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500 BCE
13.1, Africa, Africa Learns About Iron
In 500 AD, the West African people learn about iron and use it to make tools and weapons. -
Period: 500 BCE to 1550 BCE
Chapter 16, The Early Americas
The Early America’s wasn’t excactly about America. The people that lived there wern’t called Americans. Instead,the were the Mayans, the Aztecs, and the Inca’s. -
220
14.1, China, The Period of Disunion Begins
The Period of Disunion is the time after the Han Dynasty when China had no ruler and was disunified. It lasted from 220 to 589 AD. -
500
15.1, Japan, The First Empire
Before Japan became an empire, Japan was a number of clans. The clans got bigger by attacking other clans. One clan was so good at this that they became the first empire. They also believed that they were decendents of the sun goddess. -
Period: 500 to
Chapter 13, Early African Civilizations
The Early African Civilizations was a time when Africa was starting to become a colony. -
Period: 550 to
Chapter 12, The Islamic World
In this time span, I learned about the 5 Pillars of Islam and I learned more about Muhammad. -
570
12.1, The Islamic World, A New Religion
The Muslim religion was created by a man named Muhammad in around 570. -
Period: 600 to
Chapter 14- China
In this chapter, I learned more about the different dynasties that came together and ruled China after the Period of Disunion. -
610
12.2, The Islamic World, The Qur'an
The Qur’an is the holy book of Islam. It was written around, I think 610 C.E. -
618
14.3, China, Neo-Confussionism... Arise!
During the time close to the end of the Tang Dynasty, a new religion came about. It was Neo-Confussionism. A few scholars found out about Confussionisim and made the decision to make Neo-Confissionism. -
711
12.3, The Islamic World, the Beginning of an Emp
In 711 two armies (one from Arab and one from Berber) joined together and took over Spain and a bunch of other countries. They then decided to take over a country that is known as mordern day France only to be stopped by a Christian army. -
800
13.2, Ghana, Ghana Builds an Empire
Ghana had all power over the West African Trade because all trade went through his country. The better the trade, the greater his wealth. -
Period: 825 to
Chapter 15, Japan
Japan had an interesting background. From their geography to their empires, they had a lot of power for a small country. -
900
16.1, The Early Americas, Decline of Maya Civilization
In AD 900, Maya fell apart. -
1100
15.2, Japan, Zen Buddhism Arrives
Zen Buddhism came in the 1100s. This religion caught the eye of Japenise soldiers. When the soldiers gained more power, so did Zen Buddhism -
1192
15.3, Japan, The Shoguns come into Power.
The first shogun came from the clan called the Minamoto clan he took over the emperor’s place in 1192. -
1211
14.4, China, The Mongols Try to Invade
The Mongols tried to invade China and FAILED. -
1230
13.3, Mali, Sundiata Wins Back Mali
When Sundiata was a young, someone very bad ruled over his country. When he was older, he got an army together to through the bad guy down. Then he bacame the ruler over his own country. -
1270
14.2, China, Chinese Farming Advances
During the Song Dynasty, the ways the farmer farmed in China improved greatly. Farmers dug underground wells to transport water underground. -
1320
12.4, The Islamic World,
Ibn Battutah traveled to a few different countries and tried to calculate differences more accurately. -
1400
16.3, The Early Americas, The Inca's Creat an Empir
Pachacuti, an Incan ruler, was the first to expand Inca. By 1500, tons of other rulers had followed his example and had turned Inca into a huge empire. Inca, by that time had covered what is now Peru, Ecuador, and central Chile. -
1519
16.2, The Early Americas, Cortes Conquers the Aztecs
Hernan Cortes comes to Mexico and sees there riches so then decides to take over. -
Chapter 15 Modern Event -- Fashion
The Japanese wore many long layers of fabric that were very beautiful. Just like today, women in other cultures do the same thing. -
Chapter 13-- Modern Event-- Iron
Just like the African's used iron for tools and weapons back then, we do it now, too. -
Chapter 12-- The Islamic World-- Modern Event
In our time, the Five Pillars of Islam, the Muslim religion, and the Qur'an, still exist today. -
Chapter 14-- China-- Modern day event
China's art is a type of art that was and is still enjoyed by the people of China. Only in this timeline, it's enjoyed by the entire world. -
Chapter 16-- Modern Day Event -- The Calender
The Mayans had an interesting 260 day calendar. Today we also have a calendar but the only difference is our calendar has 360 days.