The Medieval World and Beyond Period 0 SenthilS

By tammy121
  • 300

    Camels were brought to the Sahara

  • 300

    Classic Mayan Civilization began

  • 476

    The Fall of Rome

    The Roman Empire had many reasons for the its end. There was political instability, economic and social problems, and weakening frontiers. By 476 C.E., the last emperor in the west was driven from his throne, and the western half of the empire began to dissolve into seperate kingdoms ruled by different tribes.
  • 500

    The Byzantine Empire Begins

    In 330 C.E., the emperor Constantine moved his capital to the east, to the ancient city of Byzantium. This empire continued for thousands of years, and is known now as the Byzantine Empire.
  • 500

    The Ghana Empire Began

  • 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 Quir'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

    Moveable type was invented in China

  • Jan 1, 1065

    Song dynasty began civil service exams

  • Jan 1, 1085

    The Reconquista Began With Toledo

  • Jan 1, 1096

    The First Crusade Began

  • Jan 1, 1146

    The Second Crusade Began

  • Jan 1, 1185

    The Heian period ended

  • Jan 1, 1189

    The Third Crusade Began

  • Jan 1, 1192

    The era of the samurai began

  • Jan 1, 1192

    The first shogun came to power

  • Jan 1, 1200

    The Incas first settled in Cuzco

  • Jan 1, 1203

    The Ghana Empire Ended

  • Jun 1, 1215

    Signing of the Magna Carta

  • Jan 1, 1240

    The Mali Empire Began

  • Jan 1, 1250

    Aztecs arrived in the Valley of Mexico

  • Jan 1, 1258

    The Mongols Destroyed Baghdad

  • Jan 1, 1279

    The Mongols Dynasty began

  • Jan 1, 1300

    The Mongol Empire was 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

  • Jan 1, 1337

    The Hundred Years' War Begins

  • Jan 1, 1347

    The Bubonic Plague Begins in Europe

  • Jan 1, 1350

    Timbuktu became a center of Arabic learning

  • Jan 1, 1368

    The Ming Dynasty Began

  • Jan 1, 1368

    The Mongols Dynasty ended

  • Jan 1, 1400

    The Inquisition Took Place

  • Jan 1, 1405

    Zheng made his first voyage

  • Jan 1, 1438

    The Incas began to create roads

  • Jan 1, 1450

    Johannes Hutenberg invented the printing press

  • Jan 1, 1453

    The Byzantine Empire Ends

    The Byzantine Empire ended at about 1453 C.E, when it was conquered by the Ottoman Turks.
  • Jan 1, 1453

    The Hundred Years' War ends

  • Jan 1, 1460

    The 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

    The Spanish Conquered Granada

  • 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

    Post-Classic Mayan Civilization ended

  • Jan 1, 1500

    Pedro Cabral began to sail to Brazil

  • Jan 1, 1500

    Copernicus stated his theory of the heliocentric universe

  • 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

    The Aztec empire ended

  • 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

    The Inca empire ended

  • Jan 1, 1532

    Francisco Pizarro destroyed the Incas

  • Jan 1, 1534

    King Henry VII created Anglicanism

  • Jan 1, 1541

    John Calvin created Calvinism

  • Jan 1, 1545

    The Council of Trent was formed

  • The Songhai Empire Ended

  • Henry Hudson began to try to find the Northwest Passage

  • Galileo decided to build a telescope

  • The Mali Empire Ended

  • The Thirty Years' war began

  • The Ming Dynasty Ended

  • Peace of Westphalia was signed

  • The Thirty Years' War ended

  • Newton published a book about gravity

  • The era of the samurai ended

  • Charlemagne's Christian Empire Begins

  • The Tang Dynasty Began

  • The Tang Dynasty Ended

  • Tang Dynasty recorded a formula for gunpowder

  • Buddhism religion expanded in the Tang Dynasty

  • Prince Shotoku came to power

  • Heian-kyo/Tokyo became the capital of Japan

  • The Heian period began

  • The Japanese invented Kana