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Period: 224 to Apr 11, 651
Sassanid Empire
The last pre-islamic persian empire. Recognized as one of the two main powers in western asia and Europe alongside the Roman Empire. -
Period: 250 to
Mayan Civilization
A mesoamerican civilization, had the first fully developed written language and was known for its art, architecture, math and astronomy. -
Period: 306 to Apr 17, 1453
Constantinople
This city, was the Imperial Capital of the Roman Empire along with being Europes largest and wealthiest city. Since it's fall in 1453, it's been called Istanbul. -
Period: 330 to Apr 17, 1453
Byzantine Empire
A greek speaking empire with the capital of Constantinople and was ruled by people of descendence from the ancient Roman Emperors. A powerful military, economic, and cultural force in Europe. -
Period: Apr 8, 600 to Apr 8, 1450
Unit2 Timeline
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Apr 8, 610
Foundation of Islam
A monotheistic religion that believe in the Quran and Allah. Founded when Muhammed was given the revelations as he prayed by angel Gabriel. -
Apr 8, 632
Split of the Sunni nd Shia
The split was caused by Shias believing that no one should be before Ali in the caliphate since they are of no direct blood relation. Sunnis regarded him as the last of the 4 caliphates. -
Period: Apr 11, 661 to Apr 11, 750
Umayyad Caliphate
The second of 4 major Arab Caliphates established after Muhammed. The capital was Damascus. It was one of the most largest empires the world had seen. -
May 10, 711
Muslims Conquer Spain
This religion in Spain had a huge presence of Culture and was ruled and led by the Arabs and Moors of al-Andalus. -
Period: Apr 11, 750 to Apr 11, 1258
Abbasid Caliphate
The third of the Islamic Caliphates, whos capital was Baghdad. Founded by Muhammeds youngest uncle. The Caliphate flourished for 2 centuries but then went into decline afterward -
Period: Apr 11, 1071 to Apr 11, 1325
Seljuk Turks
Turco & Persian Sunni Muslim dynasty that ruled in Central Asia and the Middle East from the 11th to 14th centuries. They had the Great Seljuk Empire which at its peak, went from Anatolia through Persia. -
Period: Apr 17, 1095 to Apr 17, 1400
Crusades
Many battles of "religiously sanctioned military campaigns" between many powers of the time like Roman Catholics, Europe, Holy Roman Empire, and more. -
Period: Apr 11, 1138 to Apr 11, 1193
Saladin
Ruler that became the Ayyubid Sultan of Egypt. At the peak of his ruling, he ruled over Syria, Egypt, Hejaz, Yemen, and Mesopatamia. -
Period: Apr 11, 1162 to Apr 11, 1227
Genghis Khan
He was the ruler of the Mongol Empire which became the largest contigious empire in history. He united many nomadic tribes which led him to power. -
Period: Apr 17, 1200 to Apr 17, 1573
Inca Civilization
Beginning as a just a tribe, it grew more and more over the years and built great culture along with becoming the largest empire in pre-columbian America. -
Period: Apr 11, 1206 to Apr 11, 1324
Mongol Invasions
This is what led to the Mongols owning mostly all of Asia and Eastern Europe. The speed and force of the expansion is similiar to the Hunnic/Turkic conquests from the Migration period. -
Period: Apr 17, 1206 to Apr 17, 1527
Delhi Sultanate
This term describes the 5 short Islamic Kingdoms in India. The five dynasties that were the Mamluk dynasty (1206–90), the Khilji dynasty (1290–1320), the Tughlaq dynasty (1320–1413), the Sayyid dynasty (1414–51), and the Lodi dynasty (1451–1526). -
Apr 17, 1215
Magna Carta
Originally issued in 1215 and then again in late 13th century was a document which gave much less power to the king and more to the parliment of England. -
Period: May 10, 1230 to
Mali
Founded in the 1230's the Mali empire was known for it's wealthy rulers especially the most famous, Mansa Musa. It had an influential culture, spread of its language, laws and customs all along the Niger River. -
Period: Apr 11, 1250 to Apr 11, 1517
Mamluks
A soldier that was once a slave. The class was of great political importance and went on for a very long time, going from the 9th to the 19th century AD -
Period: Apr 17, 1300 to
Renaissance
A cultural movement that started in Florence and later expanded to Europe. It greatly developed education and ways of learning, -
Period: Apr 8, 1312 to Apr 8, 1337
Mansa Musa
Was the 10th in the line of Mansas. He held many titles such asEmir of Melle, Lord of the Mines of Wangara, and conqueror of Ghanata, Futa-Jallon. Along with that, he was probably the wealhiest ruler of his time. -
Period: Apr 8, 1336 to Feb 18, 1405
Timur
Known as Tamerlane from Persia, was a conqueror of Asia and founder of the Timurid Empire and the Timurid Dynasty. A very contreversial figure during his life and still is known to be one today. -
Period: Apr 17, 1337 to Apr 17, 1453
Hundred Years War
A war between the House of Valois and the House of Plantagenet for power of the french. In the end The House of Valois claimed the title of King of France, while the Plantagenets claimed the thrones of both France and England. -
Period: May 10, 1340 to
Songhai Empire
One of the largest islamic empires in known in history. Located around the Capital city of Gao, they also had a large number of people around the Niger. -
Period: Apr 8, 1368 to
Ming Empire
The Ming was known as "one of the greatest eras of orderly government and social stability in human history." They had a navy and army of over one million people -
Period: Apr 8, 1371 to Apr 8, 1435
Zheng He
Zheng He, known as Cheng Ho in English was a mariner, explorer, diplomat and fleet admiral who commanded ships to Southeast Asia, South Asia, the Middle East, and East Africa, which were known as the "Voyages of Zheng He." -
Period: May 10, 1427 to May 10, 1519
Aztec Empire
An empire based in their capital of Tenochtitlan, The Aztecs grew through trade and fighting and reached their max in 1519 right before the arrival of the spanish conquistadors. -
Apr 17, 1436
Gutenerg Press
Gutenbergs press began when he partnered with Andreas Dritzehn. Because of his previous works, he was effecient in his buisness. -
Period: Jan 22, 1440 to Oct 27, 1505
Ivan 3rd
Known as Ivan the Great, he was the Prince of Moscow along with being the "Grand Prince of all of Rus'". He ended Golder Horde dominance and tripled the size and territory of his own state. One of the longest reigning russian rulers in history. -
Establishment of Holy Roman Empire
A great empire which gradually was split up near the end of its reign. -
Period: to
Sui Empire/Dynasty
Imperial Chinese dynasty which unified China and ended about 4 centuries of division between rivals of the area. It was founded by Emperor Wen of Sui, and the Sui Dynastys capital was Luoyang. -
Period: to
Tang Empire
Followed the Sui dynsty and founded by the Li Family. The reign was interrupted and stopped for a short time by the second run of the Zhou Dynasty. The capital was Chang'an which was the highest populated city at the time. -
Period: to Apr 17, 1349
Kievan Russia
This name was given to the medieval state of Russia by Nikolai Karamzin. The mongol invasion in 1240 is considered to be a big reason why this place fell. -
Period: to
Charlemagne
Charlemagne- meaning Charles the Great, A king of 2 different kingdoms from 768 to 814, he led the frankish empire to great expansion that incorporated much of Europe and conquered Italy. -
Period: to May 10, 1235
Ghana
The Ghana Empire introduced the camals during trade. This was a huge change and later affected many places as it made travel, communication, and trade easier. -
Period: to Apr 8, 1279
Song Empire
The Dynasty was the first government in history to issue paper money/bank notes along with the first chinese with a standing Navy. They were the first to use gunpowder and first to use "truenorth" on the compass.