The Medieval World and Beyond Period 6 christopherk By uglybunny365 300 Camels Are Introduced to the Sahara Desert 300 The Classical Mayan Civilization Begins 476 The Roman Empire Collapses Period: 476 to Jan 1, 1453 The Medieval World 500 The Byzantine Empire Begins 500 The Empire of Ghana Begins 552 Buddhism Was 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 was written Jan 1, 700 Traders from North Africa introduced 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 Began Jan 1, 1000 The Tale of Genji, the First Novel, Was Written Jan 1, 1050 Movable Type is Invented in China Jan 1, 1054 Roman Catholic Church 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 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 into Power Jan 1, 1200 The Inca Settle For the First Time in Cuzco Jan 1, 1203 Ghana Empire Ends Jun 1, 1215 The signing of the Magna Carta Jan 1, 1240 The Mali Empire began Jan 26, 1250 The Aztecs Arrivein the Valley of Mexico Jan 1, 1258 The Mongols Destroy Baghdad Jan 1, 1279 The Yuan (Mongol) Dynasty Begins Jan 1, 1300 The Mongol Empire Weakens Jan 1, 1312 Mansa Musa was the first Isramic leader Jan 1, 1325 The Aztecs Start to Build Tenochtitlan Jan 1, 1337 The Hundred Years' War Begins Jan 1, 1347 The Bubonic Plague Begins In Europe Jan 1, 1350 Humanism began in Italy Jan 1, 1350 Timbuktu Becomes a Center of Arabic Learning Jan 1, 1350 Renaissance Begins in Italy Jan 1, 1368 The MIng Dynasty Begins Jan 1, 1368 The Yuan (Mongol) Dynasty Ends Jan 1, 1400 The Inquisition took place Jan 1, 1405 Zheng He Makes His First Journey Jan 1, 1438 The Incans Begin to Build Roads Jan 1, 1450 Johannes Gutenberg Invents the Movable Printing Type Jan 1, 1453 The Byzantine Empire Ends Jan 1, 1453 The Hundred Years' War Ends Jan 1, 1460 The Songhai Empire Began Jan 1, 1469 Medici Family Rules Florence Jan 1, 1488 Bartolomeu Dias Begins To Sale Around the Tip of Africa Jan 1, 1492 The Spanish Conquered Granada Jan 1, 1492 Queen Isabella Sends Columbus to Find 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 Post-Classical Mayan Civilization Ends Jan 1, 1500 Pedro Cabral Begins to Sail to Brazil Jan 1, 1500 The Microscope Was Invented Jan 1, 1504 Michelangelo Completes statue of David Jan 1, 1514 Copernicus Declares That Earth Revolves Around Sun Jan 1, 1517 Martin Luther Nails His 95 Theses Jan 1, 1519 Ferinand Magellan Begins to Sail Around the World Jan 1, 1519 The Aztec Empire Ends Jan 1, 1521 Hernan Cortes Destroys the Aztecs Jan 1, 1524 Giovanni da Verrazano Lands In North America Jan 1, 1525 William Tyndale translated the Bible into English Jan 1, 1532 The Incan Empire Ends Jan 1, 1532 Francisco Pizarro Destroys the Incas Jan 1, 1534 The Anglican Church is Formed By King Henry VIII Jan 1, 1541 John Calvin Founded Calvinism Jan 1, 1543 Copernicus States His Theory of the Heliocentric Universe Jan 1, 1545 Council of Trent Was Formed Jan 1, 1591 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 Thirty Years War Began Jan 1, 1644 The Ming Dynasty Ends Jan 1, 1648 The Treaty of Westphalia is Enacted Jan 1, 1648 Thirty Year War Ends Jan 1, 1687 Isaac Newton Publishes a Book About Gravity Jan 1, 1868 The Era of the Samurai Ends Mar 2, 2022 Charlemagne's Christian Empire Began Mar 2, 2022 Buddhism Expands Into 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 Heian Period Begins Mar 2, 2022 The Tang Dynasty Ends Mar 2, 2022 The Tang Dynasty Begins Mar 2, 2022 The Tang Dynasty Records a Formula For Gunpowder