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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
