That one timeline of 600C.E.-1450C.E.

-1000, W. Europe: Church Rises

500

The church rises as a unifying institusion. It also had great religous, politcial, and economic power

Events of History

Period: Jan 1, 600 to Dec 31, 1450

Many events occurred and many important things existed over these year that were quite important, such as diseases, old civiliizations, people and trading systems. This Timeline should provide an overview of such things to help the common person understand the history throughout this timeline.

Tang Empire, "Flourishing Age"

Jan 1, 627

This Age was a peaceful and creative period in China. People in the empire would make different types of arts and crafts, such as bowls and rugs and on the writing aspect, citizens of China would write poems.

Islam: Muhammad Dies

Jan 1, 632

Muhammad died without leaving a successor or leadership guidelines. The Islamic civilisation is thrown into turmoil.

African Empires: Ghana Economy Change

Jan 1, 700

Ghana stopped raising cattle, sheep, and dates. Instead they began to trade Ivory, gold, and slaves.

Islam: Conquers Spain

Jan 1, 711

General Turiq Ibn Ziyad crosses over and conquers Spain. Islamic forces are soon stopped near France.

Byzantine: Destruction of Icons

Apr 14, 726

Byzantine Emperor Leo III orders all religious icons in the Byzantine Empire destroyed

Islam: Abbassid Religious Revolution

Jan 1, 750

They took control of the empire with a more religious base. The Arabs no longer controlled Islam.

-800, W. Europe: Charlemagne

Jan 1, 750

Reunited most of the Western Roman Empire in 800. Also helped set up a good government, and he also helped spread Chrirstianity througout Europe. He helped improve education which in turn helped other, future, empires to set themselves up.

Islam: Islam Splits

Jan 1, 765

The two major sects: Shi'ites and Sunni, go seperate ways. This is because of their disagreement with eachother's religious leadership.

W. Europe: Feudalism

Jan 1, 1000

A System where the local lords are given land and power by the king, under the lords were Knights and under the knights were Serfs, or peasants. In otherwords everyone in turn works for the King in one way or another.

W. Europe: Vikings

Jan 2, 1000

Scandinavian warriors that raided multiple European villages. Also they colonized Iceland, Greenland and Newfoundland.

Byzantine: Bulgaria joins

Apr 14, 1018

The Byzantine Empire invades Bulgaria. Bulgaria becomes part of the Empire.

W. Europe: Great Schism

Jan 1, 1054

The church breaks into differetn branched. This is because of different doctorines.

Song Dynasty, Explosion in the Crab Nebula

Jul 4, 1054

The Crab Nebula or the "Guest star" was found by Chinese scientists. The star was reported to be seen for a few days in the sky. Now it is almost close to invisible to the naked eye.

- 1 Jan 1065. Islam: The Turks Conquer Bagdad

Jan 1, 1055

The Political and Religious seperation results in weakness and eventually decline.

Song Empire, Wang Anshi resigned

Jan 1, 1076

The Song Emperor tried to find a way to govern his people, so he made Wang Angshi to become the Prime Minister. Wang Anshi achieved great success with his reforms, but the people of the empire felt as if the reform happened to quickly. After that, Wang Anshi resigned from his job as Prime Minister.

African Empires: Ghana Capture

Jan 1, 1076

Ghana was captured by Muslims. Soon after they began to collapse.

Song Dynasty, The Invention of the celestial clock

Jan 1, 1088

Su Song was famous for making clocks. He has even made a clock that was 40ft high, told time and showed the date, phase of the moon and the position of the stars!

Islam/Middle Ages: Crusades

Jan 1, 1095

Pope Urban's response to th Muslim's expansion and theri occupation of Jerusalem. Christian Knights took over cities lost ot the muslims. These crusades severly weaken the Islamic empire. European interest in foreign goods increase, stimulating trade growth.

Song Dynasty, The Fall of the Song Dynasty

Jan 1, 1127

The Jin army invaded the Northen Song Empire. The Northern Song Empire's army was weak and defenseless, so that part of the empire collapse. Then the Southern Song Empire fell down with it after they sought help from the Mongols, but were only taken over by the Mongols.

Mongol: Gengis Khan rises

Apr 14, 1190

Temujin becomes king of the Mongols. He is known as Gengis Khan.

Feudal Japan: Yoritomo becomes Shogun

Apr 14, 1192

Minamoto Yoritomo is appointed Shogun. Kamakura becomes political capital.

Song Dynasty, Foot Binding

Jan 1, 1200

During this time, Women in China binded their foot, because it was tradition. Men would not marry a woman that didn't have feet that were binded. Women had a hard time working around the house being in this condition and the "tradition" made life for women harder.

Byzantine: Constantinople Taken

Apr 14, 1204

The Fourth Crusade leads to a Latin occupation of Constantinople. The Byzantine Empire is reduced to several contending states in outlying regions of its territories.

Delhi Sultanate, Qutubuddin Aibak is Governer

Jan 1, 1206

Qutubuddin Aibak was the governer of Mohummad of Ghur. His son in law, Itutmish, took control of nobility right after Aibak's term.

Mongol: Unification

Apr 14, 1206

Gengis Khan unites all Mongol and Tatar tribes. Mongolia is united.

Mongol: Xi Xia

Apr 14, 1210

Gengis Khan takes over Xi Xia, adding it to Mongolia.

W. Europe: Magna Carta

Jan 1, 1215

The Magna Carta granted a number of civil, economic and legal rights to English lords and limited the power of te king. Also, it later influenced Western government documents such as England's Habeas Corpus Act and US Constitution.

Mongol: Jin/Jurchen

Apr 14, 1215

Gengis Khan conquers the kingdom of the Jin/Jurchen , adding it to Mongolia.

Mongol: Kara-Khitai

Apr 15, 1218

the Mongols conquer the kingdom of Kara-Khitai (Kitan/Liao)

Mongol: Kwarizm/Khwarezmian

Apr 15, 1219

The Mongol army conquers the Khwarizm/Khwarezmian empire

Mongol: Merv

Apr 15, 1220

the Mongols conquer Merv (Turkmenistan)

Mongol: Herat

Apr 15, 1221

the Mongols conquer Herat (Afghanistan), while an expedition led by Jebe and Subedei venture west into the Caucasus and Russia, signing a peace treaty with Venice

Mongol: Khan's heirlooms

Apr 15, 1224

Genghis Khan splits his empire into khanates ruled by his four sons Jochi (western part), Ogedei (southern Siberia and western Mongolia), Chaghatay (Transoxania and Kara-Khitai), Tolui (the traditional Mongol lands)

Mongol: Khan's death

Apr 15, 1227

Genghis Khan dies and is succeeded by Ogedei who rules over Chaghatay's khanate in West Turkestan, Tolui's Eastern Mongolia, Batu's Blue Horde in Uzbekistan and Turkmenistan, and Orda's White Horde in Kazakhstan

Delhi Sultanate, Razia Begum

Apr 15, 1236

During the Slave Dynasty, she took her father's role as Sultanate. She was the only woman to ever rule as Sultanate. Her father was Itutmish.

African Empires: Mali Destroyed Ghana Capitol

Jan 1, 1240

Sudiata destroyed the capitol of Ghana. They then took over Ghana's gold and salt trade.

Feudal Japan: Mongols attempt invasion

Apr 14, 1247

The Mongols attempt to invade Japan. They are unsuccessful.

Muslim Lose Land

Jan 1, 1248

The Mulsims lose most of Spain. All but the kingdom of Granada is lost.

-1324, W. Europe: Marco Polo

Apr 12, 1253

He and his family were the first europeans to travel to china. Then after living in China for 17 years became an important diplomat.

Byzantine: Constantinople recovered

Apr 14, 1261

Constantinople is recaptured by the Byzantine emperor Michael Palaeologus. It is again part of the Byzantine Empire.

Feudal Japan: Mongols attempt invasion again

Apr 14, 1281

The Mongols attempt again to invade Japan. They are again unsuccessful.

Delhi Sultanate, Kahalji Dynasty

Period: Jan 1, 1290 to Dec 31, 1311

Allaudin Khalji killed his uncle to get in the position of Sultanate. Khalji had a great army and was very powerful with the help from Malik Kafur.

Delhi Sultanate, the rule of Mohammad bin Tughlaq

Jan 1, 1320

Mohammad was nortoriously known for his innovations. He experimented with coins or a new currency and he moved the capital of Delhi, but both experiements failed,

Feudal Japan: Emperor Go-Daigo restores imperial civil authority

Apr 14, 1333

Emperor Go-Daigo defeats the Kamakura shogunate, restores imperial power, and moves the capital to Muromachi

Feudal Japan: Ashika Takauji takes over

Apr 14, 1336

Ashikaga Takauji captures Kyoto, and forces Go-Daigo to move to a southern court

W. Europe: Bubonic Plague

Jan 1, 1340

Pandemic disease brought from China to Europe on trade ships. 25 million people taken vistim to the plague, this caused labor shortages and helped bring an end to the feudal system.

Islam: Ibn Battuta

Jan 1, 1400

Muslim scholor who traveled through West Africa, Middle Eats and India. His writing show there to be a muslim influence in those areas he explored.

Delhi Sultanate, Lodi Dynasty

Period: Jan 1, 1451 to Dec 31, 1526

Bahlul Lodi became Sultanate and his was the first Sultanate during this Dynasty. Towards the end of the dynasty, Rana Sangha, ruler of Mewar, opposed of the Lodis and asked Babur to help me defeat the Lodis.

Byzantine: Ottomans take Byzantine

Apr 14, 1453

The Ottoman Empire takes over Constantinople, and rename it Istanbul. The Byzantine Empire has lost all of its land.

African Empires: Sunni Ali

Jan 1, 1464

Sunni Ali, a muslim leader, defeated Mali. He then became the leader of the West African Empire, otherwise known as Songhai.

Muslims Lose all Control of Spain

Jan 1, 1492

Ferdinan and Isabella take back political control of Spain from Muslims.

African Empires: Endd of Great African Empires

Jan 1, 1700

Morracco and Spain came and destroyed the last Great African Empires.

Tang Dynasty, Wu Zhao: The woman ruler

Mar 2, 2022

Wu Zhao delceared herslef a holy being and ruled China. She was described as an evil woman only because of her gender, During that time men in China thought of themselves having a higher status and so it was normal for men to think of women as less important people.

Byzantine: Muslims take territory

Mar 2, 2022

Muslim armies conquer the southern territories of the Byzantine Empire (Syria, the Holy Land, Egypt, and Jordan)

Byzantine: Restoration of Icons

Mar 2, 2022

Icons are restored to Orthodox worship; this is a triumph of the Byzantine church over the emperor

Tang Dynasty, Warlords take over

Mar 2, 2022

The Tang dynasty collapsed by the hands of the warlords. The warlords caused centrilized control to vanish from China's government, because the regional commanders slipt of the control of land.

Byzantine: Constantine encourages recorded history

Mar 2, 2022

Emperor Constantine VII Porphyrogennetos encourages the creation of encyclopedic works. He also encourages the compilation of historical writings.

Tang Dynasty, Han Yu wrote "Memorial on the Bone of Buddha"

Mar 2, 2022

Han Yu was a famous writer during the Tang Dynasty. He wrote the "Memorial on the Bone of The Buddha." He wrote the memorial, because he was trying to suppress Budhism.

Islam: Muhammad returns to Mecca

Mar 2, 2022

Muhammad returns to Mecca with his 10,000 followers. He takes control of Mecca to be the new center of the Muslim faith.

Song Dynasty, Development of the "Junk"

Period: Mar 2, 2022 to Dec 31, 1270

Junks were made China during the Song Dynasty. These junks were ships that carried many people, foods, and goods. This was a great development during the time that the Song Empire lived in, because the junks made it easier for the citizens to move a large amount of items from one place to another.