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Period: 114 to Jan 1, 1450
Silk Road
The Silk Road or Silk Route is an ancient network of trade routes that were central to cultural interaction through regions of the Asian continent connecting the West and East from China and India to the Mediterranean Sea. -
320
India Ruled By Gupta Empire
After centuries of political disintegration an empire came to be established in A.D. 319, under the Guptas. Although the Gupta Empire was not as large as the Maurya Empire, it kept north India politically united for more than a century, from A. D. 335 to 455. -
570
Muhammad
Muhammad is the central figure of Islam and widely regarded as its founder. He is known to Muslims as the "Holy Prophet", almost all of whom consider him to be the last prophet sent by God to mankind to restore Islam, which they believe to be the unaltered original monotheistic faith of Adam, Abraham, Moses, Jesus, and other prophets. -
Jan 1, 618
Tang Dynasty
The Tang was focused on scholars than soldiers, but did expand to TIbet and Korea. It completed the Grand Canal, which led to increase in trade within China. Tang rulers supported Buddhism, Daoism and Confucianism. Confucian beliefs solidified the government through the use of the civil service examination system. Chang' an became a cosmopolitan capital visited by foreign diplomats from the Byzantine and Arab Worlds, and boasted a population of 2 million people by 640. -
Jun 8, 632
Muhammad's death
Muhammad died in 632. At this time Islam had spread over much of the Arabian Peninsula. -
Jan 1, 711
Islam conquers Spain
The islams changed the culture of Spain. The islams also got the opportunity to spread the muslim religion. There for muslim population will increase. -
Jan 18, 718
Islam takes over India and N.W Africa
There was a contriverdy of the Islamic people. In India There was a preference for the Muslims, so people began to convert to muslims. In Africa the Muslims baned Christianity. It was hard to keep a muslims world (gevernment) since everyone was scater all over africa. -
Jan 17, 732
Muslim Empire Expand
Muslim empire reaches its furthes extent. Battle of Tours prevents further advance towards the North.
The Muslim conquests brought about the collapse of the Sassanid Empire and a great territorial loss for the Byzantine Empire. The reasons for the Muslim success are hard to reconstruct in hindsight, primarily because only fragmentary sources from the period have survived. -
Jan 17, 750
Islamic Expansion
The Islamic Empire covered almost the entire Middle East, Persia, Afghanistan, North Africa, Spain, Turkey, Constantinople, and even some of Southeast Asia. The empire later split into smaller empires and caliphates due to internal conflicts. -
Jan 18, 793
Vikings Rade Europe
Vikings start to invade Europe in from Scandinavia attacked and hit a monastary in the coast.Vikings decided to attack because they seeked slaves and booty which they tried to gain in very hardous manners such as organizing settlement in Iceland and even in Greenland.The period from the earliest recorded raids in the 790s until the Norman conquest of England in 1066 is commonly known as the Viking Age of Scandinavian history. -
Jan 1, 800
Indian ocean trade
Indian Ocean trade served as an important role in history, and has been a key factor in East–West exchanges. Long distance trade in dhows and sailboats made it a dynamic zone of interaction between peoples, cultures, and civilizations stretching from Java in the East to Zanzibar and Mombasa in the West. Cities and states on the Indian Ocean rim were Janus-faced. They looked outward to the sea as much as they looked inward to the hinterland. -
Jan 1, 874
Huang Cho Rebellion
The Huang Cho Rebellion (known in China as the Huang Chao Revolution) was essentially a ten year civil war (874-884) which, for all intents and purposes, dealt the death knell to the Tang Dynasty. At its height, the Tang was one of the most powerful empires in the world; but by the late ninth century it was falling apart. Power was decentralized into feudal regions, peasant farmers were severely impoverished and taxes were burdensome (a common thread in many revolts). -
Jan 17, 907
The fall of the Tang Dynasty
In addition to natural calamities and jiedushi amassing autonomous control, the Huang Chao Rebellion resulted in the sacking of both Chang'an and Luoyang, and took an entire decade to suppress. Although the rebellion was defeated by the Tang, it never recovered from that crucial blow, weakening it for the future military powers to take over. -
Jan 1, 960
Song Dynasty begin
The Song reestablished centralized control over China, and maintained the civil service exam system. The civil service exam system provided upward mobility for males, though the expense of preparation was only afforded by the wealthy. The Song de-emphasized the military and instead focused on creating a scholar-based government. They also reestablished the tribute system in which neighboring peoples had to pay tribute to keep peace. -
Jan 17, 960
Use of compass
The first compasses in Han dynasty China were made of lodestone, a naturally magnetized ore of iron. The compass was later used for navigation by the Song Dynasty. Later compasses were made of iron needles, magnetized by striking them with a lodestone. Dry compasses begin appearing around 1300 in Medieval Europe. This was supplanted in the early 20th century by the liquid-filled magnetic compass. -
Jan 1, 1200
Mongol Empires starting
The Mongol Empires began as nomadic pastors led by Temujin, later named Genghis Khan after uniting the Mongol clans. They built their empire through conquest and intimidation, mobilizing the entire male population in time of war. Genghis Khan is believed to have said, "Submit and live. Resist and die." The Mongols built the largest empire in world history, controlling Central Asia, Tibet, Northern China, and Persia. In 1215, the Mongols destroyed present-day Beijing. After the death of Gen -
Jan 17, 1200
Ghenis Khan
Ghenis Khan born Temüjin, was the founder and Great Khan (emperor) of the Mongol Empire, which became the largest contiguous empire in history after his demise.
He also unified the Mongols tribes. And he helped them to expand into larger empires. In order for them to expand widely. -
Jan 1, 1349
The Black death
The Black Death was one of the most devastating pandemics in human history, resulting in the deaths of an estimated 75 to 200 million people and peaking in Europe in the years 1346–53. Although there were several competing theories as to the etiology of the Black Death, analysis of DNA from victims in northern and southern Europe published in 2010 and 2011 indicates that the pathogen responsible was the Yersinia pestis bacterium, probably causing several forms of plague. -
Jan 17, 1502
Christopher Columbus
Christopher Columbus was an Italian explorer, navigator, colonizer and citizen of the Republic of Genoa. Under the auspices of the Catholic Monarchs of Spain, he completed four voyages across the Atlantic Ocean. Those voyages, and his efforts to establish permanent settlements on the island of Hispaniola, initiated the Spanish colonization of the New World. -
Jan 1, 1540
Scientific Revolution
The scientific revolution was the emergence of modern science during the early modern period, when developments in mathematics, physics, astronomy, biology (including human anatomy) and chemistry transformed views of society and nature.The scientific revolution began in Europe towards the end of the Renaissance period and continued through the late 18th century, influencing the intellectual social movement known as the Enlightenment.
