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Period: 500 to Dec 31, 1500
An Age of Exchange and Encounter: Unit 3
Ch 10: The Muslim World(600-1250); Ch 11: Byzantines, Russians, and Turks Interact(500-1500); Ch 12: Empires in East Asia(600-1350); Ch 13: European Middle Ages(500-1200); Ch 14: The Formation of Western Europe(800-1500) -
511
Clovis unites Franks under Christian rule.
Europe -
527
Justinian becomes ruler of Byzantine Empire.
Central Asia -
Jan 1, 630
Muhammad returns to Mecca after making the Hijrah to Medina.
Muslim World -
Jan 1, 732
Charels Mantel defeats the Muslims at Tours.
Muslim World -
Jan 1, 732
Charles Mantel stops MUslim invasion.
Europe -
Jan 1, 1000
Muslim scholars, who preserved Greek medical works, share them with Europeans.
Muslim World -
Jan 1, 1000
Hausa city-states begin to emerge.
Africa -
Jan 1, 1066
Norman invasion of England.
Europe -
Jan 1, 1095
First Crusade begins.
Europe -
Jan 1, 1100
Muslim literature flourishes.
Muslim World -
Jan 1, 1100
Yoruba kingdom of Ife is established.
Africa -
Jan 1, 1190
Holy Roman Empire weakens.
Europe -
Jan 1, 1192
Kamakura Shogunate rules Japan.
East and Southeast Asia -
Jan 1, 1215
King John approves Magna Carta.
Europe -
Jan 1, 1235
Sundiata founds Mali Empire.
Africa -
Jan 1, 1240
Mongols destroy Kiev.
Central Asia -
Jan 1, 1279
Kablai Khan conquers China.
East and Southeast Asia -
Jan 1, 1324
Mali king Mansa goes on hajj to Mecca.
Africa -
Jan 1, 1347
Bubonic plague strikes Europe.
Europe -
Jan 1, 1429
Joan of Arc leads the French to victory over the English at Orleans.
Europe -
Jan 1, 1453
Constantinople falls to Ottoman Turks.
Central Asia -
Jan 1, 1453
Hundred Years' War ends with French victory.
Europe -
Jan 1, 1464
Sunni Ali begins Songhai Empire.
Africa -
Al-Khwarizmi writes the first algebra textbook.
Muslim World -
Byzantine culture spreads to Russia.
Central Asia -
Tang Dynasty begins 289-year rule in China.
East and Southeast Asia -
Heian period begins in Japan.
East and Southeast Asia -
Koryu Dynasty controls Korea.
East and Southeast Asia -
Song Dynasty established in China.
East and Southeast Asia -
Pope Leo III crowns the Frankish king Charlemagne emperor.
Europe -
Treaty of Verdun divides Charlemagne's empire.
Europe -
Outside invasions spur growth of feudalism.
Europe -
Otto the Great becomes emperor.
Europe -
Capetian dynasty begins in France.
Europe -
Empire of Ghana thrives on trade.
Africa