Timelines/dates

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  • Period: 1400 BCE to 1400 BCE

    silk roads

    In regards to Silk Road trade sea routes were only good for China, India, and the Middle East until ~1400 B.C.E. This is when sea routes start to replace land routes.
  • Period: 1300 BCE to 1300 BCE

    Judaism

    The Hebrew leader Abraham founded Judaism in Mesopotamia around 1300 B.C. Judaism is the oldest of the monotheistic faiths (religions with one God).
  • Period: 900 BCE to 586 BCE

    the temple

    According to the Bible, the First Temple for Jewish worship was built around 900-1000 BCE and destroyed by Babylonians in 586 BCE.
  • Period: 520 BCE to 520 BCE

    Buddhism

    Buddhism, which teaches people that they can escape the suffering of the world through the Buddhist teachings, developed in Northeast India in 520 BCE and spread to other parts of Asia
  • Period: 483 BCE to 563 BCE

    Siddhartha Gautama

    Siddhartha Gautama (563-483 BCE)
  • Period: 319 BCE to 467 BCE

    gupta empire

    The Gupta Empire was an ancient Indian empire which existed from the early 4th century CE to late 6th century CE
  • Period: 7 to 7

    Tibetan Buddhism

    Developed in Tibet in the 7c CE.
  • Period: 33 to 33

    Christianity

    Founded by Jesus Christ, who was crucified around A.D. 33 in Palestine in the city of Jerusalem. It was after his death when his followers came to believe in him as the Christ, the Messiah.
  • Period: 622 to 622

    Islam

    Founded in Arabia by Muhammad in A.D. 622.
  • Period: 632 to 632

    Muhammad’s death

    Muhammad’s death in 632 AD
  • Period: 754 to 775

    The House of Wisdom

    The House of Wisdom was founded either as a library for the collections of the Caliph Harun al-Rashid in the late 8th century (then later turned into a public academy during the reign of Al-Ma'mun) or was a private collection created by Al-Mansur (reign 754–775) to house rare books and collections of poetry in both Arabic and Persian.
  • Period: 800 to 1258

    The Islamic Golden Age

    The Islamic Golden Age
    Age of the Caliphs – (800 AD - 1258 AD)
  • Period: 1224 to 1480

    Regional Effects: Russia under the “Golden Horde”

    In Russia…Mongol forces successfully attacked Russia in 1224 by defeating Kiev Rus.

    Lasted the longest of the all the khanates (until 1480).
  • Period: 1240 to 1240

    The Mongol Drive to the West

    Kiev was taken by 1240 …very few towns survived (only Novgorod and Moscow because they submitted).
  • Period: 1253 to 1324

    Effects on Overland Trade

    Linked Christian, Muslim and Chinese worlds in one Pax Mongolica
    Encouraged Silk Road trade
    Patrols and passports
    Paid high prices at Karakorum and financed caravans
    Marco Polo (1253-1324)
    Traveled with father and uncle to the East, made a fortune, and went back (1271-1295)
    Great influence on European attitudes towards the East
    New Ideas from China went west:
    Paper and paper money, gunpowder, coal, movable type, passports, high-temperature furnaces, medicine, etc.
  • Period: 1268 to 1275

    Khubilai Khan

    Genghis Khan’s grandson who ruled entire China and established the Yuan Dynasty in 1279 C.E.
    first conquered north China under the Jurchen,
    Then conquered south China under the Southern Song/Sung,
    The conquest of China (Southern Song/Sung) began in 1268 and took 11 years to complete, highlighted by
    The battle of Xiangyang, which took 5 years (1268-1273)
    The battle of Yangzhou, 1 year (1275)
  • Period: 1271 to 1271

    The Mongol Interlude in Chinese History

    Kubilai Khan, another grandson, moved against the Song in China and by 1271 his dynasty became the Yuan.
  • Period: 1304 to 1369

    Ibn Battuta

    Born: 1304 in Tangier, Morocco
    Died: 1369 in Fez, Morocco
    His travels began in 1325, when he was twenty-one years of age, on a Hajj, or Muslim pilgrimage to Mecca. They lasted for about thirty years, covering about 75,000 miles, visiting the equivalent of 44 modern countries.
  • Period: 1324 to 1325

    Mansa Musa

    Mansa Musa conquered 24 cities, along with their surrounding districts... During Musa's reign, Mali may have been the largest producer of gold in the world, and Musa has been called the wealthiest individual in history, though there is no accurate way to quantify his wealth. In 1324–1325, Musa performed the hajj.
  • Period: 1324 to 1375

    Spread of Islam- The Hajj

    It is believed 60,000-80,000 people (servants) accompanied Mansa on his journey to Mecca (1324).
    By 1375 word of Mali’s wealth led to it appearing on a European map of West Africa.
  • Period: 1431 to 1500

    Kingdom of Mali: Fall of an Empire

    Invaders: Tuareg nomads seized Timbuktu in 1431
    By 1500’s Mali empire was dismantled.
    After Mansa Musa died in 1337, aged 57, the empire was inherited by his sons who could not hold it together. ... But Mali's fame as a place of incredible wealth ultimately led to its downfall with Portuguese interest in the kingdom ultimately culminating in naval raids against the empire starting in the 15th century.
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    WW1

    end and beginning of world war 1