Unit 3 600-1450

Missionaries in Japan

Jan 1, 600

Buddhist brought their culture which was then diffused into the population, this allowed a wide spread of religion alterations. However the people of Japan held onto their beliefs of Shintoism.

Post Classical Era

Period: Jan 1, 600 to Dec 31, 1450

Start of Islam

Jan 1, 610

Muhammad received his revelation from Allah.

Tang Dynasty in China

Period: Jan 1, 618 to Dec 31, 907

Founding of Islam

Jan 1, 622

Muhammad and his followed discovered and shared their religion in Islam

Arab invasion and destruction of Sasanian Empire

Jan 1, 637

The beduin Arabs who toppled the Sassanid Empire were propelled not only by a desire for conquest but also by a new religion, Islam.

Franks defeat Muslims in France

Jan 1, 732

At the Battle of Tours near Poitiers, France, Frankish leader Charles Martel, a Christian, defeats a large army of Spanish Moors, halting the Muslim advance into Western Europe.

Battle of Tours

Oct 10, 732

The battle was between Frankish leader Charles Martel and a massive invading Islamic army led by Emir Abdul Rahman Al Ghafiqi Abd al Rahman.

Abbasid caliphate begins, centered in Baghdad

Jan 1, 750

They ruled as caliphs, for most of their period from their capital in Baghdad in modern-day Iraq, after taking back authority of the Muslim empire from the Umayyads

Spread to Spain

Jan 1, 750

Umayyad Caliphate princess escapes to spain and their she gets to know the government and makes an alliance with them.

Four Schools of Islamic Religious Law

Jan 1, 750

Four major schools of Islamic law are established: Hanafi, Maliki, Sāfi’ī, and Hanbali. These four schools are established by Muslim religious scholars rather than the caliphs. This is a change in Islamic history because they become the most widely accepted interpretations of Islam by Sunni Muslims

First war of succession of Abbasid princes

Jan 1, 809

Defeated the Umayyads in 750 in the Battle of the Zab near the Great Zab and was subsequently proclaimed caliph. After this loss, Marwan fled to Egypt, where he was subsequently assassinated.

Imam disapears

Jan 1, 873

Imam was the counter act to the Quran in which people could believe in almost any other God however the Holy book became published and carried out the say of one god Allah.

Spread of Islam into West Africa

Jan 1, 900

During the 7th century, the religion of Islam spread quickly through the Middle East and North Africa. In the 8th century, trans-Saharan trade brought Muslim merchants and traders to West Africa. Over the next few hundred years, Islam spread among West Africans.

Song Empire Founded

Jan 1, 960

Founded by Zhao Kuangyin. The emperor was Sung Taizu. Song reestablished centralized control over China.

beginning of Christian reconquest of Spain

Jan 1, 1018

Over the following seven and a half centuries, the Christian kingdoms to the north gradually retook control of the peninsula

Great Schism in Christian Church

Jan 1, 1054

Event that precipitated the final separation between the Eastern Christian churches

Church split

Jan 1, 1054

The Catholic Church takes a turn for the worst it was divided into Orthodox Christianity. The two churches hold various similarities however the pope and emperors or kings were not in favor with the pope there was a form of hatered that radiated off the two sides.

Norman conquest of England

Jan 1, 1066

After the Norman invasion and conquest of England, the Domesday Book was commissioned by order of William The Conqueror.

Norman conquest of England, strong feudal monarchy

Jan 1, 1066

The Norman conquest of England was the invasion of the Kingdom of England by William the Conqueror

Battle of Manzikert

Aug 26, 1071

The Byzantine Empire and Seljuk Turkish forces led by Alp Arslan, resulting in the defeat of the Byzantine Empire and the capture of Emperor Romanus IV Diogenes.

The Crusades

Period: Jan 1, 1095 to Dec 31, 1291

1st Crusade

Nov 27, 1095

Pope Urban II called for a crusade to help the Byzantines and to free the city of Jerusalem. But articles say that it officially started August 15, 1096.

Christians take the city of Jerusalem

Jul 15, 1099

During first Crusades, Christians forces Europe take control of the city of Jerusalem from Muslim forces

Islam continues to spread through Asia

Jan 1, 1120

The spread of Islam through Asia is important because now more of the world has knowledge of Islam. This is a change in hitory because it made Islam a world religion.

Chinggis Khan begins Mongol conquests

Period: Jan 1, 1162 to Dec 31, 1227

He rose to establish the largest land empire

Jan 1, 1206

War With Mongols

Jan 1, 1211

The beginning of the war between the Mongols and the Jin Dynasty. The Jin Dynasty hold Ghengis Kha and his Mongol army at bay for the first two years of the war.

Mongols

Apr 14, 1221

Mogols entered Indus River Valley. This was led by Ghengis Khan.

Monglos in China

Jan 1, 1234

The Mongol Empire under Genghis Khan started the conquest with small-scale raids into Western Xia. The Mongol leader Kublai Khan had established the Yuan dynasty in China and crushed the last Song resistance, which marked the onset of all of China under the Mongol Yuan rule.

delhi

Jan 1, 1250

Irrigation conplex in ceylon And fell into ruin. This was when invafers from sind disrupted sinhalese gov.

Fall of Baghdad to Mongols

Jan 1, 1258

The Siege of Baghdad, which lasted from January 29 until February 10, 1258, entailed the investment, capture, and sack of Baghdad, the capital of the Abbasid Caliphate, by Ilkhanate Mongol forces and allied troops.

Marco Polo's travels

Period: Jan 1, 1271 to Dec 31, 1295

The most famous Westerner traveled on the Silk Road

Rise of the Mali Empire

Jan 1, 1300

Sundiata's victory over Samanguru became the new Mali empire. Sundiata was a wise ruler. His armies were fierce and strong and they conquered the gold-salt trade.

Mansa Musa's pilgrimage/hajj

Jan 1, 1324

The medieval African ruler most known to the world outside Africa.

Mongols Transformed to Ming

Jan 1, 1368

After the Mongols slowly decenegrated the Ming Dynasty starts to form and hterfore the mongols fall apart. The Mongol Empire was torn apart by large vast land and hard to control. Political instabilities and broken structure caused the downfall and crushed appearence of the almost dissapearing conquerors.

Rise of Inca Empire

Jan 1, 1438

Their empire eventually extended across western South America from Quito in the north to Santiago in the south