WHAP By ellen.hogan Period: 206 BCE to 220 Han Dynasty Period: 130 BCE to 1453 Silk Road (Afro-Eurasia) Period: 400 to 1591 Trans-Saharan Trade rough dates Period: 476 to 1000 Dark Ages (Europe) Period: 500 to 1600 African Civilization Begins to take shape Period: 650 to 1377 Srivijaya kingdom (SE Asia) Period: 750 to 1258 Abbasid Caliphate (middle east) Period: 800 to 1600 Mississippian Culture (N. America) Period: 800 to 1500 Indian Ocean Trade only declined in 1500s did not disappear Period: 802 to 1431 Khmer Empire (SE Asia) 830 Caliph al-Mamun establishes House of Wisdom (Baghdad) Period: 950 to 1350 Cahokia (N. America) Period: 960 to 1279 Song Dynasty (China) Period: 1000 to 1450 High Middle Ages (Europe) Period: 1095 to 1492 Crusades (Europe/Middle East) Period: 1200 to 1450 Major growth of Indian Ocean Trade Period: 1206 to 1368 Mongol Empire Period: 1206 to 1555 Dehli Sultanate ( Northern India) Period: 1206 to 1277 Genghis Khan Rules (Asia) 1209 Mongols First Attack on China Period: 1209 to 1279 Mongol Conquer China (Asia) 1215 Magna Carta Signed (Europe) Period: 1219 to 1221 Mongols conquer Persia (Asia) Period: 1235 to 1610 Mali Empire (Africa) Period: 1271 to 1295 Marco Polo Silk Road Travels Period: 1271 to 1368 Yuan Dynasty (Asia) Period: 1293 to 1527 Majapahit Empire (SE Asia (Java)) Period: 1299 to 1923 Ottoman Empire (Middle East) Period: 1300 to 1600 Renaissance (Europe) Period: 1304 to 1369 Ibn Battuta Life (Dar-al-islam) Period: 1312 to 1337 Mansa Musa Reign (Mali) Period: 1336 to 1529 Vijayanagara Empire (Southern India) Period: 1345 to 1521 Aztec Empire (Americas) 1346 Black Death Begins (China) Period: 1346 to 1353 Black Death/Bubonic Plague (Afro-EurAsia) 1349 Decameron Published (Europe) Period: 1368 to 1644 Ming Dynasty (Asia) Period: 1438 to 1533 Incan Empire (South America) 1440 Printing Press Invention (Europe) 1441 Atlantic Slave Trade begins Period: 1444 to 1481 Mehmed the conqueror reign in Ottoman (Middle- East) 1453 Ottoman Conquest of Constaniople (Middle East) Period: 1453 to 1736 Gunpowder Empires (Afro-EurAsia) 1492 Columbus Sails to "New World" (Europe and Americas) Period: 1501 to 1722 Safavid Empire Period: 1520 to 1566 Suleiman the Great Reign Ottoman (Middle-East) Period: 1526 to 1857 Mughal Empire (india) Period: 1533 to 1547 Ivan the Terrible Reign in Russia (Asia) Period: 1550 to 1700 Scientific Revolution Period: 1644 to 1912 Qing Dynasty (Asia) Period: 1715 to 1789 Enlightenment