World History AP
384606708 | Muhammad | Begins preaching in 613 CE and was founder of Islam | 0 | |
384606709 | Khadijah | Wife of Muhammad and was influential in the formation of Islam | 1 | |
384606710 | Abu Bakr | First successor to Muhammad 623-634, wins Ridda Wars between rival clan leaders | 2 | |
384606711 | Ali | Early follower of Muhammad, he becomes caliph, calls of troops at battle of Siffen which would have defeated Umayyad rivals, assassination leads to the Sunni-Shi'a spit | 3 | |
384606712 | al-Mahdi | 775-785, Abbasid caliph that begins tradition of court excess in Muslim empires | 4 | |
384606713 | Harun al-Rashid | 786-809, most extravagant Abbasid caliph and was subject of The Thousand and One Nights | 5 | |
384606714 | Saladin | mid 1100's-1193, unites Muslims after fall of Abbasids to expel Crusaders | 6 | |
384606715 | Sundiata | Early 1200's-1260, expands the Empire of Mali in Africa | 7 | |
384606716 | Ibu Batuta | Arab traveler to the Kingdom of Mali who writes of the riches of Africa in 1200s | 8 | |
384606717 | Mansa Musa | 1312-1337, Mali king who took pilgrimage to Mecca, displayed African wealth | 9 | |
384606718 | Suni Ali | 1464-1492 Ghana (first empier) becomes Mali in 1200s hen becomes Songhay under ___, each is the city-state with the most power | 10 | |
384606719 | Alfonso | 1507-1543, Kongo King that converts to Christianity, appeals to Portugal to stop the Atlantic slave trade | 11 | |
384606720 | Justinian | 527-565 CE, Byzantine rule who build Hagia Sophia | 12 | |
384606721 | Cyril and Methodist | 864 CE missionaries who spread Christianity to Slavic regions | 13 | |
384606722 | Runik | 855 CE, first prince of Kievan Rus | 14 | |
384606723 | Vladimir I | 980-1015 CE, converts Slavic Russia to Christianity | 15 | |
384606724 | Charles Martel | 732 CE defeats the Muslims a the Battle of Tours in Southern France | 16 | |
384606725 | Charlemagne | 800 CE begins to build a Carolingian empire in hat as the Western Roman Empire, tries to revive West Rome, dies in 814, his empire goes too | 17 | |
384606726 | William the Conqueror | 1066 invades England, brings Feudalism | 18 | |
384606727 | Pope Urban II | 1095, starts the first Crusade | 19 | |
384606728 | Thomas Aquinas | 1200-1274, begins the scholasticism movement to reconcile rational thinking and religious faith | 20 | |
384606729 | Topiltzin | Around 1000, Toltec leader, takes over Chichen Itza, legend says he became the god Quetzalcoatl. | 21 | |
384606730 | ---? | 1438-1471 and 1493-1527, Incan rulers who expands Incan territory into an empire | 22 | |
384606731 | Wen Di | 589 CE establishes Sui Dynasty | 23 | |
384606732 | Li Yuan | 623 CE establishes Tang Dynasty | 24 | |
384606733 | Empress Wu | 690-705, one of the only women with political power in China, supports Buddhism | 25 | |
384606734 | Emperor Wuzong | 841-847 CE reverses Buddhist expansion, burns monasteries, supports neo-Confucianism | 26 | |
384606735 | Trung Sisters | 39 CE lead a revolt against the Chinese in Vietnam | 27 | |
384606736 | ---? | 1206-1227; consolidates Mongol tribes, builds largest contiguous land empire in the history of the world | 28 | |
384606737 | Batu | 1236; grandson of Chinggis Khan, ruler of the Golden Horde, conquers Russia | 29 | |
384606738 | Prestor John | Mythical African king, thought to be tremendously wealthy and Christian | 30 | |
384606739 | Kubilai Khan | 1260-1294, overthrows Song Dynasty, establishes Mongol, Yuan dynasty in China | 31 | |
384606740 | Ju Yuanzhang | 1368; peasant born leader who founds the Ming Dynasty, expels Mongols | 32 | |
384606741 | Timur-i Lang | 1336-1405, Turkic nomad, often falsely associated with Mongols and was known for brutal destruction of Asia Minor and Northern India | 33 | |
384606742 | Zhenghe | 1405-1433; Chinese explorers, represents only widespread Chinese exploration | 34 |