Landmarks in the Era of Accelerating Connections, 500–1500
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Updated: 26 Sep 2018
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Seventeen Article
Constitution
in JapanWithdrawal of
Chinese military
forces from KoreaSuppression
of Buddhism
in ChinaFirst printed
book in ChinaVietnam establishes
independence
from ChinaGunpowder invented in ChinaTale of Genji (Japan)Quran compiledEmergence of
Shia IslamCrusaders seize
JerusalemDelhi Sultanate
in IndiaMongols sack
BaghdadOttoman Empire
conquers ConstantinopleMughal Empire
established in
IndiaEnd of western
Roman EmpireCharlemagne crowned as
new “Roman emperor”Conversion
of Kievan
Rus to
ChristianityLaunching of
First CrusadePolo goes to
ChinaTurks capture
ConstantinopleColumbus crosses
the AtlanticCompletion of
Bantu migrationsMansa Musa makes pilgrimage to MeccaFlourishing
of TeotihuacánCollapse of
Maya civilizationIroquois
confederation establishedAztec Empire
establishedInca Empire
establishedArrival
of Columbus in
the CaribbeanSpanish conquest
of Aztecs and
IncasPeriods
Sui dynasty;
reunification of ChinaSong dynasty ChinaMongol rule
in ChinaMing dynasty maritime
expeditions in the Indian OceanCivil war in JapanLife of
MuhammadHigh point
of Abbasid dynastyEmergence of SufismReign of
Abd al-Rahman III
in SpainIbn Battuta’s travelsJustinian rules
Byzantine EmpireIconoclasm in ByzantiumNew monarchies in Western EuropeBlack Death in
EuropePortuguese voyages
along West African coastBeginnings of
trans-Saharan tradeIntroduction of Islam and
Arab culture in North AfricaAfrican slave
rebellion
in IraqKings of Ghana
convert to IslamFlourishing of Swahili civilizationChristian kingdom of EthiopiaKingdom of ZimbabweKingdom of KongoSonghay EmpireAnasazi culture, Ancestral PuebloCahokiaFlourishing
of Toltec
civilizationChucuito and Chimu kingdoms in the Andes
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