The Medieval World and Beyond by JonathanT

By kaJohnn
  • 300

    Classic Mayan Civilization Begins

  • 300

    Camels were first brought to the Sahara

  • 476

    The Fall of Rome

    Rome falls due to raids, poverty and no peaceful way to transfer rulers.
  • Period: 500 to Jan 1, 1453

    The Byzantine Empire

    The Empire began due to Rome's fall and ended after Ottoman Turks conquer The Byzantine Empire.
  • Period: 500 to Jan 1, 1203

    The Empire of Ghana

  • 552

    Buddhism was introduced to Japan

  • Jan 1, 604

    The Seventeen Article Constitution began

  • Oct 1, 610

    Muhammad became a prophet of Islam

    Muhammed begins the religion of Muslims
  • Jan 1, 651

    The first official edition of the Qur’an was written

    The third Caliph, Uthman, selected an official version of the Qur'an.
  • Period: Jan 1, 700 to Jan 1, 750

    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

    Bookmakers spread the Qur'an and other writings.
  • Jan 1, 1000

    Feudalism begins

    About around 1000 C.E., feudalism was established, and unified Europe
  • Jan 1, 1000

    The Tale of Genji, the first novel, was written

  • Jan 1, 1050

    Moveable type was invented in China

  • Jan 1, 1054

    Roman Catholic and Eastern Orthodox churches split

    After many disagreements, Pope Leo IX excommunicated the patriarch of Constantine, Ceruliarus, who then excommunicated the leaders of the Roman church from the Eastern Church.
  • Jan 1, 1065

    Song Dynasty began civil service exams

  • Jan 1, 1085

    The Reconquista began with Toledo

    The Umayyads take Toledo,, Spain, from the Muslims.
  • Jan 1, 1096

    The First Crusade began

    The Christians launch the first crusade to take back the Holy Lands
  • Jan 1, 1146

    The Second Crusade began

    The Christians are defeated in the Second Crusade.
  • Jan 1, 1189

    The Third Crusade began

    This crusade ends in a truce.
  • Jan 1, 1192

    The first shogun came to power

  • Period: Jan 1, 1192 to

    The era of the samurai

  • Jan 1, 1200

    Incas First Settled in Cuzco

  • Jun 1, 1215

    Signing of the Magna Carta

    Angry lords Forced the king to put his stamp on the Magna Carta.
  • Period: Jan 1, 1240 to

    The Empire of Mali

  • Jan 1, 1250

    Aztecs arrived in the Valley of Mexico

  • Jan 1, 1258

    The Mongols destroyed Baghdad

    As the Mongol Empire grows, the city of Baghdad was attacked.
  • Period: Jan 1, 1279 to Jan 1, 1368

    The Mongols Dynasty

  • Jan 1, 1300

    The Mongol empire was weakened

    The empire is badly weakened.
  • Jan 1, 1300

    The Renaissance began in Italy

  • Jan 1, 1300

    Humanism began in Italy

  • Jan 1, 1312

    Mansa Musa was the first Islamic leader

  • Jan 1, 1325

    Aztecs started building Tenochtitlan

  • Period: Jan 1, 1337 to Jan 1, 1453

    The Hundred Years’ War

    The war begins after The English and The French claim each others land as their own, and ends after The French drive the English out of France.
  • Jan 1, 1347

    The Bubonic Plague begins in Europe

    The Bubonic Plague came from China to Europe through fleas.
  • Jan 1, 1350

    Timbuktu became a center of Arabic learning

  • Period: Jan 1, 1368 to

    The Ming Dynasty

  • Jan 1, 1400

    The Inquisition took place

    The church court starts.
  • Period: Jan 1, 1400 to Jan 1, 1532

    The Inca Empire

  • Period: Jan 1, 1405 to Jan 1, 1433

    Zheng He's voyages

  • Period: Jan 1, 1428 to Jan 1, 1519

    The Aztec Empire

  • Jan 1, 1438

    The Incas first settled in Cuzco

  • Jan 1, 1438

    The Incas began to create roads

  • Jan 1, 1450

    Johannes Gutenberg invented the printing press

  • Period: Jan 1, 1460 to

    The Empire of Songhai

  • Jan 1, 1469

    The Medici family began to rule Florence

  • Jan 1, 1488

    Bartolomeu Dias began to sail around the tip of Africa

  • Jan 1, 1492

    The Spanish conquered Granada

    The sSpanish take the last bit of land in Spain from the Muslims.
  • Jan 1, 1492

    Isabella sent Christopher Columbus to find a sea route to Asia

  • Jan 1, 1497

    Vasco da Gama began to sail to India

  • Jan 1, 1497

    John Cabot landed in Canada

  • 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

  • Jan 1, 1517

    Martin Luther posted his Ninety-Five Theses

  • Jan 1, 1519

    Ferdinand Magellan began to sail around the world

  • Jan 1, 1519

    Hernan Cortes destroyed the Aztecs

  • Jan 1, 1524

    Giovanni da Verrazano landed in North America

  • Jan 1, 1525

    William Tyndale translated the Bible into English

  • Jan 1, 1532

    Francisso Pizzaro destroyed the Incas

  • Jan 1, 1534

    King Henry VIII created Anglicanism

  • Jan 1, 1541

    John Calvin created Calvinism

  • Jan 1, 1543

    Copernicus stated his theory of the heliocentric universe

  • Jan 1, 1545

    The Council of Trent was formed

  • Galileo decided to build a telescope

  • Henry Hudson began to try to find the Northwest Passage

  • Period: to

    The Thirty Years’ War began

  • Peace of Westphalia was signed

  • Newton published a book about gravity

  • Charlemagne’s Christian Empire begins

    Charlemagne,aka Charles the Great, unified many christians lands in Europe.

  • Prince Shotoku came to power

  • Tang Dynasty recorded a formula for gunpowder

  • The Japanese invented kana

  • Heian-kyo became the capital of Japan

  • Period: to

    The Tang Dynasty

  • Period: to

    Buddhism religion expanded in the Tang Dynasty

  • Period: to Jan 1, 1185

    The Heian period

  • Period: to Jan 1, 1500

    Post-Classic Mayan Civilization