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300
Camels were first brought to the Sahara
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300
Classic Mayan Civilization Began
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476
The Fall of Rome
The western part of Rome fell approximately in 476 C.E. However, the other part of Rome, Byzantium, survived until approximately 1453 C.E. Technically, Rome fell in 476 C.E. -
Period: 500 to Jan 1, 1453
The Byzantine Empire
The Byzantine Empire began in 500 C.E. and ended in 1453 C.E after the Ottoman Turks captured it. -
Period: 500 to Jan 1, 1203
The Ghana Empire
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552
Buddhism is introduced in Japan
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Jan 1, 604
The 17th Article Constituion
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Jan 1, 610
Muhammad became a prophet of Islam
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Jan 1, 651
The Official Edition of Qur'an was Written
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Jan 1, 700
Traders brought Islam to West Africa
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Jan 1, 710
Nara Becomes the Capital of Japan
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Jan 1, 750
Bookmaking Spread to the Qur'an
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Jan 1, 1000
Feudalism Begins
Feudalism began in about 1000 C.E, or the High Middle Ages. -
Jan 1, 1000
The Tale of Genji is Written
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Jan 1, 1050
Moveable Type was Invented in China
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Jan 1, 1054
Roman Catholic Church and Eastern Orthodox Church
The 2 churches finally split in 1054 C.E, after Cardinal Humert excommunicated Celarius, who responded by exocommunicating the cardinal. -
Jan 1, 1065
Song Dynasty began Civil Service Exams
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Jan 1, 1085
The Reconquista Begins in Toledo
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Jan 1, 1096
The First Crusade
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Jan 1, 1146
The Second Crusade
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Jan 1, 1189
The 3rd Crusade
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Jan 1, 1192
The First Shogun Comes to Power
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Period: Jan 1, 1192 to
The Era of the Samurai
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Jan 1, 1200
Aztecs Arrived in Valley fo Mexico
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Jan 1, 1200
The Incas First Settled in Cuzco
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Jun 1, 1215
Magna Carta
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Period: Jan 1, 1240 to
The Mali Empire
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Jan 1, 1258
The Mongols Destroyed Baghdad
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Period: Jan 1, 1279 to Jan 1, 1368
The Mongols Dynasty
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Jan 1, 1300
The Mongol Empire was Weakened
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Jan 1, 1300
Humanism Begins in Italy
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Jan 1, 1300
The Renaissance Begins 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
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Jan 1, 1347
The Bubonic Plague/ Black Death
The Bubonic Plague, a deadly disease supposedly began in Asia, where it then spread to India, the Near East, carried to Italy by ship, then finally reached Europe and England. -
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 Inquisistion
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Jan 1, 1405
Zheng He Made His First Voyage
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Jan 1, 1438
The Incas Began to Create Roads
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Jan 1, 1450
Johannes Gutenberg Invents the Printing Press
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Period: Jan 1, 1460 to
The Songhai Empire
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Jan 1, 1469
The Medicis 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
Isabella Sends Columbus to Find a Route to Asia
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Jan 1, 1492
The Spanish Conquered Granada
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Jan 1, 1497
John Cabot landed in Canada
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Jan 1, 1497
Vasco da Gama began to sail to India
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Jan 1, 1500
Post- Classic Mayan Civilization Ended
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Jan 1, 1500
Pedro Cabral began to sail to Brazil
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Jan 1, 1504
Michelangelo's David was Finished
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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 Posts His 95 Theses
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Jan 1, 1519
The Aztec Empire Ended
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Jan 1, 1519
Ferdinand Magellan began to sail around the world
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Jan 1, 1520
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
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Jan 1, 1532
The Inca Empire Ended
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Jan 1, 1532
Francisco Pizarro destroyed the Incas
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Jan 1, 1534
King Henry Found Anglicanism
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Jan 1, 1541
John Calvin Creates 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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Microscope was Invented
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Henry Hudson began to try to find the Northwest Passage
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Galileo decided to build a telescope
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The Thirty Year's War
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The Peace of Westphalia was Signed
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Newton published a book about gravity
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Charlemagne's Christian Empire
Charlemagne's Empire began in 768C.E. -
The Tang Dynasty Creates Gunpowder
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The Japanese Invent Kana
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Shotoku Comes to Power
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Heian Kyo Becomes Capital of Japan
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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
The Tang Dynasty
