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Period: 570 to Jun 10, 632
life of Muhammad
Muhammad was the religious leader and founder of Islam. -Significance: Muhammad's followers would take his ideas and spread them, through wars and missionaries, across the globe making Islam a major religious force. -
Jan 30, 650
Qur'an Compiled
Significance: Codified shira law and established Islamic tradition. -
Period: Sep 14, 661 to Sep 14, 750
Umayyad Dynasty
The second Caliphate of the Islamic empire, the Umayyad Dynasty spread Islam throughout the Middle East, North Africa, and East Asia. Significance: With its military expansion Islam stretched across the globe. -
Oct 10, 732
The Battle of Tours
At this battle the Moorish Muslims were defeated by the Frankish army lead by Charles "the Hammer" Martel. -Significance: With the defeat of the Islamic forces, European Christianity was secured and further Muslim conquest was hindered. -
Period: Oct 14, 1000 to Oct 14, 1100
Revival in Confucianism in China
Significance: Revival of Confucianism lead to increased secularism and would remain a force for many years. -
Sep 19, 1045
The Great Schism
Due to doctrinal and theological disputes between the Pope in Rome and the Patriarch in Constantinople the Christian church separated into the Roman Catholic Church in the west and the Eastern Orthodox Church in The East. -Significance: The split between eastern and western churches later leads to two very different forms of Christianity. It also solidified the concept of papal supremacy in the Roman church as well as caesaropapism in the east. -
Period: Oct 14, 1095 to Oct 14, 1291
The Crusades
The Series of conflicts between Christian Europe and the Islamic middle east. Significance: Created a divide between the regions politically and religiously it leads to increased trade with the Islamic world by Europeans. -
Apr 10, 1099
European Crusaders Take Jerusalem
The culmination of the 1st crusade, a force of European knights captured and raided the city of Jerusalem. -Significance: the crusades where the Christian response to Islamic military expansion, and lead to further conflicts between the two religious communities. -
Buddhism Introduced to Japan
From china and korea, Buddhism enters Japan. Signifigance: Though it did not replace shinto, Buddhism eventually did enjoy a signifigant number of followers in japan. -
Buddhist Persecution in China
The emperor of the tang dynasty in china in an effort to get funds by stripping Buddhism of its financial wealth, the government began to confiscate the property and destroy the temples of the Buddhist and other foreign religions. -Significance: This persecution lead to the decline of Buddhism in china and the virtual destruction of the Christian church.
