Medieval Europe and Byzantine Empire by William Hu 2nd Period

  • 300

    Camels first brought to Sahara

  • 300

    Classic Mayan civilization began

  • 476

    Rome falls

  • 500

    Byzantine Empire begins

  • 500

    Ghana Empire begins

  • 552

    Buddhism was introduced to Japan

  • Jan 1, 604

    Seventeen Article Constitution began

  • Jan 1, 610

    Muhammad becomes a prophet of Islam

  • Jan 1, 651

    First official edition of the Qur’an is written

  • Jan 1, 700

    Traders bring Islam to West Africa

  • Jan 1, 710

    Nara became the capital of Japan

  • Jan 1, 750

    Bookmaking begins to spread the Qur’an

  • Jan 1, 1000

    Feudalism begins

  • Jan 1, 1000

    Tale of Genji, world's first novel, was writteen

  • Jan 1, 1050

    Movable type invented in China

  • Jan 1, 1054

    Roman Catholic and Eastern Orthodox churches split

  • Jan 1, 1065

    Song Dynasty began civil service exams

  • Jan 1, 1085

    Reconquista begins with Toledo

  • Jan 1, 1096

    The First Crusade begins

  • Jan 1, 1146

    Second Crusade begins

  • Jan 1, 1185

    Heian period ended

  • Jan 1, 1189

    Third Crusade Begins

  • Jan 1, 1192

    First shogun came to power

  • Jan 1, 1192

    Era of Samurai Began

  • Jan 1, 1200

    Incas first settled in Cuzco

  • Jan 1, 1203

    Ghana Empire ends

  • Jun 1, 1215

    Signing of the Magna Carta

  • Jan 1, 1240

    Mali Empire Begins

  • Jan 1, 1250

    Aztecs arrived in Valley of Mexico

  • Jan 1, 1258

    Mongols destroy Baghdad

  • Jan 1, 1279

    Mongol Dynasty begins

  • Jan 1, 1300

    Mongol empire is weakened

  • Jan 1, 1300

    Renaissance began in Italy

  • Jan 1, 1300

    Humanism began in Italy

  • Jan 1, 1312

    Mansa Musa was the first Islamic leader

  • Jan 1, 1325

    Aztecs started building Tenochtitlan

  • Jan 1, 1337

    The Hundred Years’ War begins

  • Jan 1, 1347

    Bubonic Plague begins in Europe

  • Jan 1, 1350

    Timbuktu becomes center of Arabic learning

  • Jan 1, 1368

    Ming Dynasty begins

  • Jan 1, 1368

    Mongol Dynasty ends

  • Jan 1, 1400

    Inquisition takes place

  • Jan 1, 1405

    Zheng He made his first voyage

  • Jan 1, 1438

    Incas began to create roads

  • Jan 1, 1450

    Johaness Gutenberg invents printing press

  • Jan 1, 1453

    Byzantine Empire ends

  • Jan 1, 1453

    The Hundred Years’ War ends

  • Jan 1, 1460

    Songhai Empire Begins

  • Jan 1, 1469

    Medici family began to rule Florence

  • Jan 1, 1488

    Bartolomeu Dias began to sail around the tip of Africa

  • Jan 1, 1492

    The Spanish conquer Granada

  • Jan 1, 1492

    Isabella sent Columbus to find sea route to Asia

  • Jan 1, 1497

    Vasco da Gama began to sail to India

  • Jan 1, 1497

    John Cabot landed in Canda

  • Jan 1, 1500

    Microscope invented

  • Jan 1, 1500

    Post-Classic Mayan Civilization ended

  • Jan 1, 1500

    Pedro Cabral began to sail to Brazil

  • Jan 1, 1504

    Michelangelo completes his statue of David

  • Jan 1, 1514

    Copernicus stated that Earth revolves around Sun

  • Jan 1, 1517

    Martin Luther posted Ninety-Five Theses

  • Jan 1, 1519

    Aztec empire ended

  • Jan 1, 1519

    Ferdinand Magellan began to sail around the world

  • Jan 1, 1520

    Hernan Cortes destroyed Aztecs

  • Jan 1, 1524

    Giovanni da Verrazano landed in North America

  • Jan 1, 1525

    William Tyndale translates Bible into English

  • Jan 1, 1532

    Inca empire ended

  • Jan 1, 1533

    Francisco Pizarro destroyed Incas

  • Jan 1, 1534

    King Henry VIII creates Anglicanism

  • Jan 1, 1541

    John Calvin Creates Calvinism

  • Jan 1, 1543

    Copernicus stated his theory of the heliocentric universe

  • Jan 1, 1545

    Council of Trent formed

  • Songhai Empire Ends

  • Henry Hudson began to try to find the Northwest Passage

  • Galileo decided to build a telescope

  • Mali Empire Ends

  • Thirty Years' War begins

  • Ming Dynasty ends

  • Peace of Westphalia signed

  • Thirty Years' War ends

  • Newton published book about gravity

  • Newton published book about gravity

  • Era of samurai ends

  • Tang Dynasty begins

  • Tang Dynasty ends

  • Tang Dynasty recorded a formula for gunpowder

  • Buddhism religion expanded in the Tang Dynasty

  • Japanese invent kana

  • Prince Shotoku came to power

  • Heian-kyo became the capital of Japan

  • Heian period begins

  • Charlemagne’s Christian Empire ended

  • Charlemagne’s Christian Empire begins