600-1450 era

By stephaniezuniga
  • 1450 BCE

    Fall of Byzantium

    the empire fell when Ottoman Turks conquered constantinople
  • 1412 BCE

    Joan of Arc

    Joan was born a peasant and then became a french female knight. she led the french army to victories in the hundred year war.Joan was capture by the English and burned at 19 years old.
  • 1400 BCE

    Russia

    the mongol rule over Russia started to decline due to the division among mongols and the growing strength of Russia.
  • 1350 BCE

    Results of the plague

    Reason of demise of the mongol empire. mongol empire was in disarray. Trade diminished all across the world.
  • 1348 BCE

    Middle East and Western Europen

    the plague reached the middle east and western Europe were it killed a lot of people and lowered the population.
  • 1348 BCE

    Europe

    one half of Europe's population died due to the plague. their was a large decline in the Eurasian population for over a century.
  • 1337 BCE

    Beginning of Hundred years war

    the hundred year war was between England and France they were fighting over rival claims to territories in France. France was announced winner.
  • 1331 BCE

    Northern china

    the plague was a dangerous disease. the plague erupted in northern china and killed many people.
  • 1300 BCE

    Beginning of renaissance

    Began in Italy .There was a culture awakening in western Europe. time of transition from the Dark ages to modern times.
  • 1300 BCE

    Mongols in China

    division among the mongols, rising prices, the plague,were reasons mongol rule declined in china in the 1300s
  • 1274 BCE

    Japan

    The mongols failed to complete the invasion of japan. this also was a one of the limits of the mongol empire. the mongols had a difficult time moving across the jungles of southeast Asia.
  • 1271 BCE

    Kublai Khan

    he was a mongol ruler of the Yuan dynasty, he improved roads, built canals , lowered taxes, and did more good things for the dynasty
  • 1260 BCE

    Palestine

    The mongols were defeated by Egyptian forces in Palestine. this also was marked as one of the mongol empire limits.
  • 1258 BCE

    Baghdad

    the capital of Baghdad was attacked. this was the end of the Abbasid dynasty. more than 200,000 people were massacred.
  • 1258 BCE

    End of Abbasid Dynasty

    the Abbasid Dynasty officially ended when they were conquered by the mongols
  • 1242 BCE

    Eastern Europe

    the mongols withdrew from eastern Europe which led to setbacks in the mongol conquest. This withdrawal also marked some limits to the mongol empire.
  • 1209 BCE

    Mongol expansion

    The beginning of the mongol conquest started in 1209. The conquest continued for 50 years under Genghis Khan.
  • 1206 BCE

    Temujin

    the mongols recognized Temujin as Genghis khan. He made the mongol expansion possible.
  • 1202 BCE

    Later crusades

    crusades are made against Muslims and Christians but they are very unsuccessful
  • 1189 BCE

    The third crusades

    Richard the lion heart of England and Saladin the military leader of the Muslims face each other in many battles. no one wins and they make an agreement where the Muslims keep Jerusalem but Christians were free to visit the city.
  • 1162 BCE

    Temujin

    Temujin united and led the mongols. he had many military victories. he made warriors from defeated tribes into his own forces.
  • 1146 BCE

    The second crusades

    One Latin kingdom falls to the Muslims.
  • 1096 BCE

    The first crusades

    byzantine empire asked European Christians for military help against the Seljuk Turks .The Turks had also taken the holy land, this made the pope urban II call on all European nobles to go take the holy land back.
  • 1085 BCE

    Byzantium

    Byzantium began to face invasion from catholic crusaders and Turkic Muslim invaders
  • 1054 BCE

    Byzantine church

    Eastern orthodox church and the roman catholic church separated even further. both of the churches excommunicated each other and declared that people in the opposing christian tradition were not real Christians.
  • 800 BCE

    Abbasid Dynasty

    built new capital for the Arab empire in Baghdad, Persian culture became the culture of Islamic elite. Governors asserted autonomy over their region.
  • 750 BCE

    Umayyad Dynasty

    Began when Arab empire was expanded. caliphs became hereditary rulers but then they were overthrown because the people didn't like their status and Muslims believed Umayyad caliphs were illegitimate.
  • 700 BCE

    Arab's conquest

    Arab forces passed through north Africa, conquered Spain, attacked southern France, and took over some towns in Central Asia.
  • 650 BCE

    The Arab Empire

    The Arab Empire stretched from Spain to India and extended to areas in Europe, Asia, and Africa. Arab forces defeated the Persian empire and took over some of the Byzantium's territories.
  • 632 BCE

    Islamic community

    Muhammad the religious and political leader also lead the military. Islamic community expanded by military conquest. By 632 most of Arabia was under Islamic control.
  • 622 BCE

    Founding of Islam

    Founding of Islam
    Originated on the Arabian peninsula, Muhammad claimed he was Allah's messenger and that he was the last prophet. He said he had Gods final revelation to human kind and he was trying to return to the old religion of Abraham. His revelations were recorded in the Quran.