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Period: 600 BCE to Dec 1, 1550
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18th century B.C.E
This was the time where Hammurabi code was used in Mesopotamia. This is one of the oldest perceived writing of a significant length in the world. This code contains 282 laws with punishments . -
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323 B.C.E
This was a time when Alexander the great was a king of the ancient Greek kingdom and a member of a agreed dynasty. He was undefeated in any battle and is one of the most successful military commanders in history. -
220 C.E
This was the end of the Han dynasty is officially ended in 220 his own family was pressuring him to disown his favor. The new emperor of the state was Cao Pi. -
32 C.E.
the beginnings of Christianity began with the Roman catholic and eastern orthodox and spread to Europe in the middle ages. This was one of the biggest religions .The Jerusalem church under james , the brother of Jesus was the mother church -
300 CE
The beginning of the Trans - Saharan trade route.This trade route was a major route in northern Africa and it cut through the Sahara desert. It established a land based trade which meant they didn't have to be dependent on weather in the ocean. This also was the first appearance of a camel being used in a trade route. -
333 CE
The roman empire moved to Constantinople in 333. The Byzantine Empire and its emperor Constantine the great moved the capital of the Roman Empire to the city of Byzantium in 330 CE. They named it Constantine , the great also legalized Christianity. -
632 CE
Rise of Islam . The pre-Islamic Arabs worshiped many deities . Among the gods they worshiped was Allah , acquired from monotheistic religions of Judaism and Christians. Mecca was the center of this religion with its kaba which is their temple. -
732 CE
The Battle of Tours was fought on October 10, 732 between forces under the Frankish leader Charles Martel and a massive invading Islamic army led by Emir Abdul Rahman Al Ghafiqi Abd al Rahman, near the city of Tours, France. The location of the battle was adjacent to the border between the Frankish kingdom and Aquitaine. -
1066 CE
The Norman conquest of England was the 11th-century invasion and situation of England by an army of Norman, Breton, and French soldiers led by Duke William II of Normandy, later titled as William the Conqueror. -
1095 CE
On November 27, 1095, Pope Urban II makes the most influential and significant speech of the Middle Ages, giving advance to the Crusades by calling all Christians in Europe to war against Muslims in order to reclaim the Holy Land. It ended in an resulting in the capture of Jerusalem in 1099. -
1258 CE
in 1258 the capture and sack of Baghdad and the Abbasid caliphate by the mongols forces and allied troops. The mongols were under command of hulagu Khan who wanted to extend his rule to Mesopotamia. They wanted Hulagu to attack Baghdad and they refused -
1271 - 1295 CE
Marco Polo was a Venetian merchant believed to have journeyed across Asia at the height of the Mongol Empire. He first set out at age 17 with his father and uncle, traveling overland along what later became known as the Silk Road. Upon reaching China, Marco Polo entered the court of powerful Mongol ruler Khubilai Khan, who dispatched him on trips to help administer the realm. Marco Polo remained abroad for 24 years. -
1324 CE
Mansa Musa, fourteenth century emperor of the Mali Empire, is the medieval African ruler most known to the world outside Africa. His pilgrimage to the Muslim holy city of Mecca in 1324 introduced him to rulers in the Middle East and in Europe. Mansa Musa’s pilgrimage boosted Islamic education in Mali by adding mosques, libraries, and universities. -
1453
The fall of Constantinople was the capture of the capital of the Byzantine empire by invading army of the ottoman empire in 1453 . The conquest of Constantinople followed a 53 day siege that had begun on April 6th. -
1488
Bartolomeu Dias, in full Bartolomeu Dias de Novais, Portuguese navigator and explorer who led the first European expedition to round the Cape of Good Hope , opening the sea route to Asia via the Atlantic and Indian oceans. He is considered to be one of the greatest of the Portuguese pioneers who explored the Atlantic during the 15th century. -
1492
This was a Spanish based expedition led by Christopher Columbus which resulted in discovering the Americas.Columbus was a navigator sailing for the Crown of Castile in search of a westward route to Asia, to access the sources of spices and other oriental goods.setting the stage for the European exploration and colonization of the Americas, ultimately leading to the Colombian Exchange. -
1502
The first recorded arrival in North America occurred 117 years earlier in 1502 when Juan de Córdoba sent several of his black slaves from Spain to Hispaniola.As the Native Americans enslaved by the Spanish died by the thousands from overwork and disease, more Africans were captured and shipped to replace them. -
1517
In 1517, the priest Martin Luther approaches the door of the Castle Church in Wittenberg, Germany, and nails a piece of paper to it containing the 95 revolutionary opinions that would begin the Protestant Reformation.In his theses, Luther condemned the excesses and corruption of the Roman Catholic Church, especially the papal practice of asking payment—called “indulgences”—for the forgiveness of sins. -
1521
The Spanish conquest of the Aztec Empire was one of the mot important events in the Spanish colonization of the Americas.The Spanish battle began in February 1519, and was declared victorious on August 13, 1521, when an alliance army of Spanish forces -
1540-1542
Francisco Coronado was the explorer who
Explored into the American Southwest. While they were exploring they could not find any gold .
