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Jan 1, 1000
Craftspeople organize into guilds
Europe -
Jan 1, 1000
Moveable type invented in China
Asia -
Jan 1, 1000
Wari collapses with Tiwanaku
South America -
Jan 1, 1030
Mahmud extends the new states rule into regions as far as the Indian Ocean
Asia -
Jan 1, 1050
New Cities and Towns begin to arise in Europe
Europe -
Jan 1, 1055
Turkish Leader takes control of Baghdad
Asia (Turkey) -
Jan 1, 1066
William of Normandy invades England
Europe -
Jan 1, 1095
The first Crusade begins
Europe -
Jan 1, 1120
Lambayeque culture hits its all-time high
South America -
Jan 1, 1122
Concordat of Worms
Europe -
Jan 1, 1154
Henry II is crowned King of England
Europe -
Jan 1, 1158
First European universities appear
Europe -
Jan 1, 1160
Temujin (Genghis Khan) is Born
Asia -
Jan 1, 1180
Phillip II is crowned King of France
Europe -
Jan 1, 1187
Saladin captures Jerusalem from the Crusaders
Europe -
Jan 1, 1192
Kamakura shogun ate( a system where a powerful military leader holds power and Emperor was only ruler by name) was developed
Asia -
Jan 1, 1200
Muslim power defeats Raj puts and they take control of all of Northern India
Asia -
Jan 1, 1200
Toltec people decline
Mexico -
Jan 1, 1200
Aztec migrate to the valley of Mexico
Mexico -
Jan 1, 1200
Chichen Itza is abandoned
Mexico -
Jan 1, 1200
Cuzco is built in Peru
South America -
Jan 1, 1204
Fourth Crusade sacks Constantinople
Europe -
Jan 1, 1206
Temujin was elected Genghis Khan (Strong Ruler), who created largest land empire in history
Asia -
Jan 1, 1210
Franciscan order founded
Europe -
Jan 1, 1215
John signs the Magna Carta in Enlgand
Europe -
Jan 1, 1216
Dominican order of monks founded
Europe -
Jan 1, 1227
Genghis Khan dies and Empire changes
Asia -
Jan 1, 1233
The Inquisition begins
Europe -
Jan 1, 1258
Mongols defeat the Abbasids at Baghdad
Asia -
Jan 1, 1279
Mongols overthrow Song Dynasty under rule of Kublai Khan ( The grandson of Genghis Khan)
Asia -
Jan 1, 1300
Marco Polo goes to China
Asia -
Jan 1, 1302
Edward I creates the Model Parliament
Europe -
Jan 1, 1302
Meeting of the 1st Estates General in France
Europe -
Jan 1, 1325
Aztec people are driven into swamps and islands of Lake Texcoco where they see what they consider an Omen to settle and build a city (someday to become Mexico City)
Mexico -
Jan 1, 1333
Kamakura Shogun ate was overthrown while at war with Mongols
Asia -
Jan 1, 1337
Hundred Years War begins
Europe -
Jan 1, 1347
The Black Death begins in Europe
Europe -
Jan 1, 1350
Inca and Chimu begin war
South America -
Jan 1, 1368
Over Spending on foreign conquests, corruption, and instability leads to the fall of Mongol Dynasty
Asia -
Jan 1, 1368
Zhu Yuan hang defeats the Mongols and establishes the Ming Dynasty
Asia -
Jan 1, 1369
Timur Lenk takes power over a region of Samarkand and leads Mongols to conflict over Northern India
Asia -
Jan 1, 1378
The Great Schism begins in Europe
Europe -
Jan 1, 1397
Golden Pavilion built in Japan
Asia -
Jan 1, 1400
Power of local aristocrats grows, nobles have land estates that owe no taxes, and nobles have some power
Asia -
Jan 1, 1405
Timur Lenk dies
Asia -
Jan 1, 1435
War of the Roses begins in Europe
Europe -
Jan 1, 1453
Hundred Years War Ends
Europe -
Jan 1, 1453
Ottoman Turks conquer Byzantine Empire
Europe -
Jan 1, 1467
Onion war begins, capital Kyoto was destroyed (civil war)
Asia (Japan) -
Jan 1, 1469
Ferdinand and Isabella unite Spain by marriage
Europe -
Jan 1, 1470
Inca conquers Chimu culture
South America -
Jan 1, 1477
Onion war ends
Asia (Japan) -
Jan 1, 1492
Christopher Columbus lands at the Bahamas
South America -
Alfred the Great begins his rule in England
Europe -
Charlemagne is Crowned Holy Roman Emperor
Europe -
Vikings invade throughout Europe
Europe -
Rulers of Tang Dynasty hire Uighurs (a Northern Tribal Group) for Defence, and it leads to their Fall in 907
Asia -
Rise of the Song Dynasty, bringing a long period of economic prosperity, but Northern came and the Song Dynasty moved South
Asia -
Islam grows and Buddhism declines in India (parts like the Northwest) and India goes from many divided states, to one with Arab ruler at the center
Asia (India) -
A new state of rebellious Turkish slaves (from India) is formed and its leader dies
Asia (India) -
Hindu numbers and algebra are introduced and rises for the Arabs
Asia -
Jayavarman is crowned god-king and unites the Khmer of Angkor
Asia -
Fire Lance invented
Asia -
Teotihuacan falls
Mexico -
Maya declines due to invasion, internal revolt , or natural disaster
Mexico -
One Mayan ruler takes troops to battle so that they could throw his son a party to induct him and have slaves to torture (as an example of their violent culture)
Mexico -
Toltec (fierce and war-like people) take control of the upper Yucatan peninsula from capital at Chichen Itza
Mexico -
Chimu states make larger Chimor state, Chan Chan is made
South America -
Chimu kingdom of Chimor finishes developing
South America -
Period: to Jan 1, 1500
The Middle Ages
