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Period: Jan 1, 600 to Dec 31, 1450
Post Classical Era
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Jan 1, 615
Persecution of Muslims
the religious persecution inflicted upon the followers of the Islamic faith. -
Jan 1, 622
Founding of Islam
The founding of Islam was founded by Muhammad, him and his followers spread their religion. -
Jan 1, 627
Abu Sufyan's Siege
Meccan leader Abu Sufyan made siege to Muhammad's forces in Medina during the battle of the Trench. Even with 10,000 men he was unsuccessful for the 15 days he was there. -
Jan 1, 636
Battle of the River Yarmuk
The Battle of Yarmouk was a major battle between the army of the Byzantine Empire and the Muslim Arab forces of the Rashidun Caliphate. -
Jan 1, 650
The Quran
The sacred scriptures of Islam. -
Jan 1, 688
Withdrawal of Chinese military forces from Korea/Korean independence
Occurred as a result of consistent resistance against Chinese political control. An attempt by the Chinese to set up puppet regimes and convert Koreans to Chinese culture provoked sharp military resistance and forced the Chinese to instead establish a tributary relationship with an independent Korea. -
Jan 1, 730
Printing inventing in China
The history of printing in East Asia started with the use of woodblock printing on cloth during the Han dynasty in (206 BC-220 AD) -
Jan 1, 732
Battle of Tours
Started on October 10th, 732, the Franks won the battle and the Muslim leader Rahman was killed. Christianity remained as the main faith in Europe and Muslim conquests towards Europe were halted. Ended Muslim expansion into France. -
Apr 15, 750
Spread of Spain
Umayyad Caliphate princess escaped to Spain and there she got to understand their government and makes an alliance with them. -
Jan 1, 793
Vikings Raid in Europe
The Viking raids were very devastating to Northern Europe. The first raid occurred in the year 793 against the monastery of Lindisfarne on England's east coast. They raided Europe because they seeked slaves and wanted wealth. -
Jan 1, 825
Algebra Invented
Made by the Greek mathematician Diophantus -
Period: Jan 1, 830 to Dec 1, 1235
Ghana Empire
The empire grew rich from the trans-Saharan trade in gold and salt. This trade produced an increasing excess, allowing for larger urban centers. It also encouraged territorial expansion to gain control over the lucrative trade routes. -
Jan 1, 843
Treaty of Verdun
843 Treaty that ended power struggle of Charlemagne's 3 sons after his death and split Franks into 3 kingdoms. -
Jan 1, 850
First gunpowder used in China
It was first invented unintentionally by alchemists while attempting to make an elixir of immorality. It was a mixture of sulphur, saltpeter, and charcoal. At the end of the Tang Dynasty, gunpowder was being used in military affairs. -
Jan 1, 900
Decline of classical Maya
Some believe that by the ninth century the Maya had exhausted the environment around them to the point that it could no longer sustain a very large population. Other Maya scholars argue that constant warfare among competing city-states led the complicated military, family (by marriage) and trade alliances between them to break down, along with the traditional system of dynastic power. Though the decline is still unknown, and is just based off beliefs. -
Jan 1, 903
Huang Chao Rebellion
A rebellion that occurred during the Tang Dynasty, because the central powers were being took over. -
Jan 1, 1000
Arabs spread decimal system to Spain
The most common system for the symbolic representation of numbers in the world. It was invented between the 1st and 4th centuries by Indian mathematicians, then later adopted by Persian mathematicians. -
Jan 1, 1054
Great Schism in Christian Church
The event that precipitated the final separation between the Eastern Christian churches, led by the patriarch of Constantinople, Michael Cerularius and the Western Church, led by Pope Leo IX. -
Jan 1, 1066
Norman conquest of England
The military conquest of England led by William, duke of Normandy. The conquest was the final act of a complicated drama that had begun years earlier, in the reign of Edward the Confessor. -
Jan 1, 1071
Battle of Manzikert
The battle between the Byzantine Empire and Seljuk Turks (Muslims) in 1071, where the Byzantine lost. Commenced the fall of the Byzantium. -
Jan 1, 1095
1st Crusade
Called by Pope Urban II to help the Byzantines and to free the city of Jerusalem. -
Jan 1, 1192
Delhi Sultanate Founding
Established after Muhammad of Ghor defeated Prithvi Raj and captured Delhi in 1192. The first dynasty that was made was named the "Slave Dynasty" because the first leaders were slave soldiers. -
Jan 1, 1206
Chinggis Khan begins the Mongol conquests
Chinggis also known as Temujin, assembled the Mongols into one confederation, and began the expansion of the Mongols. -
Jan 1, 1238
Genghis and his establishments
Established the first pony express and postal system and gave tax breaks to teachers and clerics. -
Jan 1, 1258
Mongols sack Baghdad, end of Abbasid caliphate
Was sacked due to Genghis Khan's grandson, Mongke hoping to expand the Mongol rule into Syria and Egypt -
Period: Jan 1, 1271 to Dec 1, 1295
Marco Polo's travels
Also known as "Description of the World," first hand descriptions of the world between the Polar Sea to Java from Zanibar to Japan. -
Period: Jan 1, 1279 to Dec 1, 1368
Yuan (Mongol) Dynasty in China
Dynasty in China set up by the Mongols under the leadership of Kublai Khan, replaced the Song (1279-1368). Change to bureaucracy to the "best of best" get the job; tried to keep Chinese from having any political power, converted to Buddhism and tolerance of other cultures. -
Jan 1, 1300
Expansion of Ottoman Empire
Represented a new phase in the long encounter between Islam and Christendom -
Jan 1, 1324
Mansa Musa's pilgrimage/hajj
His pilgrimage to the Muslim holy city of Mecca in 1324 introduced him to rulers in the Middle East and in Europe. -
Jan 1, 1324
Timbuktu becomes an intellectual center
As Timbuktu reached its peak as a center of Islamic culture, thousands of scholars attended the three, main major universities that sparked intellectual thought. -
Period: Jan 1, 1325 to Dec 1, 1349
Travels of Ibn Battuta
Ibn Battuta started on his travels when he was 20 years old in 1325. His main reason to travel was to go on a Hajj, or a Pilgrimage to Mecca, as all good Muslims want to do. -
Jan 1, 1330
Collapse of Mongol rule in Persia in the Middle East
The Mongols did not leave Persia, instead, they converted into Persian lifestyles. -
Period: Jan 1, 1347 to Dec 31, 1348
Bubonic plague in Europe
About 1/3 of all Europe's population died, disease spread by rats, brought by sailors from Crimea (Kaffa), work shortage, wages for skilled laborers soared; aka "Black Death." -
Period: Jan 1, 1368 to
Ming Dynasty
The peasant uprising that removed the Mongols and the Yuan Dynasty from power was led by a man named Zhu Yuanzhang. -
Period: Jan 1, 1405 to Dec 1, 1433
Zheng He's 7 voyages
He visited Southeast Asia, the Arabian Peninsula, India, and the East Coast of Africa. Over the course of 28 years, they had restored China's diplomatic and trade relations, freed the oceans routes from Asia to India and Arabia of pirates, and established Chinese communities that exist today in many of the places they had visited. -
Jan 1, 1438
Rise of Inca Empire
Pachacuti became ruler of the Inca's and conquered more lands/people. The empire reach 2,500 miles and ruled 12 million people. -
Jan 1, 1450
Collapse of Byzantine Empire
The collapse of the Byzantine Empire was mainly caused by the frequent attacks of the Ottoman Turks and the political and economic instability played a key role.