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First Bubonic Plague Pandemic
Term used synonymously for plague, but it does refer specifically to an infection that enters through the skin and travels through the lymphatics -
Nov 19, 632
First Crusade
Started as a widespread pilgrimage and ended as a military expedition by Roman Catholic Europe to regain the Holy Lands taken in the Muslim conquests -
Dec 1, 632
Muhammad
Was a religious, political, and military leader from Mecca who unified Arabia into a single religious polity under Islam. He is believed by Muslims to be a messenger and prophet of God. -
Dec 1, 644
Umayyad Dynasty
Second of the four major Islamic caliphates established after the death of Muhammad. -
Dec 1, 710
Nara Period
Most of Japanese society during this period was agricultural, centered around villages. Most of the villagers followed a religion based on the worship of natural and ancestral spirits. The capital at Nara was modeled after Chang'an. -
Nov 14, 750
Abbasid Dynasty
The Abbasid Dynasty was the tenth of the ten great Muslim caliphates of the Arab Empire. It overthrew the Umayyad caliphs. -
Dec 1, 1050
Saljuq Control Over Abbasid Dynasty
The Seljuqs established both the Great Seljuq Empire and Sultanate of Rum, stretched from Anatolia through Persia, and were targets of the First Crusade. -
Dec 1, 1053
Schism between Eastern and Western Christian Church
The medieval division of Christianity into Eastern and Western branches, which later became commonly known as the Eastern Orthodox Church and the Roman Catholic Church -
Dec 1, 1066
Norman Invasion of England
11th-century invasion and occupation of England by an army of Norman, Breton, and French soldiers led by Duke William II of Normandy, later William the Conqueror. -
Dec 1, 1162
Reign of Chinggis Khan
Founder and Great Khan of the Mongol Empire, which became the largest contiguous empire in history after his demise. -
Nov 19, 1202
Fourth Crusade
Originally intended to conquer Muslim-controlled Jerusalem by invading Egypt. Instead, the Crusaders of Western Europe invaded and sacked Constantinople. -
Dec 1, 1206
Sultanate of Delhi
Delhi based kingdoms or sultanates, mostly of Turkic and Pashtun origin in medieval India. The sultanates ruled from Delhi between 1206 and 1526, when the last was replaced by the Mughal dynasty. -
Nov 19, 1220
Kingdom of Great Zimbabwe
It is famous for its capital, Great Zimbabwe, the largest stone structure in southern Africa until recent times. -
Dec 1, 1230
Mali Empire
The Mali Empire had many profound cultural influences on West Africa, allowing the spread of its language, laws and customs along the Niger River. -
Dec 1, 1254
Marco Polo's Trip to China
Was an Italian merchant traveler from Venice whose travels are recorded in a book which introduced Europeans to Central Asia and China -
Dec 1, 1260
Reign of Kublai Khan
Was the fifth Khaga of the Mongol Empire, reigning from 1260 to 1294, and the founder of the Yuan Dynasty in China. -
Dec 1, 1271
Yuan Dynasty
Was the empire established by Kublai Khan, leader of the Mongolian Borjigin clan, after he conquered Southern Song dynasties in China. -
Dec 1, 1279
Song Dynasty
It succeeded the Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms period, and was followed by the Yuan Dynasty. It was the first government in world history to nationally issue banknotes or true paper money, to establish a permanent standing navy, use of gunpowder and a compass. -
Dec 1, 1279
Mongolian Conquest of China
Spanned six decades in the 13th century and involved the defeat of the Jin Dynasty, Western Xia, the Dali Kingdom and the Southern Song, which finally fell in 1279. -
Dec 1, 1280
Reign of Mansa Musa
At the time of Mansa Musa's rise to the throne, the Malian Empire consisted of territory formerly belonging to the Ghana Empire -
Feb 25, 1304
Ibn Battuta
Moroccan explorer of Berber descent. -
Nov 19, 1337
Hundred Year's War
A series of conflicts between the Kingdom of England and the Kingdom of France for control of the French throne. -
Dec 1, 1360
Ming Dynasty
The Ming Dynasty, "one of the greatest eras of orderly government and social stability in human history", was the last dynasty in China ruled by ethnics of the Han Chinese -
Dec 1, 1370
Tamerlane
His armies crossed Eurasia from Delhi to Moscow, from the Tien Shan Mountains of Central Asia to the Taurus Mountains in Anatolia. From 1370 till his death 1405, Temur built a powerful empire and became the last of great nomadic leaders. -
Dec 1, 1371
Zheng He's Expeditions
He was Hui-Chinese court eunuch, mariner, explorer, diplomat and fleet admiral, who commanded expeditionary voyages to Southeast Asia, South Asia, the Middle East, and East Africa -
Nov 19, 1438
Inca Empire
Largest empire in pre-Columbian America. -
May 29, 1450
Fall of Constantinople
This was the capture of Constantinople, the capital of the Byzantine Empire, which occurred after a siege by the invading Ottoman Empire, -
Heian Period
It is the period in Japanese history when Buddhism, Taoism and other Chinese influences were at their height. -
Kingdom of Angkor
Region of Cambodia that served as the seat of the Khmer Empire -
Kingdom of Ghana
Was a kingdom located in the territory of modern-day Zimbabwe. It is famous for its capital, Great Zimbabwe, the largest stone structure in southern Africa until recent times. -
Reign of Charlemagne
Charlemagne became king in 768 following the death of his father. -
Silla Dynasty
Was one of the Three Kingdoms of Korea, and one of the world's longest sustained dynasties -
Tang Dynasty
An imperial dynasty of China preceded by the Sui Dynasty and followed by the Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms period -
Sui Dynasty
Short-lived Imperial Chinese dynasty., preceded by the Southern and Northern Dynasties, it unified China for the first time after over a century of north-south division. Followed by the Tang Dynasty.
