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300
Classic Mayan Civilization Begins
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300
Camels were first brought to the Sahara
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476
The Fall of Rome
Rome falls due to raids, poverty and no peaceful way to transfer rulers. -
Period: 500 to Jan 1, 1453
The Byzantine Empire
The Empire began due to Rome's fall and ended after Ottoman Turks conquer The Byzantine Empire. -
Period: 500 to Jan 1, 1203
The Empire of Ghana
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552
Buddhism was introduced to Japan
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Jan 1, 604
The Seventeen Article Constitution began
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Oct 1, 610
Muhammad became a prophet of Islam
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Jan 1, 651
The first official edition of the Qur’an was written
The third Caliph, Uthman, selected an official version of the Qur'an. -
Period: Jan 1, 700 to Jan 1, 750
Traders brought Islam to West Africa
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Jan 1, 710
Nara became the capital of Japan
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Jan 1, 750
Bookmaking began to spread the Qur’an
Bookmakers spread the Qur'an and other writings. -
Jan 1, 1000
Feudalism begins
About around 1000 C.E., feudalism was established, and unified Europe -
Jan 1, 1000
The Tale of Genji, the first novel, was written
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Jan 1, 1050
Moveable type was invented in China
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Jan 1, 1054
Roman Catholic and Eastern Orthodox churches split
After many disagreements, Pope Leo IX excommunicated the patriarch of Constantine, Ceruliarus, who then excommunicated the leaders of the Roman church from the Eastern Church. -
Jan 1, 1065
Song Dynasty began civil service exams
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Jan 1, 1085
The Reconquista began with Toledo
The Umayyads take Toledo,, Spain, from the Muslims. -
Jan 1, 1096
The First Crusade began
The Christians launch the first crusade to take back the Holy Lands -
Jan 1, 1146
The Second Crusade began
The Christians are defeated in the Second Crusade. -
Jan 1, 1189
The Third Crusade began
This crusade ends in a truce. -
Jan 1, 1192
The first shogun came to power
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Period: Jan 1, 1192 to
The era of the samurai
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Jan 1, 1200
Incas First Settled in Cuzco
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Jun 1, 1215
Signing of the Magna Carta
Angry lords Forced the king to put his stamp on the Magna Carta. -
Period: Jan 1, 1240 to
The Empire of Mali
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Jan 1, 1250
Aztecs arrived in the Valley of Mexico
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Jan 1, 1258
The Mongols destroyed Baghdad
As the Mongol Empire grows, the city of Baghdad was attacked. -
Period: Jan 1, 1279 to Jan 1, 1368
The Mongols Dynasty
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Jan 1, 1300
The Mongol empire was weakened
The empire is badly weakened. -
Jan 1, 1300
The Renaissance began in Italy
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Jan 1, 1300
Humanism began in Italy
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Jan 1, 1312
Mansa Musa was the first Islamic leader
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Jan 1, 1325
Aztecs started building Tenochtitlan
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Period: Jan 1, 1337 to Jan 1, 1453
The Hundred Years’ War
The war begins after The English and The French claim each others land as their own, and ends after The French drive the English out of France. -
Jan 1, 1347
The Bubonic Plague begins in Europe
The Bubonic Plague came from China to Europe through fleas. -
Jan 1, 1350
Timbuktu became a center of Arabic learning
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Period: Jan 1, 1368 to
The Ming Dynasty
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Jan 1, 1400
The Inquisition took place
The church court starts. -
Period: Jan 1, 1400 to Jan 1, 1532
The Inca Empire
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Period: Jan 1, 1405 to Jan 1, 1433
Zheng He's voyages
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Period: Jan 1, 1428 to Jan 1, 1519
The Aztec Empire
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Jan 1, 1438
The Incas first settled in Cuzco
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Jan 1, 1438
The Incas began to create roads
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Jan 1, 1450
Johannes Gutenberg invented the printing press
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Period: Jan 1, 1460 to
The Empire of Songhai
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Jan 1, 1469
The Medici family began to rule Florence
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Jan 1, 1488
Bartolomeu Dias began to sail around the tip of Africa
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Jan 1, 1492
The Spanish conquered Granada
The sSpanish take the last bit of land in Spain from the Muslims. -
Jan 1, 1492
Isabella sent Christopher Columbus to find a sea route to Asia
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Jan 1, 1497
Vasco da Gama began to sail to India
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Jan 1, 1497
John Cabot landed in Canada
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Jan 1, 1500
Pedro Cabral began to sail to Brazil
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Jan 1, 1500
The microscope was invented
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Jan 1, 1504
Michelangelo completed his statue of David
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Jan 1, 1514
Copernicus stated that the earth revolves around the sun
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Jan 1, 1517
Martin Luther posted his Ninety-Five Theses
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Jan 1, 1519
Ferdinand Magellan began to sail around the world
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Jan 1, 1519
Hernan Cortes destroyed the Aztecs
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Jan 1, 1524
Giovanni da Verrazano landed in North America
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Jan 1, 1525
William Tyndale translated the Bible into English
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Jan 1, 1532
Francisso Pizzaro destroyed the Incas
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Jan 1, 1534
King Henry VIII created Anglicanism
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Jan 1, 1541
John Calvin created Calvinism
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Jan 1, 1543
Copernicus stated his theory of the heliocentric universe
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Jan 1, 1545
The Council of Trent was formed
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Galileo decided to build a telescope
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Henry Hudson began to try to find the Northwest Passage
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The Thirty Years’ War began
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Peace of Westphalia was signed
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Newton published a book about gravity
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Charlemagne’s Christian Empire begins
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Prince Shotoku came to power
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Tang Dynasty recorded a formula for gunpowder
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The Japanese invented kana
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Heian-kyo became the capital of Japan
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The Tang Dynasty
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Period: to
Buddhism religion expanded in the Tang Dynasty
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Period: to Jan 1, 1185
The Heian period
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Period: to Jan 1, 1500
Post-Classic Mayan Civilization