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300
Camels are first brought to the Sahara
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300
Classic Mayan Civilization began
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476
The Fall of Rome
Charlemagne moved the capitol of Rome to Constantinople and in 476 C.E., the last western Roman emporer was driven from his throne. -
Period: 500 to Jan 1, 1453
The Byzantine Empire
The Byzantine Empire began when Constantinople moved the capitol of Rome to Constantinople. It was home to 1 million people. It was more advanced than any other city in that time, boasting a sewer system and hospitals, homes for the elderly, and orphanages. The east empire and the west empire often fought over religious athority. -
Period: 500 to Jan 1, 1203
The Ghana Empire begins and ends
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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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Jan 1, 610
Muhammad becomes a prophet of Islam
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Jan 1, 651
The first official edition of the Qur’an was written
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Jan 1, 700
Traders bring 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 begins to spread the Qur’an
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Jan 1, 1000
Feudalism begins
Feudalism began when western Europe was thretened by Muslims, Magyars, and Vikings. People created feudalism to protect themselves. -
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
In 1054, after continuous disagreements between the Roman Catholic Church and Eastern Orthodox Church, the Patriarch of Constantinople wanted to reassert the Byzantine control of the church. He closed all churches with western rights. The pope excommunicated him and he excommunicated the cardinal bearing the message. -
Jan 1, 1065
Song Dynasty began civil service exams
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Jan 1, 1085
The Reconquista begins with Toledo
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Jan 1, 1096
The First Crusade begins
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Jan 1, 1146
The Second Crusade begins
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Jan 1, 1189
The Third Crusade begins
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Jan 1, 1192
The first shogun came to power
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Period: Jan 1, 1192 to
The era of the samurai began and ended
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Jan 1, 1200
The Incas first settled in Cuzco
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Jun 1, 1215
The signing of the Magna Carta
King John made powerful enemies and lost all the land. He also taxed the barons heavily. He quarreled with the church, and collected large amounts of money from it. In 1215, angry barons forced King John to sign the Magna Carta, restricting his power. -
Period: Jan 1, 1240 to
The Mali Empire begins and ends
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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
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Period: Jan 1, 1279 to Jan 1, 1368
The Mongol Dynasty began and ended
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Jan 1, 1300
The Mongol empire is weakened
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Jan 1, 1300
Humanism began in Italy
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Jan 1, 1300
The Renaissance began in Italy
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Jan 1, 1312
Mansa Musa becomes the first Islamic leader
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Jan 1, 1325
Aztecs started building Tenochtitlan
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Jan 1, 1337
The Hundred Years War begins
England and france fought a series of wars over the control of lands in France. The long conflict helped weaken feudalismin England and France. -
Jan 1, 1347
The Bubonic Plague begins in Europe
The Bubonic Plague spread from Central Asia through China, India, the Near East, and Europe. It killed off about a third of the population, 24 million Europeans. -
Jan 1, 1350
Timbuktu becomes a center of Arabic learning
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Period: Jan 1, 1368 to
The Ming Dynasty began and ended
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Jan 1, 1400
The Inquisition takes place
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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 invented the printing press
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Jan 1, 1453
The Hundred Years Ends
The Hundred Years War shifted power to monarchs and common people. During the war, both sides had collected taxes and raised professional armies, and now no longer rely on nobles to supply knights. Changes in military technology made the nobles' knights and castles less useful. -
Period: Jan 1, 1460 to
The Songhai Empire begins and ends
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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 conquer Granada
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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
Post-Classic Mayan Civilization ended
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Jan 1, 1500
The microscope was invented
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Jan 1, 1504
Michaelangelo completed David
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Jan 1, 1514
Copernicus stated that the Earth rotated around the Sun
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Jan 1, 1517
Martin Luther posted his 95 theses
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Jan 1, 1519
Ferdinand Magellan began to sail around the world
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Jan 1, 1519
The Aztec Empire ended
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Jan 1, 1521
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
The Inca Empire ended
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Jan 1, 1533
Francisco Pizarro destroyed the Incas
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Jan 1, 1534
King Henry 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 and ended
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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 Christian Empire lasted from 768 to 814 C.E. -
Buddhism religion expanded in the Tang Dynasty
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The Tang Dynasty recorded a formula for gunpowder
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The Japanese invented kana
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Prince Shotoku came to power
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Heian-kyo/Tokyo became the capital of Japan
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Period: to Jan 1, 1185
The Heian period began and ended
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Period: to
The Tang Dynasty began and ended
