Timeline CA 700-1500 Previous | Next Africa and the Middle East The Americas East Asia India and Southeast Asia Europe 700 Ethiopian Christianity Abbasid Dynasty, 750-1258; Islamic capital moved to Baghdad Decline of Ethiopia, ca 9th century Kingdom of Ghana, ca 900-1100 Mahmud of Ghanza, 998-1030 "Time of Troubles" in Mesoamerica, 800-1000 Toltec Empire Taika Reform Edict in Japan, 655 Nara era, creation of Japan's first capital, 710-784 Heian era in Japan, 794-1185; literary flowering Era of the Five Dynasties in China, 907-960; warfare, revolt Song Dynasty, 960-1279 Khmer Empire (Kampuchea) founded, 802 Charles the Great (Charlemagne), 768-814 Invasions of Carolingian Empire, 9th-10th centuries 1000 Islam penetrates sub-Saharan Africa, ca 11th century Kingdom of Benin, ca 1100-1897 Kingdom of Mali, middle Niger region, ca 1200-1450 Mongol invasion of Middle East, ca 1220 Inca civilization in South America, ca 1000-1500 Aztecs arrive in Valley of Mexico, ca 1325 Vietnam gains independence from China, ca 1000 China divided between empires of Song (south) and Jin (north), 1127 Kamakura Shogunate, 1185-1333 Mongol conquest of China, 1215-1368 Construction of Angkor Wat, ca 1100-1150 Muslim conquerors end Buddhism in India, 1192 Peak of Khmer Empire in southeast Asia, ca 1200 Turkish sultanate at Delhi, 1206-1526; Indian culture divided into Hindu and Muslim Yaroslav the Wise, 1019-1054; peak of Kievan Russia Schism between Latin and Greek churches, 1054 Norman conquest of England, 1066 The Crusades, 1096-1270 Growth of trade and towns, 12th-13th centuries Frederick Barbarossa invades Italy, 1154-1158 1200 Kingdom of Mali, ca 1200-1450 Mongols conquer Baghdad, 1258; fall of Abbasid Dynasty Maya civilization in Central America, ca 300-1500 Inca civilization in South America, ca 1000-1500 Toltec hegemony, ca 1000-1300 Kamakura Shogunate, 1185-1333 Unsuccessful Mongol invasions of Japan, 1274, 1281 Yuan (Mongol) Dynasty, 1279-1368 Peak of Khmer Empire in southeast Asia, ca 1200 Turkish sultanate at Delhi, 1206-1526; Indian culture divided into Hindu and Muslim Magna Carta, 1215 Thomas Aquinas, Summa Theologica, 1253 Prince Alexander Nevsky recognizes Mongol overlordship of Moscow, 1252 1300 Rise of Yoruba states, West Africa, ca 1300 Height of Swahili (East African) city-states, ca 1300-1500 Mansa Musa rules Mali, 1312-1337 Travels of Ibn Batuta Tenochtitlan (Mexico City) founded by Aztecs, 1325 Marco Polo arrives at Kublai Khan's court, ca 1275 Ashikaga Shogunate, 1336-1408 Hung Wu drives Mongols from China, 1368; founds Ming Dynasty, 1368-1644 Mongol chieftain Timur the Lame (Tamerlame) conquers Punjab, 1398 Hundred Years' War, 1337-1453 Bubonic plague, 1347-1700 Ottoman Empire invades Europe, 1356 Peasants' Revolt in England, 1381 1400 Zara Yakob rules Ethiopia, 1434-1468 Arrival of Portugese in Benin, ca 1440 Songhay Empire, West Africa, ca 1450-1591 Atlantic slave trade, ca 1450-1850 Ottoman Empire, 1453-1918 Vasco da Gama arrives on East African coast, 1498 Height of Inca Empire, 1438-1493 Reign of Montezuma I, 1440-1468; height of Aztec culture Columbus reaches the Americas, 1492 Early Ming policy encourages foreign trade, ca 15th century Ming maritime expeditions to India, Middle East, Africa, 1405-1433 Sultan Mehmed II, 1451-1481 Pash Sinon, Ottoman Architect, 1491-1588 Vasco da Gama reaches India, 1498 Beginnings of representative government, ca 1350-1500 Italian Renaissance, ca 1400-1530 Voyages of discovery, ca 1450-1600 Ottomans capture Constantinople, 1453; end of Byzantine Empire War of the Roses in England, 1455-1485 Reconquest of Spain completed, 1492 1500 Portugal dominates East Africa, ca 1500-1650 Safavid Empire in Persia, 1501-1722 Ottoman conquest of Middle East Peak of Ottoman Power under Suleiman the Magnificent, 1520-1566 Height of Kanem-Bornu under Idris Alooma, 1571-1603 Portuguese found Angola, 1571 Battle of Lepanto, 1571 South American holocaust, ca 1500-1600 First African slaves, ca 1510 Cortes arrives in Mexico, 1519; Aztec Empire falls, 1521 Pizarro reaches Peru, 1531; conquers Incas Spanish conquer the Philippines, 1571 Portuguese trade monopoly in East Asia, ca 16th century Christian missionaries active in China and Japan, ca 1550-1650 Unification of Japan, 1568-1600 Babur defeats Delhi sultanate, 1526-1527; founds Mughal Empire Akbar expands Mughal Empire, 1556-1605 Martin Luther, Ninety-Five These, 1517 Charles V elected Holy Roman Emperor, 1519 Henry VIII leads English Reformation, 1534 Council of Trent, 1545-1563 Dutch United Provinces declare independence, 1581 Spanish Armada, 1588 © 1998 Research Foundation of the State University of New York at Binghamton HOMEPAGE URL: http://history.binghamton.edu/hist130/hist130.htm This page last updated: 08/31/2000 Send Comments to: Prof. Donald Quataert