timeline

By SashaGoolsbee
  • Period: 500 to Jan 1, 1500

    timeline

  • Jan 1, 610

    Muhammad preeches Islam at Mecca

    This event signaled the beginning of the spread of Island, which majorly impacted the world. It's effects are still quite prevalent today.
  • Jan 1, 618

    Rise of The Tang Dynasty

    The Tang Dynasty was to become the leader of an age of prosperirty and wealth for the chinese people, which leds to arts and literature flourishing,
  • Jan 1, 646

    Japan's Taika Reform

    This is important, as it is the time when japan shifted to more Confucian ideals and practices, stemming from China
  • Jan 21, 656

    First Islamic Civil War

    Civil unrest is an unavoidable side effect of any empire, religion, or other organization that becomes unsustainably large. The prescence of a civil war signified the expansion of Islam,
  • Jan 1, 711

    First Muslim Raids in India

    This is extremely important, because this marks the change from Islam being a local religion, to it becomming so widely spread. These conquests spread it far and wide, the raids on India being the inception of this.
  • Jan 17, 712

    Beginning of Xuanzong Emperor's Rule

    Tang Xuanzong's kaiserdom was stable and the country entered a 40-year-odd prosperity, which is recorded as the the Prosperity of Kai Yuan Period.
  • Jan 1, 718

    Arab attack on Constantinople Defeated

    Byzantine empire thwarts Muslim Arab's attempt to siege the constantinople, even after years of preparation and careful planning.
  • Jan 1, 907

    End of Tang Dynasty

    The fall of the Tang Dynasty is just as important as its rise and prosperity, as it led to massive civil disrupts as the power struggle reappeared in violent form.
  • Jan 1, 960

    Rise of the Song Dynasty

    The rise of the Song dynasty is important because it was a long lasting empire, thriviving for over 300 years.
  • Jan 1, 1100

    Invention of Gunpowder

    Revolutionized warfare, lead to higher mortality rates and faster conquest speeds.
  • Jan 17, 1215

    Mongolians Capture Beijing

    This is significant because it was the beginning of a crusade that ended in the entirerty of China being conquored by the Mongolians.
  • Jan 1, 1237

    Mongols Capture Russia

    Siezing and retaining control is a massive feat, which goes to show exactly how powerful the Mongolian empire was at this time.
  • Jan 1, 1240

    Mongol Invasion of Western Europe

    The Mongols stretching themselves out beyond Asia was an impressive feat, but quite possibly lead to them being spread too thin, which resulted in the collapse of the empire.
  • Jan 1, 1260

    Kublai Khan's Rule

    Kublai divided the mongolian empire into sects, initiated methods of governing and maintennance of the massive empire established by Ghenghis Khan,
  • Jan 1, 1274

    Failed Invasion of Japan

    Contrary to the conquoring of Russia, this epic failure of the Mongols shows that they did have limitations, and suffered defeats.
  • Jan 1, 1300

    Mali Empire at it's Height

    Mali was a great and powerful empire, home to quite possibly THE single richest man in history; Mansa Musa
  • Jan 1, 1324

    Pikgrimage of Mansa Musa

    Mansa Musa made his way to Mecca, bringing so much gold into the surrounding areas on his journey that it crashed the gold market in those areas. A clear representataion of his undeniable wealth that was reported by many sources, which is what led historians to believe the claims of Mansa Musa's wealth.
  • Jan 1, 1348

    Black Plague

    It wiped out one third of the entire European population. Enough said.