Year 8 History Timeline

By dance12
  • Achaemenid Empire
    Jun 16, 705

    Achaemenid Empire

    The Achaemenid Empire also known as the First Persian Empire, was a Persian empire in Western Asia, founded in the 6th century BC by Cyrus the Great who overthrew the Median confederation.
  • Medieval Castles
    Jun 21, 1043

    Medieval Castles

    The word castle is derived from the Latin word castellum which is a diminutive of the word castrum, meaning "fortified place". In the late 20th century, there was a trend to refine the definition of a castle by including the criterion of feudal ownership, thus tying castles to the medieval Europe, castles.
  • Battle of Hastings
    Feb 8, 1046

    Battle of Hastings

    The army was organized along regional lines, this happened in 1046. The Battle of Hastings occurred on 14 October 1066. After further marching and some small skirmishes, William was crowned as king on Christmas Day, 1066.
  • The Vikings
    Dec 26, 1053

    The Vikings

    The Vikings (from Old Norse víkingr) were seafaring north Germanic people who raided, traded, explored, and settled in wide areas of Europe, Asia, and the North Atlantic islands from the late 8th to the mid-11th centuries.
  • Medieval Church in the middle ages
    Mar 14, 1125

    Medieval Church in the middle ages

    Being a monk was one way to stay alive during the Middle Ages. The church was very rich and powerful during the Middle Ages. In Medieval times, people saw society as divided into three groups, called the 'three estates': the nobility the clergy and the labourers.
  • Mongol Empire
    Oct 21, 1206

    Mongol Empire

    Formed, when the mongol tribes became the largest lan empire in in history, 1206 AD. The Mongol Empire emerged from the unification of Mongol and Turkic tribes of historical Mongolia under the leadership of Genghis Khan.
  • Samuri Empire-Kamakura Period
    Oct 28, 1270

    Samuri Empire-Kamakura Period

    Mongols invade Japan. The samurai defeat the Mongols after many years of fierce fighting, that change the way wars are fought by the samurai. A second attempt by the Mongols in 1281 also fail. They develop a style of formation combat and depend more on swords as a primary weapon in battle.
  • Pneumonic Plague
    Dec 29, 1308

    Pneumonic Plague

    Pneumonic plague, a severe type of lung infection, is one of three main forms of plague, all of which are caused by the bacterium Yersinia pestis. It is more rare than the bubonic plague. The difference between the versions of the Plague is simply because of the infection and the location in the body.
  • The Black Death
    Feb 7, 1349

    The Black Death

    The Black Death was one of the most devastating pandemics in human history, killing an estimated 75 to 200 million people, and peaking in Europe in the years 1348–1350 Although there were several competing theories to the Black Death, recent analysis of DNA from victims in northern and southern Europe, indicates that the Yersinia pestis bacterium was responsible.
  • Bubonic Plague
    Mar 3, 1367

    Bubonic Plague

    The term bubonic plague is derived from the Greek word βουβών, meaning "groin." Swollen buboeses, especially occur in the armpit and groin in people which suffer from the bubonic plague.
  • Septicemic Plague
    Jul 24, 1402

    Septicemic Plague

    Septicemic plague is a deadly blood infection, one of the three main forms of plague. It is caused by Yersinia pestis, a gram-negative bacterium.
    The disease is contracted primarily through the bite of an infected rodent or insect, but like bubonic plague can very rarely be contracted through an opening in the skin or by cough from another infected human.
  • Ottoman Empire
    Nov 13, 1409

    Ottoman Empire

    An Islamic Empire, (13th Century) controlled parts of the South-Eastern Europe, South-Western Asian and Northern Africa.
  • Spanish Conquests of the Americans
    Mar 12, 1490

    Spanish Conquests of the Americans

    during this period, not only were the nature and organisation of society transformed but the ability of countries to look beybond their own borders was broadened. the societies of Europe and Asia explored and developed trade links along the silk road.
  • Silk Road
    Nov 24, 1534

    Silk Road

    A series of interconnected trade routes across Africa, Asia and Europe that allowed the transport of goods from one region to another.
  • centuries of renaissance

    centuries of renaissance

    There were movements of people and ideas of between continents. This interaction of people, cultures and ideas trggered the revolution in techonolgy and science that transformed our world.
  • Empire of the Edo Period

    Empire of the Edo Period

    Emperor Meiji declared a new law that ended the wearing of swords. The samurai had lost their profession and their right to wear swords. Their position as a special class ended after almost 1,000 years.
  • Renaissance

    Renaissance

    (Rebirth) cultral that began in Italy, (14th Century) with a renewed interest in learning, based on ancient Greece and Rome.
  • Khmer Empire

    Khmer Empire

    A southeast Asian empire that dominated what is now Laos, Cambodia and Thailand for five centuries from the 800's AD
  • Heian Period of the Samari Empire

    Heian Period of the Samari Empire

    Taira Masakado revolted and proclaimed himself "The New Emperor." Other samurai leaders exerted their influence across the land and changed the history of Japan.
  • The Feudal System

    The Feudal System

    In the early middle ages there were no centeral rulers. In order to avoid these wars, many people left the great Roman towns and moved to the countryside. Town populations decreased while a system of feudalism emerged in rural to become the dominant social, economics and politicial structure for hundreds of years.