The Medieval World and Beyond 2 Period Deshmukh G.

  • 300

    Camels were first brought to the Sahara

  • 300

    Classic Mayan Civilization began

  • 476

    The Fall Of Rome

  • 500

    The Byzantine Empire Begins

  • Period: 500 to Jan 1, 1203

    Ghana Empire

  • 552

    Buddhism was introduced to Japan

  • Jan 1, 604

    The Seventeen Article Constitution began

  • Jan 1, 610

    Muhammad became a prophet of Islam

  • Jan 1, 651

    The first official edition of the Qur’an was written

  • Jan 1, 700

    Traders brought Islam to West Africa

  • Jan 1, 710

    Nara became the capital of Japan

  • Jan 1, 750

    Bookmaking began to spread the Qur’an

  • Jan 1, 1000

    Feudalism Begins

  • Jan 1, 1000

    The Tale of Genji, the first novel, was written

  • Jan 1, 1050

    Movable time was invented in China

  • Jan 1, 1054

    The Eastern Orthodox and Roman Catholic Church Split

  • Jan 1, 1065

    Song Dynasty began civil service exams

  • Jan 1, 1085

    The Reconquista began with Toledo

  • Jan 1, 1096

    First Crusade Begins

  • Jan 1, 1146

    The Second Crusade began

  • Jan 1, 1189

    The Third Crusade began

  • Jan 1, 1192

    The first shogun came to power

  • Period: Jan 1, 1192 to

    The Era of The Samurai

  • Period: Jan 1, 1200 to Jan 1, 1532

    The Incas first settled in Cuzco-The Inca Empire ended

  • Jun 1, 1215

    Signing Of Magna Carta

  • Period: Jan 1, 1240 to

    Mali Empire

  • Period: Jan 1, 1250 to Jan 1, 1519

    Aztecs arrived in the Valley of Mexico- The Aztec Empire ended

  • Jan 1, 1258

    The Mongols destroyed Baghdad

  • Period: Jan 1, 1279 to Jan 1, 1368

    Mongol Dynasty

  • Jan 1, 1300

    The Mongol empire was weakened

  • Jan 1, 1312

    Mansa Musa was the first Islamic leader

  • Jan 10, 1325

    Aztecs started building Tenochtitlan

  • Jan 1, 1337

    The Hundred Years' War Begins

  • Jan 1, 1347

    The Bubonnic Plague Starts In Europe

  • Jan 1, 1350

    Timbuktu became a center of Arabic learning

  • Jan 1, 1350

    The Renaissance began in Italy

  • Period: Jan 1, 1368 to

    Ming Dynasty

  • Jan 1, 1400

    Humanism began in Italy

  • Jan 1, 1400

    The Inquisition took place

  • Jan 1, 1405

    Zheng He made his first voyage

  • Jan 1, 1438

    The Incas began to create roads

  • Jan 1, 1450

    Johannes Gutenberg invented the printing press

  • Jan 1, 1453

    The Byzantine Empire Falls

  • Jan 1, 1453

    The Hundred Years' War Ends

  • Period: Jan 1, 1460 to

    Songhai Empire

  • Jan 1, 1488

    Bartolomeu Dias began to sail around the tip of Africa

  • Jan 1, 1492

    The Spanish Coquered Greneda

  • Jan 14, 1492

    The Medici family began to rule Florence

  • Jan 1, 1497

    Vasco da Gama began to sail to India

  • Jan 1, 1497

    John Cabot landed in Canada

  • Jan 1, 1500

    Post-Classic Mayan Civilization ended

  • Jan 1, 1500

    Pedro Cabral began to sail to Brazil

  • Jan 1, 1500

    The microscope was invented

  • Jan 1, 1504

    Michelangelo completed his statue of David

  • Jan 1, 1514

    Copernicus stated that the earth revolves around the sun

  • Jun 1, 1514

    Copernicus stated his theory of the heliocentric universe

  • Jan 1, 1517

    Martin Luther posted his Ninety-Five Theses

  • Period: Jan 1, 1519 to Jan 1, 1521

    Hernan Cortes destroyed the Aztecs

  • Aug 1, 1519

    Ferdinand Magellan began to sail around the world

  • Jun 1, 1524

    Giovanni da Verrazano landed in North America

  • Jan 1, 1525

    William Tyndale translated the Bible into English

  • Jan 1, 1533

    Francisco Pizarro destroyed the Incas

  • Jan 1, 1534

    King Henry VIII created Anglicanism

  • Jan 1, 1541

    John Calvin created Calvinism

  • Jan 1, 1545

    The Council of Trent was formed

  • Henry Hudson began to try to find the Northwest Passage

  • Galileo decided to build a telescope

  • Period: to

    The Thirty Years War

  • Peace of Westphalia was signed

  • Newton published a book about gravity

  • Charlemagne's Christian Empire Begins

  • Tang Dynasty records a formula for gunpowder

  • Buddhism religion expanded under the Tang Dynasty

  • Japanese invent kana

  • Prince Shotoku came to power

  • Heian-kyo/Tokyo became the capital of Japan

  • Period: to

    Tang Dynasty

  • Period: to Jan 1, 1185

    The Heian Period