The Medieval World and Beyond

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  • 300

    Camels were First Brought to the Sahara

  • 300

    Classic Mayan Civilization began

  • 476

    The Fall of Rome

  • 500

    The Byzantine Empire Begins

  • 500

    The Ghana Empire Begins

  • 552

    Buddhism is introduced to Japan

  • Jan 1, 604

    The 17 article constitution began

  • Jan 1, 610

    Muhammud Becomes the Prophet of Islam

  • Jan 1, 651

    The First Official Edition of the Qur’an was Written

  • Jan 1, 700

    Traders Brought Islam to West Africa

  • Jan 1, 710

    Nara Became the Capital of Japan

  • Jan 1, 750

    Bookmaking Began to Spread the Qur'an

  • Jan 1, 1000

    Feudalism Begins

  • Jan 1, 1000

    The Tale of Genji, the First Novel, was Written

  • Jan 1, 1050

    Moveable Type Was invented in China

  • Jan 1, 1054

    Roman Catholic and Eastern Orthodox Churches Split

  • Jan 1, 1065

    Song Dynasty began civil service exams

  • Jan 1, 1085

    The Reconquista Began with Toledo

  • Jan 1, 1096

    The First Crusade Begins

  • Jan 1, 1099

    The First Crusade Ended

  • Jan 1, 1146

    The Second Crusade Begins

  • Jan 1, 1148

    The Second Crusade ended

  • Jan 1, 1185

    THe Heian Period Ended

  • Jan 1, 1189

    The Third Crusade Begins

  • Jan 1, 1192

    The Era of the Samurai Began

  • Jan 1, 1192

    The First Shogun Came to Power

  • Jan 1, 1200

    The Incas first Settled in Cuzco

  • Jan 1, 1203

    The Ghana Empire Ends

  • Jun 1, 1215

    The Signing of the Magna Carta

  • Jan 1, 1240

    The Mali Empire Begins

  • Jan 1, 1250

    Aztecs arrived in the Valley of Mexico

  • Jan 1, 1258

    The Mongols Destroyed Baghdad

  • Jan 1, 1279

    The Mongls Dynasty began

  • Jan 1, 1300

    The Mongol Empire was Weakened

  • Jan 1, 1300

    The Renaissance began in Italy

  • Jan 1, 1300

    Humanism began in Italy

  • Jan 1, 1312

    Mansa Musa was the First Islamic Leader

  • Jan 1, 1325

    Aztecs Started Building Tenochtitlan

  • Jan 1, 1337

    The Hundreds' Year War Begins

  • Jan 1, 1347

    The Bubonic Plague Begins in Europe

  • Jan 1, 1350

    Timbuktu Became a Center of Arabic Learning

  • Jan 1, 1368

    The Mongols Dynasty ends

  • Jan 1, 1368

    The Ming Dynasty Begins

  • Jan 1, 1400

    The Inquisition Took Place

  • Jan 1, 1405

    Zheng He made his First Voyage

  • Jan 1, 1438

    The Incas began to Create Roads

  • Jan 1, 1450

    Johannes Gutenberg invented the Printing Press

  • Jan 1, 1453

    The Byzantine Empire Ends

  • Jan 1, 1453

    The Hundreds' Year War Ends

  • Jan 1, 1460

    Songhai Empire Begins

  • Jan 1, 1460

    The Songhai Empire Began

  • Jan 1, 1469

    The Medici Family began to Rule Florence

  • Jan 1, 1488

    Bartolomeu Dias began to sail around the tip of Africa

  • Jan 1, 1492

    The Spanish Conquer Granada

  • Jan 1, 1492

    Isabella Sent Christopher Columbus to find a Sea Route to Asia

  • Jan 1, 1492

    The Spanish Conquered Granada

  • Jan 1, 1497

    Vasco da Gama began to sail to India

  • Jan 1, 1497

    John Cabot landed in Canada

  • Jan 1, 1500

    Post-Classic Mayan Civilization Ended

  • Jan 1, 1500

    Pedro Cabral began to sail to Brazil

  • Jan 1, 1500

    The microscope was invented

  • Jan 1, 1504

    Michelangelo Completed his Statue of David

  • Jan 1, 1514

    Copernicus stated that the Earth Revolves the Sun

  • Jan 1, 1517

    Martin Luther Posted his Ninety-Five Theses

  • Jan 1, 1519

    Ferdinand Magellan began to sail around the world

  • Jan 1, 1521

    Hernan Cortes destroyed the Aztecs

  • Jan 1, 1524

    Giovanni da Verrazano landed in North America

  • Jan 1, 1525

    William Tyndale Translated the Bible into English

  • Jan 1, 1532

    The Inca Empire Ended

  • Jan 1, 1532

    Francisco Pizarro destroyed the Incas

  • Jan 1, 1534

    King Henry VIII created Anglicanism

  • Jan 1, 1541

    John Clavin created Calvinism

  • Jan 1, 1543

    Copernicus stated his theory of the heliocentric universe

  • Jan 1, 1545

    The Council of Trent was Formed

  • Songhai Empire Ends

  • Galileo decided to build a telescope

  • Mali Empire Ended

  • Henry Hudson began to try to find the Northwest Passage

  • The Thirty Years' War began

  • The Ming Dynasty Ends

  • Peace of Westphalia was Signed

  • The Thirty Years' War Ended

  • Newton published a book about gravity

  • The Era of the Samurai Ended

  • Charlemagne's Christian Empire began

  • The Tang Dynasty Began

  • The Tang Dynasty Ends

  • Tang Dynasty Recorded a Formula for Gunpowder

  • Buddhism Religion Expanded in the Tang Dynasty

  • The Japanese invented Kana

  • Prince Shotoku came to Power

  • Heian-kyo/Tokyo became the Capital of Japan

  • The Heian Period Began

  • Charlemagne's Christian Empire ended