Timeline Review (Foundations of World History 9E)

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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)

  • Period: 632 to 661

    Rashidun Period (Middle East)

  • Period: 661 to 750

    Umayyad Period (Middle East)

  • Period: 751 to 1258

    Abbasid Period (Middle East)

  • Period: 800 to 814

    Rule of Charlemagne (Europe)

  • 850

    Invention of Gunpowder (China)

    Gunpowder was invented during the Tang Dynasty.
  • Period: 909 to 1171

    Fatimid Period (Middle East)

  • Period: 1041 to 1048

    Invention of Movable Type Printing (China)

    Created by a man named Bi Sheng during the Song dynasty.
  • Period: 1095 to 1099

    First Crusade (Crusades)

  • 1170

    Death of Thomas Becket (Europe)

  • Period: 1174 to 1260

    Ayyubid Period (Middle East)

  • 1187

    Battle of Hattin (Crusades)

  • 1187

    Saladin's Recapture of Jerusalem (Crusades)

  • 1206

    Beginning of Mongol Empire (Mongols)

  • 1227

    Death of Genghis Khan (Mongols)

  • Period: 1250 to 1517

    Mamluk Period (Middle East) (Egypt)

  • 1260

    Battle of Ayn Jalut (Mongols)

  • 1291

    The Capture of Acre (Crusades)