The Medieval World and Beyond

  • 476

    The Fall of Rome

  • 500

    The Byzantine Empire Begins

  • Jan 1, 610

    Muhammad became a prophet of Islam

  • Jan 1, 651

    The first official edition of the Qur’an was written

  • Jan 1, 1000

    Feudalism begins

  • Jan 1, 1054

    Roman Catholic and Eastern Orthodox churches split

  • Jan 1, 1085

    The Reconquista began with Toledo

  • Jan 1, 1096

    The First Crusade Began

  • Jan 1, 1100

    Bookmaking began to spread the Qur’an

  • Jan 1, 1146

    The Second Crusade began

  • Jan 1, 1189

    The Third Crusade began

  • Jun 1, 1215

    Signing of the Magna Carta

  • Jan 1, 1258

    The Mongols destroyed Baghdad

  • Jan 1, 1300

    The Mongol empire was weakened

  • Jan 1, 1337

    The Hundred Years’ War begins

  • Jan 1, 1347

    The Bubonic Plague begins in Europe

  • Jan 1, 1400

    The Inquisition took place

  • Jan 1, 1453

    The Hundred Years’ War ends

  • Jan 1, 1476

    The Byzantine Empire Ends

  • Jan 1, 1496

    The Spanish conquered Granada

  • Charlemagne’s Christian Empire begins