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1400 BCE
South Asia- decline oof the silk road
the silk road was a trading route from europe through south asia to china. the mongols took over and it disappeard -
1400 BCE
East Africa-the fall of swahili cities
left culturas and declines surrounding trading ports in east africa -
1400 BCE
East Africa- the fall of the kingdom od zimbabwe
left the world with a great stone sculpture and a major tourisim hearth -
1347 BCE
Europe- the balck death
it was a plague that took over europe and other places. it killed 1/3 of europes population and it created labor shortages in europe -
1304 BCE
South Asia- Ibn Battuta
ibn buttuta mostly traveld throughout india and the muslim world. 75,000 mile in all. he wrote about his journeys -
1275 BCE
East Asia- Marco polo's trip to China
marco polo, his father, and his uncle travled from Vinice to China and stayed there for 17 years. he went to explor and find goods to bring back home -
1271 BCE
East Asia- mongols in china
china was the most difficult conquest fr the mongols. they wanted to extract wealth from china but eneded up adopting their culture -
1236 BCE
West Africa- the fall of Kingdom of Ghana
it left Ghana very wealthy and even though the kingdom died it still was a large important trading port -
1206 BCE
south asia-Sultanate of Delhi
Afghan Turks invaded India and started to govern. The Delhi Sultanate was ruled by Turkic and Afghan dynasties who introduced a strong Muslim presence in India. -
1200 BCE
east africa-swahili cities
these cities contributed to the spread of culturel andtrade in east africa -
1200 BCE
West Africa- rise of the empire of Mali
it started a major pilgriage to Mecca becuase emperor mousa did so he brought gold and cammels to mecca -
1095 BCE
Europe- first crusade
the crusades refetced the new expansiveness and religions passion of europe. there were many religion wars -
1000 BCE
West Africa- rise of kingdom of Ghana
it becamme a trading powerhouse in west africa. horses, gold, crops, ect. were traded here -
1000 BCE
europe- western chrisndom
the population doubled from 1000-1350. there were two major trading netwoorks that were created.northern europe and northern italy -
1000 BCE
europe- orthodox vs catholisim
they both believed in jesus, the bible, sacraments, chruch, intolerence towards other religions, and hierarchy -
960 BCE
East Asia- Song empire reunites China
the song reunited china after the tang empire. it was the most advanced society in the world. -
800 BCE
south asia- xuanzang
he was a buddhist monk that travlled to india with the goal of getting a bettr understanding of the religion -
750 BCE
West Africa- trans sharan trade route becomes active
this was a trade routhe that went across sub-shara africa. they traded salt, edible palm oil and cael sadles -
750 BCE
Middle East- Abbasid caliphate begins
it was founded by the abbasid family. the capital was Bagdad. the empire extended from north africa to the middle east. -
661 BCE
Middle East- umayyad caliphate begins
it was founded by Damascus. the capital was medina. it was mostly made up of muslims in north africa and the middle east. it fell in 750. -
661 BCE
Middle East- shia & sunni
After the murder of Muhammads son-in-law, the Umayyad caliphate rises to power. Its supporters split as Sunnis. The revenge driven supporters of Ali are the Shia. -
628 BCE
Middle East- muhammad takes over medina
they signed a peace treaty that said that muslims could worship the ka'ba. they take over all of medina leaving only the black stone -
622 BCE
Middle East- Muhammad
Muhammad got a message from Allah and he formed the islamic faith. he shared his revelatin with his friends and family. the medina didnt like him and they tried to end him -
618 BCE
East Asia- Tang Empire begins
During this period the Tang Dynasty ruled China. Under Emperor Xuanzang, the T'ang expanded Chinese territory. Called the "Golden age" -
Period: 600 BCE to 1450 BCE
Period 3
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570 BCE
East Asia- Sui empire reunites China
the Sui empire ends the 350 year "period of disunion". ruled by wendi. bigext acheivment was the grand canal. -
400 BCE
Europe- roman empire splits
it split into the east half/ the byzantien empire and the west half/latin christendom.