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Period: 400 to
Ch10~Ch14
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500
Teothihuacan reaches population peak in central Mexico.
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511
Clovis unites Franks under Christian rule.
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527
Justinian becomes ruler of Byzantine Empire.
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Oct 9, 630
Muhammad returns to Mecca after making the Hijrah to Medina.
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Oct 9, 732
Charles Martel stops Muslim invasion.
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Oct 9, 732
Charles Martel defeats the Muslims at Tours.
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Oct 9, 1000
Muslim scholars, who preserved Greek medical works, share them with Europeans
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Oct 18, 1000
Hausa city-states begin to emerge.
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Oct 9, 1066
Norman invasion of England.
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Oct 9, 1095
First Crusade begins.
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Oct 9, 1100
Muslim literature flourishes.
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Oct 18, 1100
Mississippian culture thrives at Cahokia.
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Oct 18, 1100
Yoruba kingdom of Ife is established.
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Oct 9, 1190
Holy Roman Empire weakens.
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Oct 9, 1192
Kamakyra Shogunate ruels Japan.
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Oct 9, 1215
King John approves Magna Carta.
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Oct 18, 1235
Sundiata founds Mali Empire.
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Oct 9, 1240
Mongols destroy Kiev.
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Oct 9, 1279
Kunlai Khan conquers China.
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Dec 3, 1300
Osman founds Ottoman state.
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Dec 3, 1300
In the 1300s the Renaissance begins in Italian city-states such as Florence, Milan, and Mantua.
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Oct 18, 1324
Mali king Mansa Musa goes on hajj to Mecca.
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Oct 18, 1325
Aztecs build Tenochtitlan.
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Oct 9, 1347
Bubonic plague strikes Europe.
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Dec 3, 1398
Timur the Lame destroys Delhi.
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Dec 3, 1405
Zheng He takes first boyage.
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Dec 3, 1419
Prince Henry founds navigation school.
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Oct 9, 1429
Joan of Arc leads the French to victory over the English at Orleans.
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Dec 3, 1434
Medici family takes control fo Florence.(bust of Lorenzo Medici)
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Oct 18, 1438
Pachacuti becomes Incan emperor.
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Oct 9, 1453
Constantinople falls to Ottoman Turks.
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Oct 9, 1453
Hundred Years' War ends with French victory.
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Dec 3, 1453
Ottomans capture Constantinople.
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Dec 3, 1455
Gutenberg Bible Printed in mainz.
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Oct 18, 1464
Sunni Ali begins Songhai Empire
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Dec 3, 1492
Columbus makes first voyage.
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Dec 3, 1494
Spain and Portugal sign Treaty of Tordesillas.
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Dec 3, 1501
Safavids conquer Persia.
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Oct 18, 1502
Montezuma 2 crowned Aztec emperor.
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Dec 3, 1517
Martin Luther begins the Reformation in Wittenburg.
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Dec 3, 1521
Cotes conquers Aztec Empire.
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Dec 3, 1526
Barbur founds Mughal Empire.
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Dec 3, 1533
Pizarro conquers Incan Empire.
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Dec 3, 1534
English king Henry 4th starts the Church of England.
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Dec 3, 1563
Council of Trent mandates reforms in Ctholic Church.
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Shah Abbas the first ruels Safavid Empire.
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Tokygawa shoguns rule Japan.
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English foudn Jamestown.
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Champlain cliams Quebec for France.
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Dutch open trade with Java.
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Shah Jahan orders construction of Taj Mahal at Agra.
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Manchus establish Quing Dynasty in China.
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French and Indian War begins.
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Britain seeks to trade with China.
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Tang Dynasty begins 289-year rule in China.
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Heian period vegins in Japan.
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Koryu Dynasty controls Korea.
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Song Dynasty established in China.
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Pope Leo 3 crowns the Frankish king Charlemagne emperor.
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Al-Khawarizmi writes the first algebra textbook.
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Byzantine culture spreads to Russia.
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Treaty of Verdun divides Charlemagne's empire.
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Outside invasions spur growth of feudalism.
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Otto the Great becomes emperor.
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Capetian dynasty begins in France.
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Empire of Ghana thrives on trade.
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Anasazi culture develops in the Southwest.
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Classic period of Maya civilization ends.