-
Period: 1100 to 1300
European population, economic, technological growth
-
Period: 1299 to 1326
Osman -- Ottoman Leader & Founder
created discipline warrior group -
1300
Famine Weakened China Population
-
1300
Portugese Christians fought the Moors 14th century
-
1300
Red Turban Movement
Religious Movement around belief world was ending as Mongol rule did -
Period: 1300 to
Ottoman Empire
-
1310
Little Ice Age
Hurt agriculture with cooler climates and led to starvation and drought throughout central Asia and especially Europe. Also caused animals carrying BD to leave normal resting place, spreading BD. -
Period: 1315 to 1322
Famine
-
1320
1st outbreak in Southwestern China
-
Period: 1326 to 1362
Orhan -- Osman Son
worked with and allowed those with differing religions -
1331
90% killed by BD in Bei Zhili Province China
-
Period: 1337 to 1453
Hundred Years' War
Wars between England and France -- French wanted to throw off English dominion -
1346
Mongols attack Genoese trading Posts of Caffa on Black Sea
Mongols spread the Black Death to the Genoese then Genoese merchants and sailors spread it on their ships. The Genoese spread it to Sicily port. -
1347
BD hit Baghdad
-
Period: 1347 to 1351
50 mil of 80 mil Europeans died of plague
-
1348
BD hit Egypt, Syria, Cyprus
-
1350
Most China cities had severe BD outbreaks
-
1350
Mid 1300s Ottomans expand to Balkans
-
1353
Epidemic slowed but returned every 7 years until 1400s
-
1358
Jacquerie
The Peasant Revolt in France killed the wealthy, burned, and looted. Had to pay for tools used in farming on lands they were already tied to. -
1368
Ming Dynasty
Chinese Dynasty after Yuan Mongol Dynasty reinstituted traditional Han Chinese ideals -
1368
Hongwu / Zhu Yuanzhang
Founded Ming and led rebellion against Mongols -
1381
English Peasants' Revolt
Protest against tax to raise money for France's war. -
Period: 1405 to 1433
Zheng He
Led large naval expeditions to show off China's greatness -
Period: 1421 to 1451
Murad II -- Ottoman ruler
-
Period: 1430 to 1550
Renaissance in Europe
rebirth of Greek and Roman knowledge & nonreligious thought -
1431
Joan of Arc
a peasant girl who led troops in Hundred years war, but captured and burned by English. -
Period: 1445 to
Habsburgs -- European Catholic Royal Family
Founded Austria and ruled 16th-17th Spain -
1450
European deaths stop declining
-
1450
1450 Western Christendom
No central Gov, No official lang, few good commercial centers -
1450
Printing Press
Made in China -
Period: 1451 to 1481
Mehmed the Conquerer -- Ottoman Ruler
Defeat and seized Constantinople (Byzantine) -
1469
Unity of Isabella of Castile and Ferdinand of Aragon
-
1481
Spanish Crown started Inquisition
Punishment of Heretics and Roman Catholic Church enforcement -
1492
Conquest of Granada by Spain
-
1499
Muslims who didn't leave Spain get punished
-
1500
New Islamic States Emerged: Ottoman Empire, Safavid Empire, Mughal Empire
-
Period: 1520 to 1566
Suleiman -- Ottoman Ruler
A sultan who expanded Ottoman Empire further into Balkans and Eastern Mediterranean