Unit 3 timeline

  • Period: Dec 10, 600 to Dec 10, 1450

    CE

  • Dec 10, 618

    sui dynasty

    lasted for only 38 years and had only three emperors. Sui dynasty was often compared to the Qin dynasty.
  • Dec 10, 618

    tang dynasty

    The Tand dynasty was the most glistening historic period in China's history.
  • Dec 10, 632

    muhammed

    prophet of islam
  • Dec 10, 661

    umayyad dynasty

    It was the second of the four maor Islamic Caliphates established after the death of Muhhamad.
  • Dec 10, 668

    silla dynasty

    unified the three kingdoms of the Korean peninsula.
  • Dec 10, 710

    nara period

    through 794
    period in which the imperial government was at Nara, and Sinicization and Buddhism were most highly developed.
  • Dec 10, 750

    Abbasid dynasty

    overthrows Umayyed empire
  • Dec 10, 750

    kingdom of ghana

    acheived wealth through trade with arabs
    lasted until 1076
  • Dec 10, 774

    reign of charlemagne

    through 814
    spread christianity throughout europe
  • Dec 10, 794

    heian period

    lasted until 1185
    THe hieght of chinese influence in japan
  • Dec 10, 960

    song synasty

    Norther Song and Southern Song. Song dynasty was considered another period of the "Golden Age".
  • Dec 10, 978

    saljuq control over abbasid dynasty

    defeated in 1135
  • Dec 10, 1066

    norman invasion of england

    wanted to claim throne
    started when william and 7,000 soilders landed
  • Dec 10, 1096

    first crusade

    lasted until 1099
    Pope urban II called to help the byzantines and save the city of jerusalm
  • Dec 10, 1162

    Genghis khan

    founded the mogol empire
    military skills
  • Dec 10, 1200

    schism

    The schism between the the eastern and western Christian Church happened when Michael Cerularuis was Patriarch of Constaninople and St.Leo pope in Rome.
  • Dec 10, 1202

    fourth crusade

    lasted until 1204
    the western europeans trying to deafeat the muslim controlled city of jerusalm
  • Dec 10, 1220

    kingdom of the great zimbabwe

    lasted until 1450
    famous for its capital
  • Dec 10, 1230

    mali empire

    controlled vast area of west africa
    empire by ibn battuta
  • Dec 10, 1256

    sultanate of dheli

    It refers to the many Muslim dynasties that ruled in India. It was founded after Muhammad of Ghor defeated Prithvi Raj and captured Delhi in 1192.
  • Dec 10, 1258

    abbasid dynasty

    overthrown by the mongols
  • Dec 10, 1260

    reign of kublai khan

    took intrest to improve welfare
    promoted most religions
    1294
  • Dec 10, 1271

    marco polos trip to china

    through 1368
    along the silk road
    they traveled for 3 yrs and reached the great Khan
  • Dec 10, 1271

    yuan dynasty

    established by Kublai Khan.
  • Dec 10, 1279

    mongol conquest of all of china

    due to their expertice in military skills
  • Dec 10, 1280

    reign of mansa musa

    went on a pilgramidge to mecca
    through 1337
  • Dec 10, 1304

    ibn battuta

    explorer of burban descent
    recognized as one of the greatest travels of all time
  • Dec 10, 1336

    tamerlane

    the last great nomad power. In his life time he conqured more than anyone else except for Alexander.
  • Dec 10, 1337

    hundred years war

    lasted until 1453
    conflicts between england and france
  • Dec 10, 1340

    first bubonic plague pandemic

    affected the byzantine empire
    killed 25-50 million
  • Dec 10, 1368

    ming dynasty

    time of cultural restoration and expansion
  • Dec 10, 1400

    inca empire

    began to flourish
    largest empire in the pre-columbian america
  • Dec 10, 1405

    zheng he's expedition

    Zheng He commanded the great junks. Zheng He and his armada made seven epic voyages from the port at Nanjing to India, Arabia, and even East Africa.
  • Dec 10, 1431

    kingdom of angkor

    sacked causing the population to migrate south
  • Dec 10, 1453

    fall of constantinople

    The ottoman empire army captured the city of the byzantine empire and caused the fall