1200-1750 Dates Quiz

Chinggis Khan begins Mongol invasion

1206

Mongols sack Baghdad, end of Abbasid Caliphate

1258

Marco Polo’s Travels

1271-1295

Yuan (Mongol) Dynasty in China

1279-1368

Mansa Musa Hajj

1324

Travels of Ibn Battuta

1325-1349

Bubonic plague in Europe

1347-1348

Ming Dynasty in China

1368-1644

Zheng He’s Voyages

1405-1433

Rise of Inca Empire

1438

Ottomans capture Constantinople

1453

Printing Press in Europe (Gutenberg)

1450s

Height of Aztec Empire

1480s

Dias Rounds Cape of Good Hope

1488

Columbus/Reconquista of Spain

1492

1st African Slaves to the Americas

1502

Martin Luther/Protestant Reformation

1517

Cortez conquered the Aztecs

1521

1st unsuccessful Ottoman siege of Vienna

1529

Discovery of silver at Potosi

1545

Battle of Lepanto (Ottoman naval defeat)

1571

1st Manilla Galeon (global trade)

1571

Spanish Armada

1588

Tokugawa Shogunate begins

1600

Foundation of Jamestown

1607

30 Years War

1618-1648

End of Ming/beg of Qing Dynasty

1644

Cape town colony founded (Dutch)

1653

2nd unsuccessful Ottoman siege of Vienna

1683

Glorious Revolution/English Bill of Rights

1689

7 Years War (French & Indian War)

1756-1763

Pizzaro toppled Incas

1533