The Medieval World and Beyond Period 1 GuoD By chocobunnystorm 300 Classic Mayan Civilization began 300 Camels are brought to the Sahara 476 The Fall of Rome 500 The Byzantine Empire Begins 500 Ghana Begins 552 Buddhism was introduced to Japan Jan 1, 604 The seventeen Article constitution began Jan 1, 610 Muhammad Becomes a Prophet of Islam Jan 1, 651 The First Official Version of the Qu'ran was 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 spred 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 The Roman Catholic and the 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 Heiyan period ended Jan 1, 1189 The Third Crusade Begins Jan 1, 1192 The era of the samurai began Jan 1, 1192 The First Shogun Came to Power Jan 1, 1200 Aztecs arrive in the valley of Mexico Jan 1, 1200 Incas settle in Cuzco Jan 1, 1203 Ghana Collapses Jun 1, 1215 The Signing of the Magna Carta Jan 1, 1240 The Mali Empire Begins Jan 1, 1258 The Mongols Destroy Baghdad Jan 1, 1279 The 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 Ruler in West Africa Jan 1, 1325 Aztecs begin building Tenochtitlan Jan 1, 1337 The Hundred Years' War Begins Jan 1, 1347 Bubuonic Plague Begins Jan 1, 1350 Timbuktu becomes a Center for Arabic Learning Jan 1, 1368 The Ming Dynasty Begins Jan 1, 1368 The Mongol Dynasty Ends Jan 1, 1400 The Inquisition Takes Place Jan 1, 1405 Zheng He makes 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 Hundred Years' War Ends Jan 1, 1460 The Songhai Empire Begins Jan 1, 1469 The Medici family began to rule Florence Jan 1, 1488 Barolomeu Dias begins to sail around the tip of Africa Jan 1, 1492 The Spanish Conquer Granada Jan 1, 1492 Isabella sends Columbus to find a route to Asia by West Jan 1, 1497 Vasco de Gama sails to India Jan 1, 1497 John Cabot lands in Canada Jan 1, 1500 Pedro Cabral sails to Brazil Jan 1, 1500 The microscope was invented Jan 1, 1504 Michelangelo Completes his statue of David Jan 1, 1514 Copernicus states 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 Ferdinard Magellan begins to circumnavigate Jan 1, 1520 Hernan Cortez destroys the Aztecs Jan 1, 1524 Giovanni da Verrazano landed in North America Jan 1, 1525 William Tynsdale Translated the Bible to English Jan 1, 1530 John Calivn creates Calvinism Jan 1, 1532 The Inca Empire Ended Jan 1, 1533 Francisco Pizarro destroys the Incas Jan 1, 1534 King Henry VIII created Anglicanism Jan 1, 1543 Copernicus declares heliocentricity Jan 1, 1545 The Council of Trent was Formed Jan 1, 1591 The Songhai Empire Ends Jan 1, 1609 Galileo decides to build a telescope Jan 1, 1609 Henry Hudson trys to find the Northwest Passage Jan 1, 1610 Mali Ends Jan 1, 1618 The Thirty Years' War Begins Jan 1, 1644 The Ming Dynasty Ended Jan 1, 1648 Peace of Westfalia was signed Jan 1, 1648 The Thirty Years' War Ends Jan 1, 1687 Newton publishes a book on gravity Jan 1, 1868 The era of the samurai ended Mar 2, 2022 Charlemagne's Christian Empire Mar 2, 2022 The Tang Dynasty Begins Mar 2, 2022 The Tang Dynasty Records a Formula for Gunpowder Mar 2, 2022 Buddhism expands in the Tang Dynasty Mar 2, 2022 The Japanese invent Kana Mar 2, 2022 Prince Shototku comes to power Mar 2, 2022 Heian period begins Mar 2, 2022 Post-Classic Mayan Civilization Ended Mar 2, 2022 The Tang Dynasty Ended Mar 2, 2022 Heian-Kyo/Tokyo becomes Japan's capital