Unit 3 (600-1450 CE)

  • Period: Jan 1, 600 to Dec 31, 1450

    Post Classical Era

  • Jan 1, 610

    Start of Islam

    Muhammad receives his revelation from Allah.
  • Jan 1, 637

    Arab invasion and destruction of Sasanian Empir

    led to the end of the Sasanian Empire, decline in Zoroastriam
  • Jan 1, 668

    Korea wins independence from Tang conquerors

    Korea wins its independence from the goguryeo- tang war
  • Jan 1, 730

    Printing was invented.

    Printing was invented in China.
  • Jan 1, 732

    Battle of Tours

    Ended Muslim expansion into France.
  • Jan 1, 732

    Franks defeat Muslims in France

    Ends the battle of Tours resulting in the Franks victory, a leader was killed and they continued to move south
  • Jan 1, 809

    first war of succession of Abbasid princes

    a result from conflict between the brothers al-Amin and al-Ma'mun over the succession to the throne of the Abbasid Caliphate.
  • Jan 1, 845

    Buddhist Persecution

    the persecution was to get rid off not onl Buddhism but also Zoroastrianism, Nestorian Christianity and Manichaeism so that only Confucianism and Taoism survived.
  • Jan 1, 900

    Mayans declined

    Decline of classical Maya
  • Jan 1, 1054

    Great Schism

    Roman Catholic and Eastern Orthodox
  • Jan 1, 1066

    Norman Conquest

    Norman Conquest of England
  • Jan 1, 1071

    Battle of Manzikert

    (Seljuk Turks over Byzantine ) Battle of Manzikert
  • Period: Jan 1, 1095 to Dec 31, 1291

    The Crusades

    Series of wars between Christian European forces and Muslim forces for control of the Holy Land
  • Jul 15, 1099

    Christians Take Jerusalem in 1st crusade

    Christians seige control over the holy city, muslims and jews go into hiding to avoid persecution
  • Jan 1, 1100

    invention of gunpowder

    attributed to experimentation in Chinese alchemy by Taoists in the pursuit of immortality, and known as one of the "Four Great Inventions" of China. Invented during the Tang dynasty
  • Jan 1, 1126

    Song dynasty flees to south China

    Song dynasty flees to south China due to the conquest by the Mongols
  • Jan 1, 1204

    Fall of Constatinople

    Turks conquested the city, leading to the fall of the Roman empire
  • Jan 1, 1206

    Beginning of Mongol

    Chinggis Khan Begins Mongol conquest
  • Jan 1, 1206

    Temujin names Chinggis Khan

    Temujin takes the name of Chinggis Khan which founded the Mongol state
  • Period: Jan 1, 1206 to Dec 31, 1502

    Mongolian Empire

    Genghis Khan takes the tittle, begins the Mongol Empire
  • Jan 1, 1209

    Mongol Conquest

    Mongol Conquest begins
  • Aug 18, 1227

    Death of Genghis Khan

    over 60 years and in failing health, may have died to injuries he got during a fall from a horse that occurred one year after he passed
  • Jan 1, 1242

    Mongols withdraw

    Mongols withdraw from Eastern Europe
  • Jan 1, 1258

    Mongol's takeover Baghdad

    Mongols sack Baghdad, end of Abbasid caliphate
  • Jan 1, 1260

    Mongols defeated

    Mongols defeated by Egyptian forces in Palistine .
  • Jan 1, 1260

    End of drive wes

    Mamluk (slave) rulers of Egypt defeat Mongols at Ain Jalut ending the dirve of wes
  • Jan 1, 1324

    Mansa Musa set out on his pilgrimage

    Mansa Musa's pilgrimage/hajj
  • Jul 1, 1324

    Mansa Musa stops in egypt

    Mansa Musa stopped in Egypt to visit with the Mamluk sultan Al-Nasir Muhammad of Egypt.
  • Jan 1, 1428

    Aztec Empire founded

    The Valley of Mexico is first settled by migrating tribes. The founding of the Aztec capital of Tenochtitlan was around Lake Texcoco.
  • Jan 1, 1434

    Triple alliance

    Mexico-Tenochtitlan, Mexico-Texcoco, and Mexico-Tlacopan. These three city-states ruled the area in and around the Valley of Mexico
  • Jan 1, 1438

    Rise of Inca Empire

    a small army of Spanish Conquistadores successfully invaded the continent starting the empire
  • Jan 1, 1438

    Inca Empire founded

    The largest empire in America empire was located in modern-day Peru.
  • Jan 1, 1450

    Printing press expands

    Printing press expands from China to Europe (Gutenburg)