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Period: Jan 1, 700 to
Polynesian Expansion of the Pacific
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Aug 13, 1000
POLYNESIAN EXPANSION
Overuse of the environment in Rapa Nui results in deforestation. -
Jan 1, 1181
ANGKOR KHMER EMPIRE
Jayavarman VII was the King at the time; the chams were defeated and left. -
Period: Jan 1, 1206 to Jan 1, 1368
Mongol Expansion
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Jan 1, 1271
MONGOL EXPANSION
Kublai Khan established the Yuan Dynasty. He claimed to be the ruler of all of China at the time. -
Aug 12, 1294
MONGOL EXPANSION
The empire began to break apart following the death of Kublai Khan -
Aug 12, 1296
Angkor/Khmer Empire
The Pope crowned Charlemange as the Emperor of the Holy Roman Empire. -
Period: Jan 1, 1299 to
The Ottoman Empire
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Aug 13, 1307
THE OTTOMAN EMPIRE
Parts of Anatolia was conquered by Osman I as he expanded his territory. The Osmanli Turks (Ottoman in English) was what his tribal group became known as. -
Aug 13, 1325
SPANISH CONQUEST
The city of Tenochtitlan started to be built by the Aztecs shortly after they arrive at Lake Texcoco. -
Jan 1, 1333
SHOGUNATE JAPAN
The Emperor at the time, Go-Diego, overthrew the Kamakura government which was ruling Japan -
Jan 1, 1333
THE BLACK DEATH
The deadly plague breaks out in China, which killed 5 million people in one year. -
Period: Jan 1, 1346 to Jan 1, 1400
The Black Death
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Aug 12, 1347
THE BLACK DEATH
The plague reached Cyprus, which spread quickly to Italy -
Jan 1, 1400
MEDIEVAL EUROPE
Johann Gutenberg invented the printing press. -
Period: Jan 1, 1400 to
Renaissance Italy
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Aug 13, 1453
THE OTTOMAN EMPIRE
Constantinople was captured by the Ottomans. The city was later renamed Istanbul. At this time, Istanbul became the Ottoman Empire's capital. -
Period: Jan 1, 1492 to Jan 1, 1572
The Spanish Conquest of the Americas
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Aug 13, 1492
SPANISH CONQUEST
The Bahamas, Hispaniola and Cuba in The Caribbean were discovered by Christopher Columbus in 1492 -
Aug 13, 1512
RENAISSANCE ITALY
The famous paintings on the ceiling of the Sistine Chapel were finished by Michelangelo in 1512. -
Aug 12, 1543
SHOGUNATE JAPAN
Portuguese traders bring firearms into Japan -
RENAISSANCE ITALY
The world's first thermometer was invented in 1600 by Galileo Galilei. -
POLYNESIAN EXPANSION
Captain Cook reached New Zealand in 1769 and claimed the country for Great Britain. -
THE VIKINGS
Erik the Red was banished from the country of Iceland for 3 years for murder. He sailed West and discovered Greenland. -
THE VIKINGS
Viking ship, the Oseberg was buried during a Viking funeral in Norway. -
MEDIEVAL EUROPE
The Pope crowned Charlemange as the Emperor of the Holy Roman Empire. -
Period: to Jan 1, 1066
The Vikings
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Period: to Jan 1, 1500
Medieval Europe
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Period: to Jan 1, 1327
Angkor/Khmer Empire
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Period: to
Shogunate Japan
