year 8 history time line By Anfony is a crip 550 The Gupta Empire in India is destroyed by the Huns 793 Vikings first attack England, starting a 200 year regime of terror in England and Europe 950 Polynesians colonize New Zealand 1096 European Christians begin the first Crusade 1100 Inca civilization emerges in south America 1192 Japan comes under the rule of the first shogun 1279 the Mongols defeat the Sung Dynasty in China 1346 First evidence in Europe of the outbreak of the pandemic known as the Black Death 1427 Aztec Empire founded in central Mexico 1453 Ancient Rome’s Eastern Empire collapses starting a period in Europe known as the middle Ages.