Important Dates 1200-1450

These are some important dates that are needed for the AP World History: Modern Exam from the time period 1200-1450

1096-1291

Crusades

• religious wars created by European Christians to retrieve the holy land (Jerusalem) from muslim control

• Initiated by Pope Urban II

• Led to:

  • Increase trade between Europe/Middle East

  • Decline of Feudalism

  • Rise of Ottomans

1215

Magna Carta (Signed in England)

• Landmark document, limited power of the English monarchy

• Issued by King John of England

• Influenced:

  • Constitutional Law

  • U.S. Bill of rights

  • Habeas Corpus

1258

Mongol Siege of Baghdad

• Led to:

  • Fall of the Abbasid Caliphate

  • Marked the end of the Islamic Golden Age

  • Baghdad burnt down and looted

  • House of Wisdom Destroyed

1200s -1300s

Pax Mongolia

• Period of stability and peace across Eurasia during 13th-14th centuries

• Rule of Mongol Empire

  • Silks roads

    • Ideas, tech, religions

  • Four Khanates

    • Golden Horde

    • Yuan Dynasty

    • Chagatai

    • Illkhanate