Mueggenborg Timeline: Unit 2

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  • Period: 224 to Apr 8, 651

    Sassanid Empire

  • Period: 306 to Apr 8, 1453

    Contantinople

    Roman Empire capital, obviously fell about the same time as the rest of the Roman Empire. Turks came in and destroyed everything and now it's called Istanbul and is located in present day Turkey.
  • Period: 330 to Apr 8, 1453

    Byzantine Empire

    Part of the Roman Empire, had rulers who were in direct succession of former Roman leaders.
  • Period: 500 to Apr 8, 1547

    Mayan Civilization

    Extremely advanced civilization until its Spanish capture in 1547.
  • Period: 571 to Apr 8, 632

    Muhammed

    Orphaned at an early age and brought up under the care of his uncle Abu Talib. He later worked mostly as a merchant, as well as a shepherd. Somehow became a prophet.
  • Apr 8, 632

    Sunni/Shi'ite Split

  • Period: Apr 8, 661 to Apr 8, 750

    Umayyad Caliphate

  • Period: Apr 8, 711 to

    Muslims Conquer Spain

    Muslims take over Spain, only to lose it a few years afterwards.
  • Period: Apr 8, 750 to Apr 8, 1258

    Abbasid Caliphate

    3rd Islamic caliphate, built their capital in Bagdad which today is in Iraq.
  • Period: Apr 8, 1037 to Apr 8, 1196

    Seljuk Turks

  • Period: Apr 8, 1095 to Apr 8, 1291

    Crusades

    Originally had the goal of recapturing Jerusalem and the Holy Land from Muslim rule, but turned out to be a war that lasted 200 years.
  • Period: Apr 8, 1174 to Apr 8, 1193

    Saladin

  • Period: Apr 8, 1206 to Apr 8, 1324

    Mongol Invasions

  • Period: Apr 8, 1206 to Apr 8, 1227

    Genghis Khan

    Mongolian guy who conquered a lot of teh wrold nd idd sum stff cuz hes cool
  • Period: Apr 8, 1206 to Apr 8, 1527

    Delhi Sultanate

    5 Islamic kingdoms that were rather short-lived.
  • Apr 8, 1212

    Magna Carta

    Document that gave people other than the king some basic rights. This and several other documents would go on to contribute to the United States' constitution.
  • Period: Apr 8, 1312 to Apr 8, 1337

    Mansa Musa

  • Period: Apr 8, 1337 to Apr 8, 1453

    Hundred Years' War

  • Period: Apr 8, 1368 to

    Ming Empire

  • Period: Apr 8, 1370 to Apr 8, 1405

    Timur

  • Period: Apr 8, 1371 to Apr 8, 1435

    Zheng He

  • Apr 8, 1436

    Gutenborg Press

    One of the first printing presses, among other accomplishments it created the first printed Bibles.
  • Period: Apr 8, 1438 to Apr 8, 1533

    Inca Empire

  • Period: Apr 8, 1440 to Apr 8, 1505

    Ivan III

  • Period: to

    Sui Empire

    Had a lot of accomplishments
  • Period: to

    Tang Dynasty

    Founded by the Li who took control of the declining Sui Empire
  • Period: to Apr 8, 1279

    Song Empire

    First government in the world to issue paper money, quite the accomplishment if you ask me, because they did it without any printers or computers.
  • Period: to Apr 8, 1349

    Kievan Russia

  • Period: to

    Charlemagne

  • Period: to Apr 8, 1453

    Holy Roman Empire

    Roman Empire, fell at the same time Constinople did.
    Taken over by the Turks and caused a big mess.