period 3 timeline

period 3

Period: Nov 8, 600 to Nov 9, 1450

middle east: Muhammad gets a vision from Allah

Nov 8, 610

This is important because it is the start of the Islamic faith and would later lead to vast empires across the middle east and many new cultural ideas

East Asia: tang dynasty is created

Nov 8, 618

this is the begging of a dynasty that creates multiple technological advances and helps the spread of Buddhism.They also increased contact with japan that opened up trade.

middle east: Muslim civil war breaks out

Nov 8, 656

this civil war is a fight over who gets power over the Muslims after Muhammad dies whether his son in law or his cousin gets control this splits the Muslims in to two groups ( the Sunni and the shiquite)

west africa: ghana empire created

Nov 8, 750

this is significant because the empire is a apart of the silk road and has a lot of spices and it has salt that can be traded. It will be a part of the trans Saharan trade routes in north west Africa.

middle east: Umayyad state in Spain is established

Nov 8, 755

this is an important because this is a major for the Muslim empire and it being a mostly Christian state will spread Islam and also will give them more tax payer dollars that will make them a richer nation

east africa: trans Saharan trade route is established

Nov 8, 800

this will provide many people from Europe and Asia with things like gold and salt and it helps the spread of Buddhism and Hinduism through out Africa a long with other cultures being spread aswell.

Europe: Vladimir makes Russia orthodox

Nov 8, 980

this is a big spread for the eastern orthodox Christianity and will set up russia to be one of the biggest place to practice eastern Orthodox, Vladimir picked this religion out of a couple different ones to choose from

west africa: ghana empire ends

Nov 8, 1076

this is a big down fall for the people of Ghana and the source that people use for the money they make is with trade so since the empire broke up they cant trade as easily.

Europe: the first Crusades

Nov 8, 1095

this is important because it starts religious wars and also destroys some the Muslim empires leaving some places to become individual city states again and also it spreads Christianity

middle east: Crusades capture Jerusalem

Nov 8, 1099

this is a big blow for the Muslims because Jerusalem is a big religious center for them and they also lost many peoples lives in the process of fighting to keep the land

east Asia:the Jurchens conquer northern china

Nov 8, 1120

this is important because this is the start of the southern song dynasty which in its time created many technological advances like the compass and wood block printing and more advanced boats

Europe: Constantinople is sacked by Muslims

Nov 8, 1204

this is the center of the roman empire and Muslims sacking it was a huge blow to their economy it also helped the spread of Islam and contributed to the fall of the byzantine empire.

south Asia: Delhi sultanate founded in India

Nov 8, 1206

this unified this northern part of India and spread Hinduism which was the minority at this point in time it also is involved with Indian sea trade and traded spices and cotton textiles.

west Africa: mali empire founded

Nov 8, 1230

this is important because the empire was started by Sundiata and since he was Muslim, spread Islam through out Africa and he made many pilgrimages to mecca.

east Africa: Solomonic dynasty

Nov 8, 1270

this was an important empire because it helped spread Islam in Africa and it kicked Christianity out of the state and it also was big in trade and the mixing of ideas an cultures.

east Asia: mongols capture china

Nov 8, 1271

this is super important because the mongols were trying to get china under their rule for years and the now they had it. they didnt conform to Chinese culture and helped protect the silk road from invaders.

south Asia: Delhi Sultanate adds on to the system of government (Gujarat)

Nov 8, 1298

this is important because its adding on to their law, most likely on the laws of Hinduism because that is what was widely practiced during that empire time period.

west Africa: Mansa Musa's pilgrimage to mecca

Nov 8, 1324

this was important because when he takes this pilgrimages her brings back ideas and different cultures and spreads them to Africa, so this was a key in spreading Islam and new Islamic technologies and ideas.

east Africa: Ibn Battuta travels to swahili

Nov 8, 1330

this is important because Battuta describes Swahili as one of the most beautiful places he has ever seen, and since he is a well known traveler it could potentially bring in more travelers

east Asia: black plague reaches china

Nov 8, 1331

this had a big impact of the population. the disease was spread by the silk road and was deadly to basically anyone who got it, luckily some of china was not affected at all.

Europe: the black plague at its height

Nov 8, 1347

the population in Europe went down by 1/3 and it lastly for a long time and then was spread in trade routes like the Indian ocean sea trade and the silk road. Healthy workers were in high demand.

Europe: the silk road was on its decline

Nov 9, 1350

due to multiple invasions of the silk road and the mongols not protecting it anymore the silk road was on a decline to not being used anymore. sea traded was less expensive and easier.

east Asia: mongols were forced out of china

Nov 9, 1368

this is important because this effects how the mongols conquer the rest of their empire. some mongols stayed and became a part of chinese culture.

south Asia; Timur sacks Delhi

Nov 9, 1398

this is important because the empire was left in disarray and was a big blow to the economy because many trade good and lives were destroyed in the mass destruction of it all.

south Asia: Delhi sultanate starts to decline

Nov 9, 1398

right after Timur sacks them the empire starts to decline because now their economy is in shamble and hey unfortunately don't come back from the destruction the the Timur created.

east Africa: Zimbabwe is at its peak with trade

Nov 9, 1400

this is important because gold salt and other spices were being trade to other countries and it was a big economy boost for Africa and also many technological advances were spread to Africa

south Asia: port Malacca was founded

Nov 9, 1400

this helps with the trade in India even though the Delhi is on a decline, this helps bring in new technologies and cultures and ideas. It makes trade easier and cheaper.

east Africa: a large amount of gold was found in Zimbabwe

Nov 9, 1400

large amounts of gold is found. this is important because they can now trade with other countries and empires to get new technologies and religions. its helps Zimbabwe to reach is height.

west Africa: Mali empire declines

Nov 9, 1433

the declines were due to the internal conflicts in the government and also attacks from outsiders, its important because Africa is fragmented and the individual groups of people will make tribes again