Timeline Assignment

Mayan City States

2600 BCE

The Classic Period, which began around A.D. 250, was the golden age of the Maya Empire. In Mayan city-states religion most gods represented a form in nature, the Mayans were known for their calendars and astronomical buildings which were used during their religious rituals. The maya developed a complex understanding of astronomy.

The Inquisition- 1478 AD

1478 BCE

he Inquisition was a group of institutions within the government system of the Catholic Church whose aim was to combat heresy. The church established a tribunal called the Inquisition to try persons accused of being heretics.

100 Years War End

1453 BCE

The succession of conflicts known as the Hundred Years War ended on October 19th, 1453, when Bordeaux surrendered, leaving Calais as the last English possession in France.

Aztec Empire

1428 BCE

the Aztecs were famous for their agriculture, cultivating all available land, introducing irrigation, draining swamps, and creating artificial islands in the lakes.

Voyages of Zheng He- 1405 AD

1405 BCE

the Chinese imperial eunuch Zheng He led seven ocean expeditions for the Ming emperor that are unmatched in world history. Zheng He was made commander of the Treasure Fleet and set sail for Calicut to purchase spices

Ming Dynasty- 1368 AD

1368 BCE

This movement was led by Zhu Yuanzhang, who took control of China and named himself Emperor Hongwu. The Ming’s most well known accomplishments which make them significant involve helping in the construction of the Great Wall of China.

Black Death Began Spreading

1345 BCE

The Black Death was one of the most devastating pandemics in human history, resulting in the deaths of an estimated 75 to 200 million people in Eurasia and peaking in Europe from 1346 to 1353.

100 Years War- 1337 AD

1337 BCE

The Hundred Years' War was a long struggle between England and France over succession to the French throne, it lasted from 1337 to 1453. War ended on October 19th, 1453, when Bordeaux surrendered, leaving Calais as the last English possession in France.

Tenochtitlán Established

1325 BCE

Was home to thousands of people. According to ancient accounts one of these Aztec groups, known as the Mexica, founded Tenochtitlán in 1325. Territory controlled by Tenochtitlán and its allies grew, and the city became the center of a new empire

High Middle Ages End

1300 BCE

The High Middle Ages were a time of tremendous growth in Europe. The foundations of Europe. Between about 900 to 1300, Europe experienced one of the longest periods of sustained growth in human history.

Pax Mongolica

1300 BCE

The resulting period of peace, international trade, and economic and cultural prosperity is known to historians as the Pax Mongolica, which translates to 'the Mongol Peace.

Yuan Dynasty

1279 BCE

Yuan dynasty, Wade-Giles romanization Yüan, also called Mongol dynasty, dynasty established by Mongol nomads that ruled portions and eventually all of China.

Parliament Established

1236 BCE

The first English Parliament was made in 1215, with the creation and the signing of the Magna Carta, which established the rights of barons--who were wealthy landowners--to serve as consultants to the king on governmental matters in his Great Council

Magna Carta

1215 BCE

Noblemen of the England in 1215 proposed a bill that would limit the king’s absolute power which would keep him from doing whatever he wanted. It was significant as it was the first time royal authority officially became subject to the law, instead of reigning above it

Mongol Empire

1206 BCE

The empire unified the nomadic Mongol and Turkic tribes of historical Mongolia under the leadership of Genghis Khan, who was proclaimed ruler of all Mongols in 1206. The empire grew rapidly under his rule and then under his descendants, who sent invasions in every direction.

Inca Empire First Appearance

1200 BCE

The Inca first appeared in what is today southeastern Peru during the 12th century A.D. The Inca Empire was the largest empire in pre-Columbian America, and perhaps the largest empire in the world during the early 16th century.

Beginning of Crusades

1095 BCE

The Crusades were a series of religious wars sanctioned by the Latin Church in the medieval period. The most commonly known Crusades are the campaigns in the Eastern Mediterranean aimed at recovering the Holy Land from Islamic rule.

William the Conqueror takes England

1066 BCE

William built a large fleet and invaded England in September 1066, decisively defeating and killing Harold at the Battle of Hastings on 14 October 1066. After further military efforts William was crowned king on Christmas Day 1066, in London.

Byzantine Empire

1056 BCE

The Byzantine Empire was certainly a Christian state. It was the first empire in the world to be founded not only on worldly power, but also on the authority of the Church.

Great Schism between Catholics and Eastern Orthodox

1054 BCE

Charlemagne's crowning made the Byzantine Emperor redundant, and relations between the East and the West deteriorated until a formal split occurred in 1054. This event was significant because the Eastern Church became the Greek Orthodox Church by severing all ties with Rome and the Roman Catholic Church

High Middle Ages

1000 BCE

The High Middle Ages were a time of tremendous growth in Europe. The foundations of Europe as it is known today were set.

Song Dynasty Begins

960 BCE

It was founded by Emperor Taizu of Song following his usurpation of the throne of Later Zhou, ending the Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms period. The Song government was the first in world history to issue banknotes or true paper money nationally and the first Chinese government to establish a permanent standing navy

Vikings Begin Invading

793 BCE

A wave of barbarian invaders came from the north in the form of the Vikings. The Vikings came from the countries we now call Sweden, Denmark, and Norway. Since the Vikings were not Christian, monasteries were favorite targets of these raiders for the loot that could be found within their walls

Abbasid take Baghdad

752 BCE

The Abbasid caliphate first centred its government in Kufa, but in 762 the caliph Al-Mansur founded the city of Baghdad, near the Sasanian capital city of Ctesiphon. The Abbasid period was marked by reliance on Persian bureaucrats (notably the Barmakid family) to govern the territories conquered by Arab

Muslim’s control Spain

711 BCE

In 711 Muslim forces invaded and in seven years conquered the Iberian peninsula. It became one of the great Muslim civilisations.

Ummyad Caliphate

661 BCE

Umayyad dynasty, also spelled Omayyad, the first great Muslim dynasty to rule the empire of the Caliphate. Muawiyah became Caliph after the First Muslim Civil War.

Death of Muhammad

632 BCE

It’s popular belief that Muhammad died due to the poisoning by a Muslim woman. He died in the evening of the twelfth of Rabi' al-Awwal at the age of sixty-three.

Middle Ages Begin

476

Europe between the fall of Rome in 476 CE and the beginning of the Renaissance in the 14th century.

Grand Canal Built

605

The Grand Canal is a series of waterways in eastern and northern China that link Hangzhou in Zhejiang province with Beijing. It was built to enable successive Chinese regimes to transport surplus grain from the agriculturally rich Yangtze (Chang) and Huai river valleys to feed the capital cities.

Muhammad’s 1st revelation

610

Muhammad's first revelation was an event described in Islam as taking place in 610 AD

Tang Dynasty

618

Chinese dynasty that succeeded the short-lived Sui dynasty, developed a successful form of government and administration on the Sui model, and stimulated a cultural and artistic flowering that amounted to a golden age.

The Hijrah

622

Hijrah has also been applied to the emigrations of the faithful to Ethiopia and of Muhammad’s followers to Medina before the capture of Mecca.

Sunni/Shia Split

632

A dispute over succession to Muhammad as a caliph of the Islamic community spread across the world. The Sunnis prevailed and chose a successor to be the first caliph.

Battle of Tours

732

Was over Muslim invaders from Spain. The battlefield cannot be exactly located, but it was fought somewhere between Tours and Poitiers, in what is now west-central France.

Abbasid Caliphate

750

he Abbasid Caliphate was the third of the Islamic caliphates to succeed the Islamic prophet Muhammad. They ruled as caliphs for most of their period from their capital in Baghdad in modern-day Iraq

Holy Roman Empire Begins

800

The Roman Catholic Church and the Pope also had decisive role in the politics of the Empire until its final days