The Medieval World and Beyond Period 0 huangv By aeioue 300 Camels First Brought to Sahara 300 Classic Mayan Civilization Begins 476 Fall of Rome 500 Byazntine Empire Begins 500 Ghana Empire Began 552 Buddhism is Introduced to Japan Jan 1, 604 Seventeen Article Constitution was Written Jan 1, 610 Muhammad Became a Prophet of Islam Jan 1, 651 First Official Qur'an was Written Jan 1, 700 Traders Bring Islam to West Africa Jan 1, 710 Nara Becomes 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 was Written Jan 1, 1050 Movable Type was Invented in China Jan 1, 1054 Eastern Orthodox Church and Roman Catholic Church Split Jan 1, 1065 Song Dynasty Begins Regular Civil Service Exams Jan 1, 1085 The Reconquista Begins With Toledo Jan 1, 1096 First Crusade Begins Jan 1, 1146 Second Crusade Begins Jan 1, 1185 Heian Period Ends Jan 1, 1189 Third Crusade Begins Jan 1, 1192 First Shogun Comes to Power Jan 1, 1192 Era of the Samurai Begins Jan 1, 1200 The Incas first settled in Cuzco Jan 1, 1203 Ghana Empire Ends Jun 1, 1215 Signing of the Magna Carta Jan 1, 1240 Mali Empire Began Jan 1, 1250 Aztecs arrived in the Valley of Mexico Jan 1, 1258 Mongols Destroyed Baghdad Jan 1, 1279 Mongol Dynasty Begins Jan 1, 1300 Mongol Empire was Weakened Jan 1, 1300 The Renaissance began in Italy Jan 1, 1300 Humanism began in Italy Jan 1, 1312 Mansa Musa Becomes First Muslim Ruler Jan 1, 1325 Aztecs Start Building Tenochtitlan Jan 1, 1337 Hundred Years' War Begins Jan 1, 1347 Bubonic Plague begins in Europe Jan 1, 1350 Timbuktu Becomes a Center of Learning Jan 1, 1368 Ming Dynasty Begins Jan 1, 1368 Mongol Dynasty Ends Jan 1, 1400 Inquisition Took Place Jan 1, 1405 Zheng He Makes His First Voyage Jan 1, 1438 The Incas began to create roads Jan 1, 1450 Johannes Gutenberg invented the printing press Jan 1, 1453 Byzantine Empire Ends Jan 1, 1453 Hundred Years' War Ends Jan 1, 1460 Songhai Empire Began 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 Isabella sent Christopher Columbus to find a sea route to Asia Jan 1, 1492 Spanish Conquer Granada 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, 1500 Post-Classic Mayan Civilization ended 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 Aztec Empire Ends Jan 1, 1521 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 Inca Empire Ends Jan 1, 1532 Francisco Pizarro 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 Jan 1, 1591 Songhai Empire Ends Jan 1, 1609 Henry Hudson began to try to find the Northwest Passage Jan 1, 1609 Galileo decided to build a telescope Jan 1, 1610 Mali Empire Ends Jan 1, 1618 The Thirty Years’ War began Jan 1, 1644 Ming Dynasty Ends Jan 1, 1648 Peace of Westphalia was signed Jan 1, 1648 The Thirty Years’ War ended Jan 1, 1687 Newton puublished a book on gravity Jan 1, 1868 Era of the Samurai Ends Mar 2, 2022 Charlemagne's Christian Empire Begins Mar 2, 2022 Tang Dynasty Ends Mar 2, 2022 Tang Dynasty Records a Formula for Gunpowder Mar 2, 2022 Tang Dynasty Begins Mar 2, 2022 Buddhism Expands Under Tang Dynasty Mar 2, 2022 The Japanese Invent Kana Mar 2, 2022 Prince Shotoku Comes to Power in Japan Mar 2, 2022 Heian-kyo Becomes the Capital of Japan Mar 2, 2022 The Heian Period Begins