518

Major state that developed in what is now Mexico in the 14th and 15th centuries; dominated by seminomadic, who had migrated into the region.

Inca Empire

Dec 1, 1533

Was the largest empire in pre-columbian America. The administrative, political, and military center of the empire was located in cusco in modern-day, Peru.

Mayan city-states

Dec 1, 1800

A mesoamerican civilization, noted for Maya script, the only known fully developed witing system of the pre-columbian Americas.