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| 13726803453 | 632 CE Rise of Islam | Muhammad, Mecca, 5 pillars, Koran, Hajj, Ramadan, Believe in Covenant and Abraham story | 0 | |
| 13726832956 | 732CE Battle of Tours | In Spain, between Muslims and Christians- stopped Islam from spreading into Western Europe by the Franks | 1 | |
| 13726846052 | 1054CE 1st Schism in Christianity | West Europe became Catholic and Eastern Europe Orthodox | 2 | |
| 13726849185 | 1066 CE | Date: Norman Conquest of England (Hint: __66 CE) | 3 | |
| 13726854546 | 1071 CE Battle of Manzikert | Selijukj Muslim Turks defeat Byzantine and move toward Constantinople, moving closer to the beginning of the Crusades | 4 | |
| 13726868638 | 1095 CE Crusades | Series of Crusades where East and Western Christian Church joined and fought Muslims in the Middle East for the Holy Land (promise land from the Abraham Covenant with God)- Result- Christian gained nothing and increased religious hatred, BUT opened Economic Trade to W. Europe again ending the Dark Ages | 5 | |
| 13726907202 | 1258 CE Mongols Sack Baghdad | Il Khan set up rule in the Middle East and convert to Islam- facilitate trade along the Silk Road with Yuan Dynasty and help bring Europe out of Dark Ages | 6 | |
| 13727325923 | 1271-1295 - Marco Polo travels | The journeys and adventures of a young merchant from Venice that reached the Mongol court in China (Yuan Dynasty) after a long trek across Central Asia. He served the emperor Khubilai Khan for years as an ambassador and governor of a Chinese province. Some question his reports of the riches of the East. His journey was the first to be widely known and inspired later explorers such as Christopher Columbus. May have influenced the development of European cartography. | 7 | |
| 13727334418 | 1324 CE: Mansa Musa's pilgrimage | Hajj to Mecca and created inflation everywhere he went for up to 10yrs he spread so much GOLD. Also important because it shows the impact of Islam in West Africa having a Native Ruler complete this pilgrimage | 8 | |
| 13727366414 | 1325-1349 CE Travels of Ibn Battuta | Muslim Moroccan Explorer who traveled and visited most of the Islamic world and many non-Muslim lands, including Central Asia, Southeast Asia, South Asia and China (more travels and documentation than Marco Polo) | 9 | |
| 13727498204 | 1347-1348 - Bubonic plague in Europe | Plague traveled along the Silk Road from China due to Mongol trade. Kills 25-50% of Europe/Asia population | 10 | |
| 13727508003 | 1433 CE End of Zheng He's Voyages/ Rise Of Ottoman | Ming Dynasty (last Chinese lead Dynasty) goes into isolation to preserve their Pure Confucianism society and as a result become stagnant in development and military defense / Ottoman Rise and begin to spread eventually taking Constantinople in 1453 and lasting till after WWI (known as the Sick Old Man) :-) | 11 |
