The Medieval World and Beyond Period 1 Aurelia Yang

  • 300

    Camels are first brought to the Sahara

  • 300

    Classic Mayan Civilization Began

  • 476

    The Fall of Rome

  • 500

    The Byzantine Empire Begins

  • 500

    Ghana Empire Begins

  • 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 Qu'ran was Written

  • Jan 1, 700

    Traders bring Islam to West Africa

  • Jan 1, 710

    Nara Became the Captial of Japan

  • Jan 1, 750

    Bookmaking Began to Spread the Qu'ran

  • Jan 1, 1000

    Feudalism Begins

  • Jan 1, 1000

    The Tale of Genji, the FIrst Novel, was Written

  • Jan 1, 1050

    Movable Type was Invented in China

  • Jan 1, 1054

    Roman Catholic and Eastern Orthodox churches Split

  • Jan 1, 1065

    The Song Dynasty Began Civil Service Exams

  • Jan 1, 1085

    The Reconquista Begins with Toledo

  • Jan 1, 1096

    The First Crusade Began

  • Jan 1, 1146

    The Second Crusade Begins

  • 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

    Ghana Empire Ends

  • Jun 1, 1215

    Signing of the Magna Carta

  • Jan 1, 1240

    Mali Empire Begins

  • Jan 1, 1250

    Aztecs Arrived in the Valley of Mexico

  • Jan 1, 1258

    The Mongols Destroy Baghdad

  • Jan 1, 1279

    The Mongols Dynasty Began

  • Jan 1, 1300

    The Mongol Empire was Weakened

  • Jan 1, 1312

    Mansa Musa becomes 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 becomes a center of Arabic learning

  • Jan 1, 1350

    The Renaissance Begins in Italy

  • Jan 1, 1368

    The Ming Dynasty Began

  • Jan 1, 1368

    The Mongols Dynasty Ends

  • Jan 1, 1400

    The Inquisition Took Place

  • Jan 1, 1400

    Humanism Begins in Italy

  • Jan 1, 1405

    Zheng He Made his FIrst Voyage

  • Jan 1, 1438

    The Incas Began to Create Roads

  • Jan 1, 1450

    Johannes Gutenberg Invents the Printing Press

  • Jan 1, 1453

    The Byzantine Empire Ends

  • Jan 1, 1453

    The Hundreds' Years War Ends

  • Jan 1, 1460

    Songhai Empire Begins

  • Jan 1, 1469

    The Medici Family Begins to Rule Florence

  • Jan 1, 1488

    Bartolomeu Dias began to sail around the tip of Africa

  • Jan 1, 1492

    The Spanish Conquered Grenada

  • Jan 1, 1492

    Isabella Sends Christopher Columbus to find a Sea Route to Asia

  • Jan 1, 1497

    Vasco De Gama Began to Sail to India

  • Jan 1, 1497

    John Cabot Landed in Canada

  • Jan 1, 1500

    Post-Classic Myan Civilization Ended

  • Jan 1, 1500

    The Microscope was Invented

  • Jan 1, 1500

    Pedro Cabral Began to Sail to Brazil

  • Jan 1, 1504

    Michelangelo Completes his Statue of David

  • Jan 1, 1517

    Martin Luther Posts His Ninety-Five Theses

  • Jan 1, 1519

    The Aztec Empire Ended

  • Jan 1, 1519

    Ferdinand Magellan Began to Sail Around the World

  • Jan 1, 1521

    Hernan Cortes Destroyed the Aztecs

  • Jan 1, 1524

    Giovanni da Verrazano landed in North America

  • Jan 1, 1525

    William Tyndale Translates the Bible Into English

  • Jan 1, 1532

    The Inca Empire Ended

  • Jan 1, 1532

    Francisco Pizarro destroyed the Incas

  • Jan 1, 1534

    King Henry VIII creates Anglicanism

  • Jan 1, 1541

    John Calvin Creates Calvinism

  • Jan 1, 1543

    Copernicus stated his theory of the heliocentric universe

  • Jan 1, 1543

    Copernicus States that the Earth Revolves Around the Sun

  • Jan 1, 1545

    The Council of Trent is Formed

  • Songhai Empire Ends

  • Henry Hudson began to try to find the Northwest Passage

  • Galileo decided to build a telescope

  • Mali Empire Ends

  • The Thirty Years' War Begins

  • The Ming Dynasty Ends

  • Peace of Westphalia is Signed

  • The Thirty Years' War Ends

  • Newton published a book about gravity

  • The Era of the Samurai Ended

  • Charlemagne’s Christian Empire

  • The Tang Dynasty Ends

  • Buddhism Religion Expanded in the Tang Dynasty

  • The Japanese invented kana

  • Prince Shotoku Came to Power

  • The Heian Period Began

  • The Tang Dynasty Begins

  • Tang Dynasty Recorded a Formula for Gunpowder

  • Heian-kyo became the capital of Japan