Middle ages

Reign of justinian I in byzantine empire

Justinian code, hagia sophia built

527-565

Buddhism introduced to tibet

563

Birth of muhammad

570

Hijra, muhammads migration to medina, start of islamic calendar

622

Death of muhammad, first caliphate begins

632

Beginning of umayyad caliphate

661

Unified silla kingdom rules much of korea

668-935

Battle of karbala, sunni-shia split deepens

680

Muslim conquest of spain begins

711

Battle of tours, franks stop muslim advance into western europe

732

Abbasid caliphate overthrows umayyads

750

Charlemagne becomes king of the franks

768

Charlemagne crowned emperor of the romans

800

Cyril and methodius spread christianity to slavs

863

First known printed book in china, diamond sutra

868

Alfred the great defeats the danes in england

878

Song dynasty founded in china, tech and cultural golden age

960

Hugh capet becomes king of france, capetian dynasty begins

987

Leif erikson reaches north america

1000

Great schism between roman catholic and eastern orthodox churches

1054

Norman conquest of england, battle of hastings

1066

Pope urban II launches first crusade

1095

Rise of universities in europe, bologna, paris

1120s

Saladin recaptures jerusalem from crusaders

1187

Shogunate begins in japan, feudal era

1192

Genghis khan unites mongol tribes

1206

Magna carta signed in england

1215

Mongols sack baghdad, end of abbasid caliphate

1258

Marco polo travels to china

1271-1295

Ottoman empire founded

1299

Hundred years war england vs france

1337-1453

Black death kills 1/3 of europes population

1347-1351

Ming dynasty established

1368

Western schism in catholic church

1378-1417

Joan of arc executed

1431

Fall of constantinople to the ottomans

1453

Columbus reaches the americas, reconquista ends in spain

1492

Treaty of tordesillas divides new lands between spain and portugal

1494