The Medieval World and Beyond. Period 1 NguyenP By supersecretusername 300 Camels were brought to the Sahara 300 Classic Mayan Civilization began 476 Rome Falls to Invading Barbarians 500 Byzantine Empire begins 500 The Ghana empire began 552 Buddism 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 Qur’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, 1054 Schism between Eastern Orthodox Church and Roman Catholic Church is complete Jan 1, 1065 Song Dynasty began civil service exams Jan 1, 1085 The Reconquista began with Toledo Jan 1, 1096 First Crusade Begins 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 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 Humanism began in Italy Jan 1, 1300 The Renaissance began in Italy Jan 1, 1312 Mansa Musa was the first Islamic Leader Jan 1, 1325 Aztecs started building Tenochtitlan Jan 1, 1337 Hunred Years War Begins Jan 1, 1347 Bubonic Plague Reaches Europe Jan 1, 1350 Timbuktu becomes a center of language and literature Jan 1, 1368 The Ming Dynasty begins Jan 1, 1368 The Mongols Dynasty ended Jan 1, 1400 The Inquisition took place Jan 1, 1405 Zheng He made 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 gets conquored by the Turks Jan 1, 1453 Hunred 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 John Cabot landed in Canada Jan 1, 1498 Vasco da Gama began to sail to India Jan 1, 1500 Pedro Cabral began to sail to Brazil Jan 1, 1500 The microscope was invented Jan 26, 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 The Aztec Empire ended Jan 1, 1519 Ferdinand Magellan began to sail around the world Jan 1, 1520 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, 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 The Songhai empire ended 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 The MIng Dynasty ends Jan 1, 1648 Peace of Westphalia was signed Jan 1, 1648 The Thirty Years’ War ended Jan 1, 1687 Newton published a book about 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 Ends Mar 2, 2022 Prince Shotoku came to power Mar 2, 2022 Heian-kyo became the capital of Japan Mar 2, 2022 The Heian period began Mar 2, 2022 Tang Dynasty recorded a formula for gunpowder Mar 2, 2022 Buddhism religion expanded in the Tang Dynasty Mar 2, 2022 The Japanese invented kana