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570
Muhammad
570-632
Last Prophet and founder of the Islam faith. -
Dec 2, 661
umayyad caliphate
661-750
Second caliphate to take control after death of muhammad
Fifth largest empire ever -
Dec 1, 710
Nara period
710-794
Japanese period focused on agriculture and worship of natural and ancestral spirits. -
Dec 1, 750
Abbasid Dynasty
750-1258
Third Islam caliphate to succeed Muhammad -
Dec 1, 1000
Norman invasion of England
11th century invasion of England by Duke William II of Normandy (William the Conqueror) -
Dec 2, 1053
schism between eastern and western catholic church
Split between the Roman catholic church and the Eastern Orthodox church because of power of pope -
Dec 1, 1096
First Crusade
The Roman Catholic Church fought the Muslims to take back the holy lands/Jerusalem and succeded -
Dec 1, 1202
Fourth Crusade
The Crusaders invaded and sacked the city of Constantinople, the center of the Eastern Orthodox church -
Dec 2, 1206
sultanate of delhi
1206-1526
a group of five short lived dynasties in India
Qutb-ud-din Aibak a former slave was the first sultan and he conquered large amount of northern india -
Dec 2, 1206
Reign of Genghis Khan
1206-1227
Emperor of the Mongol empire and he began the invasion of China -
Dec 1, 1220
Kingdom of Great Zimbabwe
1220-1450
Controlled the ivory and gold trade in southern Africa -
Dec 1, 1230
Mali Empire
1230-1600
Founded by Sundiata Keita, the empire spread culture, language, and religion along the Niger river. It was renowned for the wealth of its leaders. -
Dec 2, 1260
reign of Kublai khan
1260-1294
Kublai, grandson of Genghis Khan, founded the Yuan empire and assumed role of Emperor of China. He ruled one fifth of the worlds inhabited land area -
Dec 2, 1269
Marco Polo's trip to China
Marco, Niccolo, and maffeo Polo went to China and brought news of their findings back to Venice, opening up trade between the distant kingdoms -
Dec 2, 1271
yuan dynasty
1271-1368
dynasty ruled by Kublai Khan -
Dec 1, 1279
Mongol conquest of China
The mongol Empire, led by Genghis Khan slowly conquered China over a span of 6 decades ending with the total conquer of China in 1279 -
Dec 2, 1304
Ibn Battuta
1304-1369
a moroccan explorer known for his extensive travels accross the entire known islam world -
Dec 2, 1312
Reign of Mansa Musa
1312-1337
Ruler of Malian Empire famous for his trip to mecca where he brought 60,000 men each carrying 4 lb gold bars and 80 camels holding anywhere from 50 to 300 lbs. of gold dust each -
Dec 1, 1337
Hundred Year's War
1337-1453
A series of conflicts between England and France over control of the French throne with France as the victor -
Dec 1, 1340
First Bubonic Plague pandemic
1340-1400
The bubonic plague is thought to have originated in China and killed a third of the human population in the late middle ages -
Dec 1, 1368
Ming Dynasty
1368-1644
Chinese Dynasty whose capitol was Beijing and is responsible for the construction of the Forbidden City -
Dec 2, 1370
Tamerlane
Mongolian conqueror who led his nomadic hordes from their capital at Samarqand in central Asia to overrun vast areas of Persia, Turkey, Russia, and India. -
Dec 2, 1405
Zheng He's expeditions
1405-1433
He led Chinese exploration expeditions all throughout the indian ocean -
Dec 1, 1438
Inca Empire
1438-1533
The Inca Empire was the largest empire in pre-Columbian America.It controlled all the land along the northwest coast of South America -
Apr 6, 1453
Fall of Constantinople
Ottoman Sultan Mehmed II conquered the Byzantine forces in Constantinople led by Constantine XI Palaiologos -
Heian Period
794-1185
The peak of Japanese imperial court and peak of Buddhism, Taoism, and other Chinese influences -
Kingdom of Angkor
Founded in modern day Cambodia when the Khmer Hindu monarch Jayavarman II declared himself a god-king -
Kingdom of Ghana
around 830-1235
Controlled trans-saharan trade of gold and salt and grew rich from it. -
reign of Charlemagne
768-814
King of Franks, Lombards, and Emporor of Western Europe. Coronated by pope Leo III on Christmas day -
Sui Dynaty
581-618
Unified China after a century of North-South division, and is responsible for the construction of the grand canal -
Silla Dynasty
57 BCE-935 CE
one of the Three Kingdoms of Korea and one of the worlds longest lasting dynasty lasting 992 years. Silla eventually conquered the other two kingdoms -
Song Dynasty
960-1279
first government to nationally issue banknotes and first recorded use of gunpowder. -
Tang Dynasty
619-907
one of most highly populated Chineses dynasties whose military conquests rivaled that of the Han dynasty