The Medival World and Beyond period 4 LopezI

By chococat
  • 300

    Camels were first brought to the Sahara

  • 300

    Classic Mayan Civilization began

  • 476

    The Fall of Rome

    The Fall of Rome ocuuered for many reasons like; Political instability, Economic and social problems, and a weakening frontier.
  • 500

    The Byzantine Empire begins

    It combined two continents Europe and Asia.
  • 500

    The Ghana empire began

  • 552

    Buddhism was introduced to Japan

  • Jan 1, 604

    The Seventeen Article Constitution began

  • Jan 1, 610

    Muhammad became a 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

    The feudal system provided people with protection and safety by establishing a stable social order.
  • 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

    This happened when the pope excommunicated the partiarch and the partiarch excommunicated the cardinal that was sent to do it.
  • Jan 1, 1065

    Song dynasty began civil service exams

  • Jan 1, 1085

    The Reconquista began with Toledo

  • Jan 1, 1096

    The First Crusade began

  • Jan 1, 1146

    The Second Crusade began

  • Jan 1, 1185

    The Heian period ended

  • Jan 1, 1189

    The Third Crusade began

  • 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 ended

  • Jun 1, 1215

    The signing of the Magna Carta

    The Charter was an agreement bettween the barons and the king.
  • Jan 1, 1240

    The Mali empire began

  • Jan 1, 1250

    Aztecs arrived in the Valley of Mexico

  • Jan 1, 1258

    The Mongols destroyed Baghdad

  • Jan 1, 1279

    The Mongols Dynasty began

  • Jan 1, 1300

    The Mongol empire was weakened

  • Jan 1, 1312

    Mansa Musa was the first Islamic leader

  • Jan 1, 1325

    Aztecs started building Tenochtitlan

  • Jan 1, 1337

    The Hundred Years’ War begins

    When Philip VI of France declared the French fiefs of England's King Edward III were part of his own realm, war broke out in France.
  • Jan 1, 1341

    Humanism began in Italy

  • Jan 1, 1347

    The Bubonic Plague begins in Europe

    This plague killed many across Asia and Europe.
  • Jan 1, 1350

    Timbuktu became a center of Arabic learning

  • Jan 1, 1350

    The Renaissance began in Italy

  • Jan 1, 1368

    The Ming Dynasty began

  • Jan 1, 1368

    The Mongols Dynasty ended

  • 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, 1453

    The Byzantine Empire ends

    It ended when it was conquered by the Ottoman Turks.
  • Jan 1, 1453

    The Hundred Years’ War ends

    The war contributed to the decline of feudalism by helping shift power away from feudal lords to monarchs and common people.
  • 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 conquered Granada

  • Jan 1, 1492

    Isabella sent Christopher Columbus to find a sea route to Asia

  • 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

    Copernicus stated his theory of the heliocentric universe

  • Jan 1, 1504

    Michelangelo completed his statue of David

  • Jan 1, 1514

    Copernicus stated that the earth revolves around the sun

  • Jan 1, 1517

    Martin Luther posted his Ninety-Five Theses

  • Jan 1, 1519

    The Aztec Empire ended

  • 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, 1533

    Francisco Pizarro destroyed the Incas

  • Jan 1, 1534

    King Henry VIII created Anglicanism

  • Jan 1, 1540

    Johannes Gutenberg invented the printing press

  • Jan 1, 1541

    John Calvin created Calvinism

  • Jan 1, 1545

    The Council of Trent was formed

  • The microscope was invented

  • The Soghai empire ended

  • Galileo decided to build a telescope

  • Henry Hudson began to try to find the Northwest Passage

  • The Mali empire ended

  • The Thirty Years’ War began

  • The Ming Dynasty ended

  • The Thirty Years’ War ended

  • Peace of Westphalia was signed

  • Newton published a book about gravity

  • The era of the samurai ended

  • Charlemagne’s Christian Empire

    He unifed nearly all of the Christian lands into one empire.

  • The Tang Dynasty began

  • The Tang Dynasty ended

  • 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