Period Three Timeline
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Updated: 5 Nov 2018
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Created byChris Lin
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622 CE
Rise of Islam (Year 1 of Muslims Calendar)661 CE
Umayyad Caliphate begins rule750 CE Ghana Gold and Salt Trade800 CE
Indian Ocean Trade settlements established in East Africa city-states (e.g. Kilwa, Mombasa, Great
Zimbabwe)900 CE
Viking discover Greenland1054 CE
Great Schism in Christian Church (Roman Catholic & Eastern Orthodox)1066 CE
Norman conquest of England1095 CE
The First Crusade1206 CE
Genghis Khan begins Mongol conquests1258 CE
Mongols sack Baghdad (end of Abbasid Dynasty)1271 CE
Marco Polo begins travel1279 CE
Yuan (Mongol) Dynasty begins rule in China1324 CE
Mansa Musa’s pilgrimage1325 CE
Travels of Ibn Battuta begin1347 CE
Bubonic plague in Europe1368 CE
Ming Dynasty begins rule1405 CE
Zheng He’s voyages begin1438 CE
The rise of the Inca Empire
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