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330
Byzantine Empire
This is the year when the empire developed into a capital. It continued to exist for another thousand years until it fell to the ottman turks in 1453 under the reign of the conqueror, Mehmed. The empire was the most powerful economic, cultural, and military force in Europe. -
468
Grand Canal Built
The Grand Canal was built in 468 BC, and it went through renovations and enlargements three times in history -
476
Dark Ages
This was the fall of the western roman empire. It was also a period of religious struggles, the orthdodox christians and catholics viewed the era from different perspectives. -
Dec 1, 610
Muhammad's 1st Revelation
Angel Gabriel came to Muhammad and raed him a verse of the Qur'an -
Dec 1, 618
Tang Dynasty
Was an imperiel dynasty of china proceded by the Sui dynasty and followed by the five dynasties and ten kingdoms period. It was the golden Age of art, music and literature -
Dec 1, 622
The Hijrah
The prophet Muhammad's migration from Mecca to Medina in order to ecsape persecution -
Dec 1, 632
Death of Muhammad
He died in Medina, Saudi Arabia. Muhammad died of high fever or illness -
Dec 1, 661
Sunni/ Shia Split
The split originates in a dispute after the death or prophet Muhammad over who should lead the muslim community -
Dec 1, 711
Muslim's control Spain
In 711 Muslim forces invaded and in seven years conquered the Iberian peninsula. It became one of the great Muslim civilisations -
Oct 10, 732
Battle of tours
Frankish leader, Charles Martel, A christian defeats a large army of spanish Moors, halting the muslim advance into Western Europe. -
Dec 1, 750
Umayyad Caliphate
2nd of the fourth major Islamic caliphates established after the death of Muhammad -
Dec 1, 750
Abbasid's take Bagdad
The abbasids overthrew the umayyad caliphate and ruled an islamic empire from their capital in Baghdad -
Dec 1, 751
Abbasid Caliphate
The abbasid caliphate was the third of the Islamic caliphates to succeed the Islamic prophet, Muhammad -
Dec 1, 800
Viking invasion in europe
They began by raiding coastal sites, especially undefended monasteries, in the British Isles. Over the next three centuries, they would leave their mark as pirates, raiders, traders and settlers on much of Britain and the European continent, as well as parts of modern-day Russia, Iceland, Greenland and Newfoundland. -
Dec 1, 960
Song Dynasty
The Song dynasty was an era of Chinese history that began in 960 and continued until 1279. It succeeded the Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms period, and was followed by the Yuan dynasty. -
Dec 1, 962
Holy Roman Empire
A multi-ethnic complex of terretories in central Europe that developed during the early middle ages. The importance of the empire was that the emperor consantine decreed it to be a christian empire. The empire was so huge, that it required two capitals -
Dec 1, 1054
Great Schism between catholics and eastern orthodox
This basically was a split in churches.The primary causes of the schism were disputes over conflicting claims of jurisdiction, in particular over papal authority—Pope Leo IX claimed he held authority over the four Eastern patriarchs— and over the insertion of the Filioque clause into the Nicene Creed by the Western patriarch in 1014. -
Dec 1, 1066
William the conqueror takes england
William the conqueror became duke of Normandy. William invaded england in September, 1066, defeating Harold II Godwineson at the battle of Hastings on October 14, 1066. -
Dec 1, 1095
Crusades
They were military campaigns sanctioned by the latin romans catholic church during the high middle ages and late middle ages. In 1095, pope urban II proclaimed the first crusade with the stated goal of restoring christian access, to holy places in and near Jerusalem. -
Dec 1, 1100
High middle ages
Feudalism reached its peak and began to decline as kings regained authority and power from feudal lords in Western Europe by this time, the invasions stopped. -
Dec 1, 1215
Magna Carta
(The Great Charter), is one of the most famous documents in the world. Magna Carta established for the first time the principle that everybody, including the king, was subject to the law. -
Dec 1, 1231
The inquisition
The Inquisition is a group of institutions within the judicial system of the Roman Catholic Church whose aim was to combat heresy.In the Late Middle Ages and early Renaissance, the concept and scope of the Inquisition was significantly expanded in response to the Protestant Reformation and the Catholic Counter-Reformation -
Dec 1, 1252
Pax Mongolia
A phrase coined by Western scholars to describe the social, cultural, and economic outcome of the mongol empire's conquest of the territory from southeast Asia to Europe in the 13th and 14th centuries. -
Dec 1, 1279
Yuan Dynasty
During this dynasty, the silk road became safer for travelers because it was monitered by patrols. -
Dec 1, 1294
Mongol Empire
Conquered first China, then the islamic world, then eastern europe- tolerant of religions allowing eastern orthodox church to develop. -
Dec 1, 1337
100 Years War
Series of campaigns over control of the throne of France, involving Engligh and French royal families and french noble families. -
Dec 1, 1345
Tenochitlan Built
Capital of the Aztec empire, located on an island in lake texcoco; population was about 150000 on the eve of spanish conquest. Mexico city was constructed on its ruins. -
Dec 1, 1346
Black Death
One of the most devastating pandemics in human history, resulting in the deaths of an estimated 75- 200 million people and people in Europe. -
Dec 1, 1368
Ming Dynasty
Initially mounted huge trade expeditions to southern Asia and elsewhere, but later concentraded efforts on internal development within china. -
Dec 1, 1405
Voyages Of Zhen He
Zheng He led china to become the superpower of the Indian ocean, which was considered to be "the world's most important crossroads of trade" -
Dec 1, 1450
Middle ages
The time in European history between classical antiguity and the italian renaissance. Sometimes restricted to thje later part of this period. -
Dec 1, 1450
Parliament Established
Basically, Parliament is a legislative assembly in certain countries. Parliamentary Monarchies can be that people have say in government. -
Dec 1, 1518
Aztec Empire
Major state that developed in what is now Mexico in the 14th and 15th centuries; dominated by seminomadic, who had migrated into the region. -
Dec 1, 1533
Inca Empire
Was the largest empire in pre-columbian America. The administrative, political, and military center of the empire was located in cusco in modern-day, Peru. -
Mayan city-states
A mesoamerican civilization, noted for Maya script, the only known fully developed witing system of the pre-columbian Americas.