The Medieval World and Beyond Period 4 TaoJ By jt2000 300 Camels were First Brought to the Sahara 300 The Classic Mayan Cizillization 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 Trader Bring Islam to West Aftrica 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 in China Jan 1, 1054 Roman Catholic and Eastern Orthodox Churches Split Jan 1, 1065 The Song Dynasty Begins Civil Service Exams Jan 1, 1085 The Reconquista Begins with Toledo Jan 1, 1096 The First Crusade Begins Jan 1, 1099 The First Crusade ends Jan 1, 1146 The Second Crusade Begins Jan 1, 1148 The Second Crusade Ends Jan 1, 1185 The Heian Period Ends Jan 1, 1189 The Third Crusade Begins Jan 1, 1192 The Era of the Saumrai Begins Jan 1, 1192 The First Shogun Comes to Power Jan 1, 1192 The Third Crusade Ends Jan 1, 1200 The Incas First Setlle in Cuzco Jan 1, 1203 The Ghana Empire Ends Jun 1, 1215 The 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 The Mongol Dynasty Begins Jan 1, 1300 The Mongol Empire Weakens Jan 1, 1300 Humanism begins in Italy Jan 1, 1300 The Renaissance begins in Italy Jan 1, 1312 Mansa Musa was the First Islamic Leader Jan 1, 1325 The Aztecs Start Building Tenochtitlan Jan 1, 1337 The Hundred Years' War Begins Jan 1, 1347 The Bubonic Plague Begins in Eurpoe Jan 1, 1350 Timbuktu became a Center of 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 Begin 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 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 Isabella sends Christopher Columbus to find a sea route to Asia Jan 1, 1497 Vasco da Gama begins to sail to India Jan 1, 1497 John Cabot lands in Canada Jan 1, 1500 Pedro Cabral begins to sail to Brazil Jan 1, 1500 The microscope is invented Jan 1, 1500 The Post-Classic Mayan Civilization Ends Jan 1, 1504 Michelangelo completes his statue of David Jan 1, 1514 Copernicus states that the earth revolves around the sun Jan 1, 1517 Martin Luther posts his Ninety-Five Theses Jan 1, 1519 The Aztec Empire Ends Jan 1, 1519 Ferdinand Magellan begins to sail around the world Jan 1, 1521 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 Francisco Pizarro destroys the Incas Jan 1, 1534 King Henry VIII creates Anglicanism Jan 1, 1541 John Calvin creates Calvinism Jan 1, 1543 Copernicus states his theory of the 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 to 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 Peace of Westphalia is signed Jan 1, 1648 The Thirty Years’ War ends 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 The Tang Dyansty Records a Formula for Gunpowder Mar 2, 2022 Buddhist Religion Expands during the Tang Dynasty Mar 2, 2022 Heian-kyo becomes the Capital of Japan Mar 2, 2022 Prince Shotoku Comes to Power Mar 2, 2022 The Japanese Invent Kana Mar 2, 2022 The Heian Period Begins Mar 2, 2022 Charlemagne’s Christian Empire ends