The Medieval World and Beyond Period 1 eulerl By Pancake77 300 Camels Are First Brought to the Sahara 300 Classic Mayan Civilization Begins 476 The Fall of Rome 500 The Byzantine Empire Begins 500 The Ghana Empire Begins 552 Buddhism Is Introduced to Japan Jan 1, 604 The Seventeen Article Constitution Begins Jan 1, 610 Muhammad Becomes a Prophet of Islam Jan 1, 651 The First Official Edition Of the Qur'an is Written Jan 1, 700 Traders Bring Islam to West Africa Jan 1, 710 Nara Becomes the Capital of Japan Jan 1, 750 Bookmaking Begins to Spread the Qur'an Jan 1, 1000 Feudalism Begins Jan 1, 1000 The Tale of Genji, the First Novel, is Written Jan 1, 1050 Movable Type is Invented Jan 1, 1054 Roman Catholic and Eastern Orthodox Churches Split Jan 1, 1065 Song Dynasty Begins Civil Service Exams Jan 1, 1085 The Reconquista Begins with Toledo Jan 1, 1096 The First Crusade Begins Jan 1, 1146 The Second Crusade Begins Jan 1, 1185 The Heian Period Ends Jan 1, 1189 The Third Crusade Begins Jan 1, 1192 The Era Of The Samurai Begins Jan 1, 1192 The First Shogun Comes to Power Jan 1, 1200 The Incas First Settle In Cuzco Jan 1, 1203 Ghana Empire Ends Jun 1, 1215 Signing of the Magna Carta Jan 1, 1240 The Mali Empire Begins Jan 1, 1250 The Aztecs Arrive in the Valley of Mexico Jan 1, 1258 The Mongols Destroy Baghdad Jan 1, 1279 Mongol Dynasty Begins Jan 1, 1300 The Mongol Empire is Weakened Jan 1, 1300 Humanism Began in Italy Jan 1, 1300 The Renaissance began in Italy Jan 1, 1312 Mansa Musa is the First Islamic Leader Jan 1, 1325 Aztecs Start 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, 1368 Mongol Dynasty Ends Jan 1, 1368 Ming Dynasty Begins Jan 1, 1400 The Inquisition Takes Place Jan 1, 1405 Zheng He Makes His First Voyage Jan 1, 1438 The Incas Begin to Create Roads Jan 1, 1450 Johannes Gutenberg invented the printing press Jan 1, 1453 The Hundred Years' War Ends Jan 1, 1453 The Byzantine Empire Ends Jan 1, 1460 The Songhai Empire Begins 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 Conquer 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 Ends 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 The Aztec Empire Ends 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 translated the Bible into English Jan 1, 1532 The Inca Empire Ends Jan 1, 1532 Francisco Pizarro destroyed the Incas Jan 1, 1534 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 The Songhai Empire Ends Jan 1, 1609 Galileo decided to build a telescope Jan 1, 1609 Henry Hudson began to try to find the Northwest Passage Jan 1, 1610 The Mali Empire Ends Jan 1, 1618 The Thirty Years' War Began Jan 1, 1644 Ming Dynasty Ends Jan 1, 1648 The Peace of Westphalia was signed Jan 1, 1648 The Thirty Years' War ends Jan 1, 1687 Newton published a book about gravity Jan 1, 1868 The Era Of The Samurai Ends Mar 2, 2022 Charlemagne's Christian Empire Begins Mar 2, 2022 Tang Dynasty Begins Mar 2, 2022 Tang Dynasty Ends Mar 2, 2022 Gunpowder is Invented Mar 2, 2022 Buddhism Expands in the Tang Dynasty Mar 2, 2022 The Japanese Invent Kana Mar 2, 2022 Prince Shotoku Comes to Power Mar 2, 2022 Heian-Kyo Becomes the Capital of Japan Mar 2, 2022 The Heian Period Begins