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Period: 476 to 1400
Medieval Period (Europe)
The Medieval Period merged with the Renaissance near its end. -
610
Start of Islam (Middle East)
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Period: 632 to 661
Rashidun Period (Middle East)
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Period: 661 to 750
Umayyad Period (Middle East)
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Period: 751 to 1258
Abbasid Period (Middle East)
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Period: 800 to 814
Rule of Charlemagne (Europe)
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850
Invention of Gunpowder (China)
Gunpowder was invented during the Tang Dynasty. -
Period: 909 to 1171
Fatimid Period (Middle East)
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Period: 1041 to 1048
Invention of Movable Type Printing (China)
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Period: 1095 to 1099
First Crusade (Crusades)
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1170
Death of Thomas Becket (Europe)
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Period: 1174 to 1260
Ayyubid Period (Middle East)
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1187
Battle of Hattin (Crusades)
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1187
Saladin's Recapture of Jerusalem (Crusades)
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1206
Beginning of Mongol Empire (Mongols)
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1227
Death of Genghis Khan (Mongols)
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Period: 1250 to 1517
Mamluk Period (Middle East) (Egypt)
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1260
Battle of Ayn Jalut (Mongols)
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1291
The Capture of Acre (Crusades)