Unit 5 timeline

  • 960

    Song Dynasty Formed

    Song Dynasty Formed
    Song Dynasty is created by Emperor Taizu
  • 1000

    Inca civilization forms

    Inca civilization forms
    The inca civilization is formed in the highlands of peru
  • 1044

    Gunpowder invented

    Gunpowder invented
    The song dynasty creates gunpowder which leads to many advancements
  • 1070

    Paper Money

    Paper Money
    The song dynasty become the first to use paper currency which had a large impact on trade and the economy
  • 1185

    Kamakura Shogunate

    Kamakura Shogunate
    The kamakura shogunate is established, which is the start of the japanese feudal times
  • 1206

    Genghis Khan

    Genghis Khan
    Genghis Khan unifies the Mongols and begins to grow and expand his empire across Asia, and become of the largets empires ever
  • 1215

    Mongols take over Beijing

    Mongols take over Beijing
    the monogls capture Bejing, gaining control of northern china
  • 1250

    Rize of Aztecs

    Rize of Aztecs
    Aztecs come to life in the valley of mexico
  • 1274

    Mongol Invasions

    Mongol Invasions
    The mongols attempt to invade japan twice, both unsuccessful because of the samurais strength
  • 1275

    Song dynasty falls

    Song dynasty falls
    the song dynasty falls to the mongols
  • 1325

    Tenochtitlan

    Tenochtitlan
    the aztecs found tenochtilan, the center of the aztecs
  • 1368

    Ming dynasty

    Ming dynasty
    The Ming Dynasty overthrows the Yuan Dynasty, restoring Chinese rule
  • 1371

    Haijin policy

    Haijin policy
    The ming dynasty creates the haijin policy which restricts trade and other interactions with foreign civilizations which impacted the flow of resources
  • 1405

    Zheng He

    Zheng He
    Zheng He leads several expeditions across the Indian Ocean, expanding ming influence
  • 1427

    First emperor of the aztecs

    First emperor of the aztecs
    Itzcoatl becomes the first emperor of the aztecs after defeating neighboring groups and changing the political system
  • 1428

    Alliances

    Alliances
    aztecs for an aliance with the cities of Texcoco and Tlacopan
  • 1438

    Inca expansions

    Inca expansions
    Pachacuti Inca Yupanqui begins the expansion of the Inca Empire
  • 1449

    Ming emperor captured

    Ming emperor captured
    Mongols capture Emperor Yingzong
  • 1450

    Machu Picchu

    Machu Picchu
    Machu Picchu is construced by the incas
  • 1519

    Hernan Cortes

    Hernan Cortes
    Hernan Cortes, a spanish conquistador, comes to Mexico, leading to the fall of the aztecs