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1453 BCE
Fall of the byzantine empire
The fall of the city removed what was once a powerful defense for Christian Europe against Muslim invasion, allowing for uninterrupted Ottoman expansion into eastern Europe. -
Period: 1350 BCE to 1527 BCE
The Italian Renaissance
Renaissance is a French word meaning “rebirth.” It refers to a period in European civilization that was marked by a revival of Classical learning and wisdom. -
1320 BCE
Dante finishes the divine comedy
The Divine Comedy is a fulcrum in Western history. It brings together literary and theological expression, pagan and Christian, that came before it while also containing the DNA of the modern world to come. -
Period: 1235 BCE to 1670 BCE
The Mali empire
Islam first came to West Africa as a slow and peaceful process, spread by Muslim traders and scholars. Muslims played a prominent role in the court as counselors and advisors. While the empire's founder, Sunjiata Keita, was not himself a Muslim, by 1300 Mali kings became Muslim. -
1215 BCE
Magna Carta Signed
It sought to prevent the king from exploiting his power, and placed limits of royal authority by establishing law as a power in itself. -
Period: 1096 BCE to 1291 BCE
The Crusades
The Crusades were a series of religious wars between Christians and Muslims started primarily to secure control of holy sites considered sacred by both groups. -
1066 BCE
The Battle of Hastings
The conquest saw the Norman elite replace that of the Anglo-Saxons and take over the country's lands, the Church was restructured, a new architecture was introduced in the form of motte and bailey castles and Romanesque cathedrals, -
Period: 793 BCE to 1066
The Viking Age
The economic model states that the Viking Age was the result of growing urbanism and trade throughout mainland Europe. -
Period: 768 BCE to 899 BCE
The Carolingian Renaissance
This was a period of increased cultural activity, including the rise of literacy, architecture, and scriptural studies -
Period: 622 BCE to 750 BCE
The spread of islam
Overview. Islam spread through military conquest, trade, pilgrimage, and missionaries. Arab Muslim forces conquered vast territories and built imperial structures over time. -
Period: 320 BCE to 543
The Gupta Empire
gupta had developed advancements in Science, Engineering, art, dialectics, laterature, logic, mathematics, astronomy, religion, and philosophy. -
Period: 1346 to 1353
The black death
The Black Death (also known as the Pestilence, the Great Mortality or the Plague) was a bubonic plague pandemic occurring in Western Eurasia and North Africa from 1346 to 1353. It is the most fatal pandemic recorded in human history, causing the deaths of 75–200 million people, peaking in Europe from 1347 to 1351 -
Dec 6, 1368
Mongol Empire
Mongol leader Genghis Khan (1162-1227) rose from humble beginnings to establish the largest land empire in history. After uniting the nomadic tribes of the Mongolian plateau, he conquered huge chunks of central Asia and China.