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1000 BCE
Chapter 16.1- Mayans settling in
Mayans settled in in the lowlands around the 1000BC. The lowlands were covered with thick tropical trees and forests. The Mayans grew many types of crops, like beans, avocados, squash, and maize, also known as corn. -
500 BCE
Chapter 13.1- West Africa: West Africans found iron
In 500BC, the West African found a kind of metal that you can get when you heat certain rock. That was Iron. The West African made tools to help them farm and get more crops. They were able to get food faster and easier than the people before. -
Period: 500 BCE to 1580
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Period: 550 to
The Islamic World
Muhammad creates a major world religion called Islam. The Qur’an and the Sunnah guides the muslims through their lives and their religion. Letter on, three main Islamic empires gets created, the Ottoman Empire, the Safarvid Empire, and the Mughal Empire. -
Period: 589 to
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630
Chapter 12.1- arabian Peninsula- Mecca makes Islam their religion
In 630, Mecca accepts the religion, Islam to their country. Most of the Arabian Tribes take in Muhammad as their spiritual leader. -
800
Chapter 13.2- Ghana takes over trade
Ghana took over the trade in the 800. They were successful in the silent barter, which is trade that you don’t do directly. The benefits of silent barter is that the gold mines will be kept secret and they would be able to avoid many arguments about the trade. -
800
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868
14.2- Woodblock Printing is made
Woodblock printing was created in China in 868. Woodblock printing is a whole block of wood craved so when we stamp it like the modern day stamps, and you get a page of the print. The first ever book created with woodblock printing was in China -
920
14.1 China gets Unified by the Song Dynasty-
China was unified once again by the Song dynasty in the 920. The Song dynasty ruled China for 300 years like the Tang dynasty. Song dynasty also accomplished many different works -
1200
Chapter 12.3 part 2- Ottoman Empire- Trade helps spread Islam
From 1200 to 1600 Muslim traders started trading with the East, now Malaysia and Indonesia. By trading with foreign places they learned new skills and took in new products. They learned how to make paper from the chinese for example -
1260
14.4 Kublai Khan becomes ruler of Mongol Empire
In 1260, Genghis Khan’s grandson, Kublai Khan became the leader of Mongol empire. In 1279, he conquered China and declared himself that he was the emperor of China as well. And for the longest time in history, foreigners ruled China -
1300
Chapter 13.3- Mansa Musa Becomes a leader
In the 1300s, a powerful leader called Mansa Musa takes over Mali. Mansa Musa made many influences to Mali, such as, islam spreading over the large part of West Africa. Mansa Musa ruled for about 25 years. -
1320
Chapter 12.4- Ibn Battutah travels around Africa
In 1320, an explorer called Ibn Battutah traveled Africa, India, China, and Spain. The Muslims geographers made the map more accurate to help travelers. The geographers developed better ways of calculating distances. -
1432
Chapter 12.3 part 1 - Ottonman Empire- Mehmed II becomes Emperor
Mehmed ruled the Ottoman from 1432 to 1481. During his reign, he have build palaces and mosques, he also improved Istanbul. He repaired damage caused by the fightings. He encouraged people to move to his empire. -
Modern Event- chapter 12
People living in the 2018 still practices the religion, Islam, and they still follow the rules of Islam as they did long time ago.