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-1000, W. Europe: Church Rises
The church rises as a unifying institusion. It also had great religous, politcial, and economic power -
Period: Jan 1, 600 to Dec 31, 1450
Events of History
Many events occurred and many important things existed over these year that were quite important, such as diseases, old civiliizations, people and trading systems. This Timeline should provide an overview of such things to help the common person understand the history throughout this timeline. -
Jan 1, 627
Tang Empire, "Flourishing Age"
This Age was a peaceful and creative period in China. People in the empire would make different types of arts and crafts, such as bowls and rugs and on the writing aspect, citizens of China would write poems. -
Jan 1, 632
Islam: Muhammad Dies
Muhammad died without leaving a successor or leadership guidelines. The Islamic civilisation is thrown into turmoil. -
Jan 1, 700
African Empires: Ghana Economy Change
Ghana stopped raising cattle, sheep, and dates. Instead they began to trade Ivory, gold, and slaves. -
Jan 1, 711
Islam: Conquers Spain
General Turiq Ibn Ziyad crosses over and conquers Spain. Islamic forces are soon stopped near France. -
Apr 14, 726
Byzantine: Destruction of Icons
Byzantine Emperor Leo III orders all religious icons in the Byzantine Empire destroyed -
Jan 1, 750
Islam: Abbassid Religious Revolution
They took control of the empire with a more religious base. The Arabs no longer controlled Islam. -
Jan 1, 750
-800, W. Europe: Charlemagne
Reunited most of the Western Roman Empire in 800. Also helped set up a good government, and he also helped spread Chrirstianity througout Europe. He helped improve education which in turn helped other, future, empires to set themselves up. -
Jan 1, 765
Islam: Islam Splits
The two major sects: Shi'ites and Sunni, go seperate ways. This is because of their disagreement with eachother's religious leadership. -
Jan 1, 1000
W. Europe: Feudalism
A System where the local lords are given land and power by the king, under the lords were Knights and under the knights were Serfs, or peasants. In otherwords everyone in turn works for the King in one way or another. -
Jan 2, 1000
W. Europe: Vikings
Scandinavian warriors that raided multiple European villages. Also they colonized Iceland, Greenland and Newfoundland. -
Apr 14, 1018
Byzantine: Bulgaria joins
The Byzantine Empire invades Bulgaria. Bulgaria becomes part of the Empire. -
Jan 1, 1054
W. Europe: Great Schism
The church breaks into differetn branched. This is because of different doctorines. -
Jul 4, 1054
Song Dynasty, Explosion in the Crab Nebula
The Crab Nebula or the "Guest star" was found by Chinese scientists. The star was reported to be seen for a few days in the sky. Now it is almost close to invisible to the naked eye. -
Jan 1, 1055
- 1 Jan 1065. Islam: The Turks Conquer Bagdad
The Political and Religious seperation results in weakness and eventually decline. -
Jan 1, 1076
Song Empire, Wang Anshi resigned
The Song Emperor tried to find a way to govern his people, so he made Wang Angshi to become the Prime Minister. Wang Anshi achieved great success with his reforms, but the people of the empire felt as if the reform happened to quickly. After that, Wang Anshi resigned from his job as Prime Minister. -
Jan 1, 1076
African Empires: Ghana Capture
Ghana was captured by Muslims. Soon after they began to collapse. -
Jan 1, 1088
Song Dynasty, The Invention of the celestial clock
Su Song was famous for making clocks. He has even made a clock that was 40ft high, told time and showed the date, phase of the moon and the position of the stars! -
Jan 1, 1095
Islam/Middle Ages: Crusades
Pope Urban's response to th Muslim's expansion and theri occupation of Jerusalem. Christian Knights took over cities lost ot the muslims. These crusades severly weaken the Islamic empire. European interest in foreign goods increase, stimulating trade growth. -
Jan 1, 1127
Song Dynasty, The Fall of the Song Dynasty
The Jin army invaded the Northen Song Empire. The Northern Song Empire's army was weak and defenseless, so that part of the empire collapse. Then the Southern Song Empire fell down with it after they sought help from the Mongols, but were only taken over by the Mongols. -
Apr 14, 1190
Mongol: Gengis Khan rises
Temujin becomes king of the Mongols. He is known as Gengis Khan. -
Apr 14, 1192
Feudal Japan: Yoritomo becomes Shogun
Minamoto Yoritomo is appointed Shogun. Kamakura becomes political capital. -
Jan 1, 1200
Song Dynasty, Foot Binding
During this time, Women in China binded their foot, because it was tradition. Men would not marry a woman that didn't have feet that were binded. Women had a hard time working around the house being in this condition and the "tradition" made life for women harder. -
Apr 14, 1204
Byzantine: Constantinople Taken
The Fourth Crusade leads to a Latin occupation of Constantinople. The Byzantine Empire is reduced to several contending states in outlying regions of its territories. -
Jan 1, 1206
Delhi Sultanate, Qutubuddin Aibak is Governer
Qutubuddin Aibak was the governer of Mohummad of Ghur. His son in law, Itutmish, took control of nobility right after Aibak's term. -
Apr 14, 1206
Mongol: Unification
Gengis Khan unites all Mongol and Tatar tribes. Mongolia is united. -
Apr 14, 1210
Mongol: Xi Xia
Gengis Khan takes over Xi Xia, adding it to Mongolia. -
Jan 1, 1215
W. Europe: Magna Carta
The Magna Carta granted a number of civil, economic and legal rights to English lords and limited the power of te king. Also, it later influenced Western government documents such as England's Habeas Corpus Act and US Constitution. -
Apr 14, 1215
Mongol: Jin/Jurchen
Gengis Khan conquers the kingdom of the Jin/Jurchen , adding it to Mongolia. -
Apr 15, 1218
Mongol: Kara-Khitai
the Mongols conquer the kingdom of Kara-Khitai (Kitan/Liao) -
Apr 15, 1219
Mongol: Kwarizm/Khwarezmian
The Mongol army conquers the Khwarizm/Khwarezmian empire -
Apr 15, 1220
Mongol: Merv
the Mongols conquer Merv (Turkmenistan) -
Apr 15, 1221
Mongol: Herat
the Mongols conquer Herat (Afghanistan), while an expedition led by Jebe and Subedei venture west into the Caucasus and Russia, signing a peace treaty with Venice -
Apr 15, 1224
Mongol: Khan's heirlooms
Genghis Khan splits his empire into khanates ruled by his four sons Jochi (western part), Ogedei (southern Siberia and western Mongolia), Chaghatay (Transoxania and Kara-Khitai), Tolui (the traditional Mongol lands) -
Apr 15, 1227
Mongol: Khan's death
Genghis Khan dies and is succeeded by Ogedei who rules over Chaghatay's khanate in West Turkestan, Tolui's Eastern Mongolia, Batu's Blue Horde in Uzbekistan and Turkmenistan, and Orda's White Horde in Kazakhstan -
Apr 15, 1236
Delhi Sultanate, Razia Begum
During the Slave Dynasty, she took her father's role as Sultanate. She was the only woman to ever rule as Sultanate. Her father was Itutmish. -
Jan 1, 1240
African Empires: Mali Destroyed Ghana Capitol
Sudiata destroyed the capitol of Ghana. They then took over Ghana's gold and salt trade. -
Apr 14, 1247
Feudal Japan: Mongols attempt invasion
The Mongols attempt to invade Japan. They are unsuccessful. -
Jan 1, 1248
Muslim Lose Land
The Mulsims lose most of Spain. All but the kingdom of Granada is lost. -
Apr 12, 1253
-1324, W. Europe: Marco Polo
He and his family were the first europeans to travel to china. Then after living in China for 17 years became an important diplomat. -
Apr 14, 1261
Byzantine: Constantinople recovered
Constantinople is recaptured by the Byzantine emperor Michael Palaeologus. It is again part of the Byzantine Empire. -
Apr 14, 1281
Feudal Japan: Mongols attempt invasion again
The Mongols attempt again to invade Japan. They are again unsuccessful. -
Period: Jan 1, 1290 to Dec 31, 1311
Delhi Sultanate, Kahalji Dynasty
Allaudin Khalji killed his uncle to get in the position of Sultanate. Khalji had a great army and was very powerful with the help from Malik Kafur. -
Jan 1, 1320
Delhi Sultanate, the rule of Mohammad bin Tughlaq
Mohammad was nortoriously known for his innovations. He experimented with coins or a new currency and he moved the capital of Delhi, but both experiements failed, -
Apr 14, 1333
Feudal Japan: Emperor Go-Daigo restores imperial civil authority
Emperor Go-Daigo defeats the Kamakura shogunate, restores imperial power, and moves the capital to Muromachi -
Apr 14, 1336
Feudal Japan: Ashika Takauji takes over
Ashikaga Takauji captures Kyoto, and forces Go-Daigo to move to a southern court -
Jan 1, 1340
W. Europe: Bubonic Plague
Pandemic disease brought from China to Europe on trade ships. 25 million people taken vistim to the plague, this caused labor shortages and helped bring an end to the feudal system. -
Jan 1, 1400
Islam: Ibn Battuta
Muslim scholor who traveled through West Africa, Middle Eats and India. His writing show there to be a muslim influence in those areas he explored. -
Period: Jan 1, 1451 to Dec 31, 1526
Delhi Sultanate, Lodi Dynasty
Bahlul Lodi became Sultanate and his was the first Sultanate during this Dynasty. Towards the end of the dynasty, Rana Sangha, ruler of Mewar, opposed of the Lodis and asked Babur to help me defeat the Lodis. -
Apr 14, 1453
Byzantine: Ottomans take Byzantine
The Ottoman Empire takes over Constantinople, and rename it Istanbul. The Byzantine Empire has lost all of its land. -
Jan 1, 1464
African Empires: Sunni Ali
Sunni Ali, a muslim leader, defeated Mali. He then became the leader of the West African Empire, otherwise known as Songhai. -
Jan 1, 1492
Muslims Lose all Control of Spain
Ferdinan and Isabella take back political control of Spain from Muslims. -
African Empires: Endd of Great African Empires
Morracco and Spain came and destroyed the last Great African Empires. -
Tang Dynasty, Wu Zhao: The woman ruler
Wu Zhao delceared herslef a holy being and ruled China. She was described as an evil woman only because of her gender, During that time men in China thought of themselves having a higher status and so it was normal for men to think of women as less important people. -
Byzantine: Muslims take territory
Muslim armies conquer the southern territories of the Byzantine Empire (Syria, the Holy Land, Egypt, and Jordan) -
Byzantine: Restoration of Icons
Icons are restored to Orthodox worship; this is a triumph of the Byzantine church over the emperor -
Tang Dynasty, Warlords take over
The Tang dynasty collapsed by the hands of the warlords. The warlords caused centrilized control to vanish from China's government, because the regional commanders slipt of the control of land. -
Byzantine: Constantine encourages recorded history
Emperor Constantine VII Porphyrogennetos encourages the creation of encyclopedic works. He also encourages the compilation of historical writings. -
Tang Dynasty, Han Yu wrote "Memorial on the Bone of Buddha"
Han Yu was a famous writer during the Tang Dynasty. He wrote the "Memorial on the Bone of The Buddha." He wrote the memorial, because he was trying to suppress Budhism. -
Islam: Muhammad returns to Mecca
Muhammad returns to Mecca with his 10,000 followers. He takes control of Mecca to be the new center of the Muslim faith. -
Period: to Dec 31, 1270
Song Dynasty, Development of the "Junk"
Junks were made China during the Song Dynasty. These junks were ships that carried many people, foods, and goods. This was a great development during the time that the Song Empire lived in, because the junks made it easier for the citizens to move a large amount of items from one place to another.
