The Medieval World and Beyond Period 4 ChenW By blackpepperops 300 Camels are first brought to the Sahara 300 Classic Mayan Civilization begins 476 Fall of Rome The last emperor in the west is driven from his throne 500 Byzantine Empire Begins Byzantine Empire lives on 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 Official edition of the Qur'an is writted Jan 1, 700 Traders bring Islam to West Africa Jan 1, 710 Nara becomes 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 is written Jan 1, 1050 Movable type is invented in China Jan 1, 1054 Eastern Orthodox Church and Roman Catholic Church Split Jan 1, 1065 Song Dynasty began civil service exams Jan 1, 1085 The Reconquista begins with Toledo Jan 1, 1096 First Crusade begins Jan 1, 1146 Second Crusade begins Jan 1, 1185 The Heian period ends Jan 1, 1189 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 settle in Cuzco Jan 1, 1203 The Ghana empire ends Jun 1, 1215 Magna Carta is signed Jan 1, 1240 The Mali empire begins Jan 1, 1250 Aztecs arrive in the Valley of Mexico Jan 1, 1258 Mongols destroy Baghdad Jan 1, 1279 Mongols dynasty begins Jan 1, 1300 The Mongol Empire is weakened Jan 1, 1300 The Renaissance begins in Italy Jan 1, 1312 Mansa Musa is the first Islamic leader Jan 1, 1325 Aztecs start buildidng Tenochtitlan Jan 1, 1337 Hundred Years War begins Jan 1, 1347 Bubonic Plague begins in Europe Jan 1, 1350 Timbuktu becomes a center of Arabic learning Jan 1, 1368 The Ming Dynasty begins Jan 1, 1368 Mongols dynasty ends Jan 1, 1400 Inquisition begins Jan 1, 1405 Zheng He makes his first voyage Jan 1, 1450 Johannes Gutenberg invents the printing press Jan 1, 1453 Byzantine Empire Falls Jan 1, 1453 Hundred Years War ends Jan 1, 1460 The Songhai Empire begins Jan 1, 1469 The Medici family begins to rule Florence Jan 1, 1488 Bartolomeu Dias begins to sail around the tip of Africa Jan 1, 1492 The Spanish conquer Granada Jan 1, 1492 Queen Isabella sends Christopher Colombus to find a sea route to Asia Jan 1, 1497 John Cabot lands in Canada Jul 1, 1497 Vasco da Gama began to sail India Jan 1, 1500 Post-Classic Mayan Civilization ends Jan 1, 1500 Humanism begins in Italy Jan 1, 1500 Pedro Cabral begins to sail to Brazil Jan 1, 1500 The microscope is invented Jan 1, 1504 Michelangelo completes his sculpture David Jan 1, 1514 Copernicus states that the earth revolved around the sun Jan 1, 1517 Martin Luther posts his Ninety-Five Theses Jan 1, 1519 The Aztec Empire ends Aug 1, 1519 Ferdinand Magellan begins to sail around the world Jan 1, 1520 Hernan Cortes destroys the Aztecs Jan 1, 1524 Giovanni da Verrazano lands in North America Jan 1, 1525 William Tyndale translates the Bible into English Jan 1, 1532 The Inca Empire ends Jan 1, 1532 Inca Empire ends Apr 1, 1532 Francisco Pizarro destroys the Incas Jan 1, 1534 King Henry VIII creats Anglicanism Jan 1, 1541 John Calvin created Calvinism Jan 1, 1543 Copernicus states his theory of a heliocentric universe Jan 1, 1545 The Council of Trent is formed Jan 1, 1591 The Songhai Empire ends Jan 1, 1609 Henry Hudson begins to try and find the Northwest Passage Jan 1, 1609 Galileo decides to build a telescope Jan 1, 1610 The Mali empire ends Jan 1, 1618 The Thirty Years' War begins Jan 1, 1644 The Ming Dynasty ends Jan 1, 1648 The Thirty Years' War ends Jan 1, 1648 Peace of Westphalia is signed Jan 1, 1687 Newton publishes a book about gravity Jan 1, 1868 The era of the samurai ends Mar 2, 2022 Charlemagne's Christian Empire Begins Mar 2, 2022 The Tang Dynasty begins Mar 2, 2022 The Tang Dynasty ends Mar 2, 2022 Tang Dynasty recorded a formula for gunpowder Mar 2, 2022 Buddhism relgion 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/Tokyo becomes capital of Japan Mar 2, 2022 The Heian period begins