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Plague of Justinian in the Byzantine empire, 6th century CE.
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First known sub-saharan west african kingdom.
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Also known as the Plague of Justinian, named after the emporer Justinian, who was reigning at the time. Justinian contracted it, and survived after extensive care. 50 million people died from the plague, after it was spread through trade to the East Roman Empire, and eventually other mediterranean port cities.
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Lifetime of the muslim prohpet muhammad. In his lifetime, he established Islam, took Mecca and treated it as a holy site, and married 10 wives.
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Mu'awyia, the caliph, passed the position down to his son, establishing the Umayyad Dynasty. In 750, it was overthrown by the descendants of Muhammed's uncle, who established the Abbasid Dynasty.
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Nara was the former capital of Japan from 710 to 784 CE. It reached it's zenith with 7000 bureaucrats.
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Seljuk Turks invade Anatolia and Syria. By 1055, they invade and take control of Baghdad
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Constantinople Patriarchs challenged the jurisdiction of popes, leading to arguments that caused the schism between the Latin and Orthodox Church.
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The Normans, under William the Conquerer. The Normans conquered England, and took it from the Anglo-Saxons
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Jerusalem was captured from the muslim peoples. The crusader states of the Kingdom of Jerusalem, County of Tripoli, the Principality of Antioch, and the County of Edessa.
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Jerusalem was captured from the muslim peoples. The crusader states of the Kingdom of Jerusalem, County of Tripoli, the Principality of Antioch, and the County of Edessa.
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Huge amounts of wealth in Gold, Ivory, and Salt. Mansa Musa, the most famous leader of the Mali Empire, spread the reputation of the empire's wealth.
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The Fourth Crusade, which lasted from 1202 CE to 1204 CE, was the crusade in which Constantinople was sacked. The original mission was to capture the muslim controlled Jerusalem. Unlike the previous crusades, the armies were mostly seaborne, and did not travel overland.
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Also know as Genghis Khan, Chinggis Khan created a massive Mongol Empire, and expanded it until his death in 1227.
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The Sultante of Delhi was five dynasties, and fell when it was invaded by Timur, or Tamerlane.
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A city, now in ruins, that was a large trade center and the capital of a large state. It's in modern day Zimbabwe. Many stone structures are found there.
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Marco Polo is a famous Venetian merchant. He wrote a famous account of his journey to China.
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Established by Genghis Khan's grandson. Beijing is the capital of the Yuan Empire. It was a state ruled by Mongols, after the Mongolian military conquered China in the 1230s.
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1271-1368 Mongols invaded and conquered China, establishing the Yuan Dynasty.
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Tamerlane, with a large empire in central asia, aspired to become the next ghengis khan.
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Spread the reputation of the Mali Empire far and wide. He made a pilgrimage to mecca, and showed off his enormous wealth in gold, ivory, and salt.
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The Hundred Years' War was precipitated by a dispute between two heirs to the french throne. It's an umbrella term for a series of conflicts between the Kingdom of England the Kingdom of France between 1337 CE and 1453 CE for the french throne. The King of England owned french lands, and did not pay his rightful tribute, and supported the current king's opposition, which helped to start the war.
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Hongwu, upset by famine and disease he blamed on the mongols, established the Ming Empire with a capital in the south (Nanjing.)
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Ibn Buttatu was a moroccan explorer who documented his experiences in the book, 'Journey'.
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Mongols controlled the land routes, such as the Silk Road. Naval Expeditions by Zheng He were for trade routes by sea.
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A vast imperial state was developed in over a hundred years, and collapsed on the eve of european exploration.
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The Ottoman Empire felled Constantinople and the Byzantium empire in 1453.
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The Kingdom of Angkor was established by King Jayavarman II in 802, in modern day Cambodia.
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The Abbasid Caliphate was the third caliphate to succeed the rule of the prohet Muhammed. The golden age of islam occured during the Abbasid Caliphate.
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King of the Franks from 768-814, emporer from 800-814.
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Silla Rule of 400 years in the Korean Peninsula. SIlla was backed by the Tang dynasty, and mimicked their form of government. When the Tang dynasty collapsed, the Silla Kingdom fell as well.
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Central and Southen chinese empire. Many advances in technology, medicine, astronomy, and mathematics.
