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300
Camels were first brought to the Sahara
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300
Classic Mayan Civilization began
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476
The Fall of Rome
There was no single reason for the fall of Rome, but historians point to a number of problems that combined to bring its fall. Two of the major reasons were political instability and economic and social problems. Finally in 330 CE, emperor constantine took a step that changed the future of Rome. He moved the capital to Byzantium, and was later called Constantinople. -
500
The Ghana empire began
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500
The Byzantine Empire begins
The Byzantine Empire straddled two continents, Europe and Asia. The Byzantine Empire was the contiunation of the Roman Empire. After Constantine's reign, control of the huge empire was usually divided between two emperors. One was in Rome and the other one was in Constantinople. The east and the west shared a christian faith, but the east developed in its own way. The Eastern Orthodox church. One of its greatest Byzantine emperors was Justianian. He rebuilt the city after the fighting -
552
Buddahism was introduced to Japan
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Jan 1, 604
The Seventeen Article Constirution began
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Jan 1, 610
Muhammad became a prophet of Islam
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Jan 1, 651
The first official edition of the Quran was written
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Jan 1, 700
Traders brought Islam to West Africa
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Jan 1, 710
Nara became the capital of Japan
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Jan 1, 750
Bookmaking began to spread the Qur'an
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Jan 1, 1000
Feudalism begins
The feudal system provided people with protection and safety by establishing a stable social order. After the Roman Empire collapsed, life was dangerous and difficult. They worked hard to survive and needed protection. Feudalism were to help the people and empire establish order. There were four different levels of people, monarch, lords, knights, and peasants. Serfs were peasants who were not allowed to leave the lord's land. -
Jan 1, 1000
The Tale of Genji, the first novel, was written
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Jan 1, 1050
Movable type was invented in China
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Jan 1, 1054
The Roman Catholic and Eastern Orthodox churches split
In 1054, the two churches finally split because the two parts of the Roman Empire had a conflict. Constantine the emperor moved the capital to Byzantium, because the west was mainly destroyed by the fighting and the batttle. The Eastern Orthodox church was built as another church for the east. The eastern half had many cities and much greater wealth. The weatern half was mostily rural and not nearly as wealthy. -
Jan 1, 1065
Song Dynasty began civil sevice exams
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Jan 1, 1085
The Reconquista began with Toledo
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Jan 1, 1096
The First Crusade began
Four nobles led the First Crusade. 30,000 crusaders fought their way through Anatolia and headed south toward Palestine. By 1098, the crusaders laid siege to the city of Antioch in Syria. A traitor led them through a opening in the city walls. Antioch fell to the Christians. Next June, crusaders surrounded Jerusalem. In July, 1099, the city surrendered. Survivors were sold into slavery. Crusaders massacred Muslims and Jews. -
Jan 1, 1146
The Second Crusade began
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Jan 1, 1185
The Heian period ended
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Jan 1, 1189
The Third Crusade began
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Jan 1, 1192
The first shogun came to power
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Jan 1, 1192
The era of the samurai began
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Jan 1, 1200
The Incas first settled in Cuzco
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Jan 1, 1203
The Ghana empire ended
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Jun 1, 1215
The Signing of the Magna Carta
In June 1215, angry barons forced a meeting with King John. They insisted that John put his seal to the Magna Carta, or Great Charter. The charter was an agreement between the barons and the king. The barons agreed to observe common law and the traditional rights of barons and the church. The magna Carta protected the rights and privileges of nobles. It took on a much broader meaning as people in England came to regard it as one of the foundations of their rights and liberties. -
Jan 1, 1240
The Mali empire began
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Jan 1, 1250
Aztecs arrived in the Vally of Mexico
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Jan 1, 1258
The Mongols destroyed Baghdad
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Jan 1, 1279
The Mongols Dynasty began
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Jan 1, 1300
The Renaissance began in Italy
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Jan 1, 1300
The Mongol empire was weakened
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Jan 1, 1300
Humanism began in Italy
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Jan 1, 1312
Mansa Musa was the first Islamic leader
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Jan 1, 1325
Aztecs started building Tenochititlan
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Jan 1, 1337
The Hundred Years' War begins
Between 1337 and 1453, England and France fought a series of wars over the control of lands in France. This long conflict helped to weaken feudalism in England and France. English kings had long claimed lands in France. French kings disputed these claims. Despite being outnumbered, the English won most of the early battles of the war. The English had longbows and light armor. Even though the French had a lot more people, they had crossbows and heavy armor. -
Jan 1, 1347
The Bubonic Plague begins in Europe
One reason of the decline of feudalism is the Bubonic Plague. Historians think the plague began in central Asia. It probably carried to Italy on a ship. It spread north and west through the continent of Europe. It was also called the Black Death because black and clue botches appered on the victims skin. The population was reduced by a lot during 1200 and 1393. People who had it, had no choice but to die. It was carried around by fleas that fed on rodents and rats. City streets were dirty too. -
Jan 1, 1350
Timbuktu became a center of Arabic learning
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Jan 1, 1368
The Ming Dynasty began
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Jan 1, 1368
The Mongols Dynasty ended
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Jan 1, 1400
The Inquisition took place
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Jan 1, 1405
Zheng He made his first voyage
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Jan 1, 1438
The Incas began to create roads
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Jan 1, 1450
Johannes Gutenberg invented the printing press
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Jan 1, 1453
The Hundred Years' War ends
In 1429, Joan led a French army to victory in the Battle of Orleans, then the Maid of Orleans but was captured by allies of England. After the war, it contributed to the decline of feudalism by helping to shift power from feudal lords to manarches and common people. Monarchs on both sides had collected taxes and raised large professional armies.. The kings no longer relied on nobles to supply knights for the army. -
Jan 1, 1453
The Byzantine Empire Ends
The Byzantine Empire lifted its ban on icons in 843.The dispute over iconoclasm had cause a major split between the east and the west. There were many conflicts between Cerularius and Leo. Finally, the two churches split. Now the Eastern Orthodox Church and the Rpman Catholic Church are separate churches. In 1453, the Byzantine Empire was conquered by the Ottoman Turks. -
Jan 1, 1460
The Songhai empire began
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Jan 1, 1469
The Medici family began to rule Florence
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Jan 1, 1488
Bartolomeu Dias began to sail around the tip of Africa
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Jan 1, 1492
Isabella sent Christopher Columbus to find a sea route to Asia
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Jan 1, 1492
The Spanish conquered Granada
Muslims gradually gave up more and more territory. By 1248, only the kingdom of Granada was in the hands of the Muslims. In 1492, the city fell, and Muslims lost their last strong. -
Jan 1, 1497
Vasco de Gama began to sail to India
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Jan 1, 1497
John Cabot landed in Canada
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Jan 1, 1500
Post-Classic Mayan Civilization ended
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Jan 1, 1500
Pedro Cabral began to sail to Brazil
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Jan 1, 1504
Michelangelo completed his statue of David
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Jan 1, 1514
Copernicus stated that the earth revolved around the sun
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Jan 1, 1517
Martin Luther posted his Ninety-Five Theses
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Jan 1, 1519
The Aztec Empire ended
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Jan 1, 1519
Hernan Cortes destroyed the Aztecs
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Aug 1, 1519
Ferdinand Magellan began to sail around the world
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Jan 1, 1520
Francisco Pizarro destroyed the Incas
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Jan 1, 1524
Giovanni de Verrazano landed in North America
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Jan 1, 1525
William Tyndale translated the Bible into English
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Jan 1, 1532
The Inca Empire ended
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Jan 1, 1534
King Henry VIII created Anglicanism
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Jan 1, 1541
John Calvin created Calvinism
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Jan 1, 1543
Copernicus stated his theory of the heliocentric universe
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Jan 1, 1545
The Council of Trent was formed
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The Songhai empire ended
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The microsope was invented
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Henry Hudson began to try to find the Northwest passage
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Galileo decided to build a telesope
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The Mali empire ended
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The Thirty Years' War began
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The MIng Dynasty ended
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The Thirty Years' War ended
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Peace of Westphalia was signed
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Newton published a book about gravity
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The era of the samurai ended
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Charlemagne's Christian Empire Begins
The most important leader of the Franks was Charlemagne's. He ruled for over 40 years. Legend has it that he read very little and couldn't write, but he encouraged education and scholarship, making his court a center of culture. Most improtantly he unified nearly all the Christian lands of Europe into a single empire. Charlemagne built his empire with the help of Leo, rhe leader of the Catholic Church in Rome. Church was a central part of society during this time. -
The Tang dynasty ended
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Tang Dynasty recorded a formula for gunpowder
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Buddahism religion expanded in the Tang Dynasty
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Prince Shotoku came to power
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Heian-kyo became the capital of Japan
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The Heian period began
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The Japanese invented kana
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The Tang dynasty began