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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
Fall of rome
Fall of the western portion of Rome. A so-called barbarian named Odoacer deposed of the final western Roman emporer. The eastern part of Rome continued on though. -
500
The Byzantine Empire begins
The Byzantine Empire began in 500 A.D. This was the Eastern portion of the Roman Empire, but it was known as the Byzantine Empire. -
500
The Ghana empire began
The Ghana empire began sometime before 500 C.E. -
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 prophet
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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 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
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Jan 1, 1000
Feudalism is born in Europe.
Nobody really knows when feudalism was founded, but it flourished from the 9th century, to the 15th century. -
Jan 1, 1000
The Tale of Genji 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 AD, the Roman Catholic and Eastern Orthodox churches split apart, because of a conflict. -
Jan 1, 1065
Song Dynasty began civil service exams
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Jan 1, 1085
The Reconquista began in Toledo
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Jan 1, 1096
The First Crusade begins
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Jan 1, 1146
The Second Crusade began
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Jan 1, 1185
The Heian period ended
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Jan 1, 1189
The Third Crusade began
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Jan 1, 1192
The era of the samurai began
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Jan 1, 1192
The first shogun came to power
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Jan 1, 1200
The Incas first settled in Cuzco
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Jan 1, 1203
The Ghana empire ended
The Ghana Empire ended sometime in the 1200s. -
Jun 1, 1215
Signing of the Magna Carta
The Magna Carta was a document created by the most powerful barons in England. This limited the king's power, but let him continue to rule. -
Jan 1, 1240
The Mali empire began
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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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Jan 1, 1279
The Mongols Dynasty began
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Jan 1, 1300
The Mongoul Empire was greatly 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 was 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
The Hundred Years war begins, when King Edward III declared himself as the King of France. This obviously enraged the French, and as a result, the war began. -
Jan 1, 1347
The Bubonic Plague strikes Europe.
The Bubonic Plague struck Europe in 1331, and struck fear into everyone. It was created by fleas, and was transported by them when fleas carried bacteria, so that when fleas bit humans or rats, the humans or rats would be infected. -
Jan 1, 1350
Timbuktu became a center of Arabic learning
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Jan 1, 1368
The Ming Dynasty Began
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Jan 1, 1368
The Mongols Dynasty ended
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Jan 1, 1400
The Inquisition took 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 Byzantine Empire falls
The Byzantine Empire fell in 1453 when The Ottomans ransacked the city, and destroyed it. -
Jan 1, 1453
The Hundred Years War ends
The Hundred Years War ended when The French won The Battle of Castillon in 1453. -
Jan 1, 1460
The Songhai empire began
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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
Isabella sent Christopher Columbus to find a sea route to Asia
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Jan 1, 1492
The Spanish conquered Granada
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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
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, 1500
The microscope was invented
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Jan 1, 1504
Michelanglo 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
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, 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, 1532
Francisco Pizarro 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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The Songhai empire ended
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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 Mali empire ended
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The Thirty Year's War began
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The Ming Dynasty ended
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Peace of Westphalia was signed
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The Thirty Year's War ended
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Newton published a book about gravity
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The era of the samurai ended
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Charlemagne’s Christian Empire begins
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The Tang Dynasty began
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The Tang Dynasty ended
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The Tang Dynasty recorded a formula for gunpowder
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Buddhism religion expanded in the Tang Dynasty
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Prince Shotoku came to power
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Heian-kyo became the capital of Japan
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The Heian period began
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The Japanese invented kana