Unit One Timeline

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  • 300

    Camels were first brought to the Sahara

  • 300

    Classic Mayan Civilization began

  • 476

    The Western half of Rome Falls

    The last emperor in the western half of Rome was driven out of his throne. Soon, the western half of Rome was seperated by different tribes.
  • 476

    The Fall of Rome

    The Byzantium Empire was the continuation of the Roman Empire. Constantinople was the Byzantium's new capital.
  • 500

    The Byzantine Empire Begins

    The emperor of Rome took his capital to Byzantium and left Rome.
  • 500

    The Ghana empire began

  • 552

    Buddhism was introduced to Japan

  • Jan 1, 604

    The Seventeen Article Constitution began

  • Jan 1, 610

    Muhammad became a prophet of Islam

  • Jan 1, 651

    The first official edition of the Qur’an was written

  • Jan 1, 700

    Traders brought Islam to West Africa

  • Jan 11, 710

    Nara became the capital of Japan

  • Jan 1, 750

    Bookmaking began to spread the Qur’an

  • Jan 1, 1000

    Feudalism Begins

    Feudalism was the economic and political system that developed in Europe during the Middle Ages.
  • Jan 1, 1000

    The Tale of Genji, the first novel, was written

  • Jan 1, 1050

    Moveable type was invented in China

  • Jan 1, 1054

    Roman Catholic and Eastern Orthodox churches split

    The patriarch of Constantinople wanted to reassert Byantine control of the church. He closed all churches that worshiped western rites. Pope Leo IX was mad and sent a cardinal to Constantinople. The cardinal later excommunicated the patriarch. The patriarch reponded by excommunicating the cardinal. The patriarch did not have the power to excommunicate the cardinal. But it showed that the slpit between the east and the west was complete.
  • Jan 1, 1065

    Song Dynasty began civil service exams

  • Jan 1, 1085

    The Reconquista began with Toledo

  • Jan 1, 1096

    The First Crusade began

    There were about 30 crusaders that fought in the first crusade. Four nobles lead the first crusade. The crusaders surrounded Jerusalem and the city surrendered. The Christians won.
  • Jan 1, 1146

    The Second Crusade began

    As the Muslims started to band together, they fought back more effectively. The captured Edessa. The crusade ended in a failure. An army from Germany was badly beaten.
  • Jan 1, 1185

    The Heian period ended

  • Jan 1, 1189

    The Third Crusade began

  • Jan 1, 1192

    The era of the samurai began

  • Jan 1, 1192

    The first shogun came to power

  • Jan 1, 1200

    The Incas first settled in Cuzco

  • Jan 1, 1203

    The Ghana empire ended

  • Jun 1, 1215

    The Signing of the Magna Carta

    The angry barons forced a meeting with King John. They insisted that King John put his seal to the Magna Carta. The carta was an agreement between the barons and the king. The barons agreed that the king could rule. The king agrred to observe common law and traditional rights of barons and the church.
  • Jan 1, 1240

    The Mali empire began

  • Jan 1, 1250

    Aztecs arrived in the Valley of Mexico

  • Jan 1, 1258

    The Mongols destroyed Baghdad

  • Jan 1, 1279

    The Mongols Dynasty began

  • Jan 1, 1300

    The Mongol empire was weakened

  • Jan 1, 1300

    Humanism began in Italy

  • Jan 1, 1300

    The Renaissance began in Italy

  • Jan 1, 1312

    Mansa Musa was the first Islamic leader

  • Jan 1, 1325

    Aztecs started building Tenochtitlan

  • Jan 1, 1337

    The Hundred Years' War Begins

    The Hundred Years' War was the war between England and France. The English Kings had long claimed lands in France as their own land. The French Kings disputed and a war broke out.
  • Jan 1, 1347

    The Bubonic Plague Started

    The bubonic plague was a dealdy disease that killed thousands of people. This disease began form Central Asia and spred throughout China, India, the Near East and Europe. People believe that this disease was carried by rats. The fleas bit the rats and got infected. Once the rats died, thn the fleas bit the humans and the humans got the bubonic plague.
  • Jan 1, 1350

    Timbuktu became a center of Arabic learning

  • Jan 1, 1368

    MIng Dynasty Begins

  • Jan 1, 1368

    The Mongols Dynasty ended

  • Nov 1, 1400

    The Inquisition took place

  • Jan 1, 1405

    Zheng He made his first voyage

  • Jan 1, 1438

    The Incas began to create roads

  • Jan 1, 1450

    Johannes Gutemburg invented the printing press

  • Jan 1, 1453

    The Hundred Years' War Ends

    In the beginning of the wars, the English had success and won the first couple of wars. The two countries had a long truce, but King Henry invaded France. But France ended driving the English out.
  • Jan 1, 1453

    The Fall of the Byzantium Empire

    The fall of the Byzantium Empire occured in 1453 when it was conquered by the Ottoman Turks.
  • Jan 1, 1460

    The Songhai empire began

  • Jan 1, 1469

    The Medici family began to rule Florence

  • Jan 1, 1488

    Bartolomeu Dias began to sail around the tip of Africa

  • Jan 1, 1492

    The Spanish conquered Granada

    In 1492, the city fell, and Muslims lost their last stronghold in Spain.
  • Jan 1, 1492

    Isabella set Christopher Columbus to find a sea route to Asia

  • Jan 1, 1497

    John Cabot landed in Canada

  • Jan 1, 1497

    Vasco da Gama began to sail to India

  • Jan 1, 1500

    Post-Classic Mayan Civilization ended

  • Jan 1, 1500

    Pedro Cabral began to sail to Brazil

  • Jan 1, 1500

    The microscope was invented

  • Jan 1, 1504

    Michelangelo completed his statue of David

  • Jan 1, 1514

    Copernicus stated that the earth revolves around the sun

  • Jan 1, 1517

    Martin Luther posted his Ninety-Five Theses

  • Jan 1, 1519

    The Aztec Empire ended

  • Jan 1, 1519

    Ferdinand Magellan began to sail around the world

  • Jan 1, 1520

    Hernan Cortes destroyed the Aztecs

  • Jan 1, 1524

    Giovanni da Verrazano landed in North America

  • Jan 1, 1525

    William Tyndale translated the Bible into English

  • Jan 1, 1532

    The Inca Empire ended

  • Jan 1, 1532

    Francisco Pizarro destroyed the Incas

  • Jan 1, 1534

    King Henry VIII created Anglicanism

  • Jan 1, 1541

    John Calvin created Calvinism

  • Jan 1, 1543

    Copernicus stated his theory of the heliocentric universe

  • Jan 1, 1545

    The Council of Trent was formed

  • The Songhai empire ended

  • Henry Hudson began to try to find the Northwest Passage

  • Galileo decided to build a telescope

  • The Mali empire ended

  • The Thirty Years’ War began

  • Ming Dynasty Ends

  • The Thirty Years’ War ended

  • Peace of Westphalia was signed

  • Newton published a book about gravity

  • The era of the samurai ended

  • Tang Dynasty Begins

  • Tang Dynasty Ends

  • Buddhism religion expanded in the Tang Dynasty

  • The Japanese invented kana

  • Prince Shotoku came to power

  • The Heian period began

  • Charlemagne’s Christian Empire begins

    The most important ruler of the Franks was Charlemagne. Charlemagne was an extraordinary king that ruled for over 40 years. Charlemagne built his own empire with the help of a pope. He also unified nearly all the Christian lands of Europe into a single empire.

  • Tang Dynasty records a formula for Gunpowder

  • Heian-kyo became the capital of Japan