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The Silk Road
From the second century BC to the end of the fourteenth century AD, a great trade route was made going from Chang'an (now Xian) in the east and ended at the Mediterranean in the west, linking China with the Roman Empire. Because silk was a major product that travelled on this road. In 1877 it was named The Silk Road. The Silk brought people far across Asia and Europe, and bring different aspects of their culture with them. -
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Introduction of Buddhism into Japan
It took several for Buddhism to travel from India to Japan but when it did it flourished and had an enormous impact on the Japanese civilization. In the centuries that followed, Buddhism in Japan developed strongly. During the 7th through 9th centuries Buddhism in China enjoyed a "golden age," and Chinese monks brought the newest developments in practice and scholarship to Japan. -
Oct 14, 1066
Battle of hastings
The battle of Hastings occurred on the 14th of October 1066, at the location of Senlac Hill, East Sussex, England. The battle was caused when King Edward died. Much earlier, when King Edward was alive, William of Normandy was told that he would be the next king of England. Edward then changed his mind before he died, and renamed Harold as the next King. The effect changed their values, language, and lifestyle, as well as governing style changed increasingly. The Normans won. -
Jun 19, 1155
Genghis Khan
Genghis Khan was born in Mongolia in 1155, at the age of 20 he had already began building his own large army. With his army he had an ambition to destroy individual tribes in Northeast Asia and bound them under his rule, and he succeeded. He would conquer all and thousands upon thousands of his enemies would surrender because of fear rather than having to endure his attacks. Genghis eventually ruled from the yellow sea in the east to the Caspian Sea in the west. -
Jun 19, 1192
Shogunate Yoritomomo
Yoritomo was awarded the title of Sei-i Taishōgun by the emperor and the political system he developed with a succession of shogun, at the head became known as a shogunate. -
Jun 19, 1257
Ottoman Empire Begins
This marks the beginning of what will be the greatest empire during the 13th century. The first sultan was Osman who created this enormous and powerful empire. The Ottoman Empire was the one of the largest and longest lasting Empires in history. It was an empire inspired and continued by Islam, and Islamic institutions. -
Jun 19, 1337
Hundred Years war
Starting in 1337, and lasting till 1453, the Hundred years war was a series of Battles between England and France. in this war, Joan of Arc helped the France defeat england. The Battle also lead to the development of technoogy with new seige engines and the use of the Longbow as an English weapon. -
Jun 17, 1348
The first outburst of the Black Plague
The Black Death originated in Central Asia in the mid 13 Hundreds. It first appeared on a Chinese solider who trading equipment throughout Europe. From that day the plague swept across Europe leaving havoc among the society. It spread rapidly through Africa, and throughout Europe. -
Jun 18, 1348
The Black Death reaches England
The Black Death reached England in the summer of 1348 and made its to London a few months later. By late summer the plague ad made the leap across the Irish Sea and spread across Ireland. Rumours of a terrible plague sweeping like wildfire across Europe had been rumbling for some time, and when it hit England no one knew what hit them. The plague killed 1.5 million in England alone and left devastating effects. -
Apr 5, 1349
The Black Death : Jews blamed for the plague
People started to turn on others during in the pandemic, but in particular the societies turned on the Jews. People blamed them for the disease accusing them of poising the wells. As a result of this Christians everywhere in Europe went on a murderous rampage burning the Jews alive wherever the found them. From 1349 until about 1390, the Jewish communities of France, Germany and England almost disappeared completely. In 1350 Frankfurt had over 19,000 Jews by 1400 there was only 10 Jews left. -
Jun 1, 1351
The end for the Black Plague
Like most diseses the black death just burned out, it ran out of people to infect and just stopped. This was good news for people all over Europe but the plague caused a devostating aftermath. It took out half the world’s population and caused mass destruction all over Europe and its neighbouring countries. An estimate of around four million people were wiped out during the pandemic. Mass graves were dug so they could fit all the bodies in. -
Jun 18, 1381
Peasants Revolt
The peasants who survived the Black Death believed that God had spared them. They took the opportunity offered by the disease to improve their lifestyles. They demanded higher wages knowing the lord was desperate to get his harvest. The government faced the prospect of peasants leaving their villages to find better ‘deals’ from a lord. This upset the Feudal System which had been introduced to tie peasants to the land. This movement was encouraged by the lords who benefitted from the Feudal Syste -
Jun 19, 1453
The fall of Constantinople
The Ottomans finally conquer Constantinople after almost a two month long siege. The Ottomans used cannons to break down the walls of the city. Mehmed II had the top military minds employed for him, and the Ottomans succeeded in taking the city as there. Constantinople had never been conquered before 1453. Mehmed II is given the nickname of "the conqueror" for his accomplishment. The city eventually becomes the Ottoman Empire's capital, and is now called Istanbul. -
Jun 19, 1455
War of the Roses
The War of the Roses was a series of civil war fought in Medeval England from 1455 to 1487. The name of the war was chose based on the badges used by the two sides.The red rose for the Lancastrians and the white rose for the Yorkists. -
Christianity outlawed in Japan.
In 1543 Portuguese ships reached the shores of japan. The Portuguese introduced Christianity to the Japanese, but a while after it was outlawed. This was because the Tokugawa leyasu shogun viewed converts as a threat to their authority and in this case they restricted foreigners from entering japan. But they allowed some to maintain a small trading outpost in Nagasaki. The Christian converts were furious about this and in 1616 they retaliated by going fighting against the Tokugawa leyasu. -
Nagasaki Naval training centre
The Tokuawa Bakufu built the Nagasaki Naval training centre in 1855. This was not only place where samurai were trained but also local domain students who wanted to become a samurai warrior could train as well. The students gradually overcame language and other barriers and learned various modern naval skills and marine technology and organization. -
Court nobles demanded the Shogun Tokugawa resign
The three powerful Tozama Daimyo from Western Japan and some disconnected court nobles demanded that the shogun Tokugawa resign. Tokugawa Yoshinobu succumbed to this pressure. He renounced his position as shogun and refused to nominate a successor. -
KIng Chalemagne
King Charlemagne was one of the most successful monarchs in history, he started ruling in 769 CE. One of the most important things Charlemagne did was creating a government, he ruled his empire by using local officials called counts to help him out. Each count was responsible for solving problems in their area. He embarked on a mission to unite all Germanic peoples into one kingdom, and convert his subjects to Christianity, and that’s just what he did. -
Viking Invasions
The Vikings were from Scandinavia, Norway, Sweden and Denmark, where the climate and weather conditions were harsh and they couldn’t grow crops as well as others places. They came in small groups on Longboats which could be used for surprise attacks. The Vikings would terrorize and defeat local armies in Ireland, Scotland and Conquered Half of England, and moved on to other European Countries and attacked along the coast. -
Otto The Great
Otto the Great was the first Holy Roman Emperor since Charlemagne. He united the German Reich and made major developments for irreligious influence in papal politics. His time in power is generally considered to be the true beginning of the Holy Roman Empire.
