1200-1700 Dates Flashcards
1279-1368
Yuan (Mongol) Dynasty in China
1206
Genghis Khan begins Mongol conquests
1258
Mongols sack Baghdad, end of Abbasid
1271-1295
Marco Polo’s travels
1347-1348
Bubonic plague in Europe
1324
Mansa Musa’s pilgrimage/hajj
1368-1644
Ming Dynasty
1405-1433
Zheng He’s 7 voyages
1438
Rise of Inca Empire
1325-1349
Travels of Ibn Battuta
1452
Ottomans capture Constantinople
1450s
Printing Press in Europe (Gutenberg)
1480s
Height of Aztec Empire
1488
Dias rounds Cape of Good Hope
1492
Columbus/Reconquista of Spain
1502
1st African Slaves to Americas
1517
Martin Luther/Protestant Reformation
1519-1521
Cortez conquered the Aztecs
1521-1523
Magellan circumnavigates the Earth
1600
Start of Tokugawa Shogunate
1533
Pizarro topples the Inca
1571
1st Manila Galleon (global trade of silver)
1588
Spanish Armada defeated by Queen Elizabeth of England
1607
Foundation of Jamestown
1618-1648
30 Years War
1644-1911
Qing Dynasty
1653
Cape Town colony founded (Dutch)
1689
Glorious Revolution/English Bill of Rights