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300
The Classic Mayan Civilization Began
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300
Camels were first brought to the Sahara
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476
The Fall of Rome
After emperor Constantine moved his capital to the east, the western part of the Roman Empire fell to the invading Germanic Tribes. -
Period: 500 to Jan 1, 1453
The Byzantine Empire
The capital of the Byzantine was Constantinople. Constantinople was easy to defend because it was surrounded on three sides by water and becasue the citizens built a big wall surrounding Constantinople. It was also on many trading routes, and became a large trading hotspot. -
Period: 500 to Jan 1, 1203
The Rise and Fall of the Ghana Empire
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552
Buddhism is introduced to Japan
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Jan 1, 604
The 17th Article Constitution Began
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Jan 1, 610
Muhammad became a prophet of Islam
Muhammad went to a cave to pray. It was there where Angel Gabriel talked to him snd tell him the Islamic Teachings. -
Jan 1, 651
The official version 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 spread the Qur'an
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Jan 1, 1000
The Tale of Genji, the first novel, was written
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Jan 1, 1000
Feudalism Begins
During the High Middle Ages, Europeans had developed a system called feudalism.The Kings were at the bottom of the system, then came the lords, knights, and peasants. -
Jan 1, 1050
Movable Type was invented in China
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Jan 1, 1054
The Roman Catholic and Eastern Orthodox Churches Split
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Jan 1, 1065
Song Dynasty began civil service exams
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Jan 1, 1085
The Reconquista began with Toledo
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Jan 1, 1096
The First Crusade Begins
About 30,000 christian crusaders conquered Antioch and defeated Jerusalem. -
Jan 1, 1146
The Second Crusade Began
The Muslims started to band together yo fight the christians. The Muslims drove out the Christian Crusaders in various places. -
Jan 1, 1189
The Third Crusade
The Muslims were successful in this last crusade. they were able to sign a peace treaty with Ricahrd I and reclaim all of the crusader's cities. -
Jan 1, 1192
The first shogun came to power
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Period: Jan 1, 1192 to
The begining and end of the era of the samurai
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Jan 1, 1200
The Incas first settled in Cuzco
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Jun 1, 1215
Signing of the Magne Carta
Angry citizens took King John to the meadow called Runnymede, next to the River Thames, and forced him to sign the Magne Carta, or Great Charter. -
Period: Jan 1, 1240 to
The Begining of the End of the Empire of Mali
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Jan 1, 1250
Aztecs arrived in the Valley of Mexico
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Jan 1, 1258
The Mongols destroy 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 Renaissance began in Italy
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Jan 1, 1300
The Mongol Empire Was Weakened
After fighting among the rivals in the Mongol Empire, they became badly weakened. -
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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Period: Jan 1, 1337 to Jan 1, 1453
The Hundred Years War Begins/Ends
The English claimed many territories in France as their own "fiefs." The two countries fought for 116 years before the French Kings finally drove out the English. -
Jan 1, 1347
The Bubonic Plaque Begins in Europe
The deadly Bubonic plaque wiped out 24 million people of people who lived in Europe, nearly a third of its population. The plaque was spread by fleas on rats. -
Jan 1, 1350
Timbuktu became a center of Arabic Learning
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Period: Jan 1, 1368 to
The Ming Dynasty begins and ends
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Jan 1, 1400
The Inquisition took place
Queen Isabella and King Ferdinand decided to unite Spain as a Catholic country. So they used the church court to judge the Muslims and Jews that have conerted to christianity. -
Jan 1, 1405
Zheng He made his first voyage
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Period: Jan 1, 1438 to Jan 1, 1532
The Incas began and finished creating roads
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Jan 1, 1450
Johannes Gutenberg invents the printing press
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Period: Jan 1, 1460 to
The Begining and the End of the Songhai Empire
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Jan 1, 1469
The Medici family began to rule Florence
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Jan 1, 1487
Bartolomeu Dias began to sail around the tip of Africa
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Jan 1, 1492
The Spanish conquered Granada
The Muslims lose their grip on their last stronghold in Spain. -
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
Humanism began in Italy
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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, 1500
Post-Classic Mayan Civilization ended
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Jan 1, 1504
Michelangelo 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
Ferdinand Magellan began to sail around the world
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Jan 1, 1519
Hernan Cortes destroyed the Aztecs
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Jan 1, 1521
The Fall of the Aztec Empire
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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 Pizzaro 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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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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Peace of Westphalia was signed
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Newton published a book about gravity
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The Japanese Inventedthe Kana
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The Prince Shotoku Came to Power
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Tang Dynasty recorded formula for gunpowder
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Period: to Jan 1, 1185
The Heian Period Began and Ended
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Period: to
The Rise and Fall of Charlesmagne's Christian Empire
Charlesmagne had support from the Catholic Church, that sent the message that "God is on my side." After Charlemagne's death in 814, the inheritors of his empire could not defend it from hordes of new enemies. -
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Buddhism religion expanded in the Tang Dynasty
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Period: to
Prince Shotoku rukes Japan
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Period: to
The begining and end of the Tang Dynasty