WHAP - Unit 1 + 2 Dates

1192

Japan installs a shogun.

1206

The Delhi Sultanate takes power in India.

1206

Chinggis Khan begins Mongol invasion.

1215

King John of England signs the Magna Carta.

1235

Sundiata establishes the Mali Empire in West Africa.

1258

Mongols conquer the Abbasid Empire and Caliphate + begin improving the Silk Road.

1271

Marco Polo initiates his travels

1279

China’s Song Dynasty falls; Yuan (Mongol) Dynasty starts.

1321

Dante, a leader in the European Renaissance, dies.

1324

West African ruler Mansa Musa of Mali makes his pilgrimage to Mecca.

1325

Aztecs found Tenochtitlán.

1325

Muslim scholar Ibn Battuta starts his travels to Asia, Europe, and Africa.

1347

A plague known as the Black Death begins ravaging Europe.

1368

Rise of Ming Dynasty.

1405

Chinese admiral Zheng He begins seven great voyages throughout the Indian Ocean. He returns in 1433.

1417

The Central Asian trading city of Samarkand begins building an impressive Islamic school.

1438

Rise of Inca Empire.