1200 - 1700 Events

Question 1

Genghis Khan begins Mongol conquests

Answer 1

1206

Question 2

Mongols sack Baghdad, end of Abbasid

Answer 2

1258

Question 3

Marco Polo’s travels

Answer 3

1271-1295

Question 4

Yuan (Mongol) Dynasty in China

Answer 4

1279-1368

Question 5

Mansa Musa’s pilgrimage/hajj

Answer 5

1324

Question 6

Travels of Ibn Battuta

Answer 6

1325-1349

Question 7

Bubonic plague in Europe

Answer 7

1347-1348

Question 8

Ming Dynasty

Answer 8

1368-1644

Question 9

Zheng He’s 7 voyages

Answer 9

1405-1433

Question 10

Rise of Inca Empire

Answer 10

1438

Question 11

Ottomans capture Constantinople

Answer 11

1453

Question 12

Printing Press in Europe (Gutenberg)

Answer 12

1450s

Question 13

Height of Aztec Empire

Answer 13

1480s

Question 14

Dias rounds Cape of Good Hope

Answer 14

1488

Question 15

Columbus/Reconquista of Spain

Answer 15

1492

Question 16

1st African Slaves to Americas

Answer 16

1502

Question 17

Martin Luther/Protestant Reformation

Answer 17

1517

Question 18

Cortez conquered the Aztecs

Answer 18

1519-1521

Question 19

Magellan circumnavigates the Earth

Answer 19

1521-1523

Question 20

Pizarro topples the Inca

Answer 20

1533

Question 21

1st Manila Galleon (global trade of silver)

Answer 21

1571

Question 22

Spanish Armada defeated by Queen Elizabeth of England

Answer 22

1588

Question 23

Start of Tokugawa Shogunate

Answer 23

1600

Question 24

Foundation of Jamestown

Answer 24

1607

Question 25

30 Years War

Answer 25

1618-1648

Question 26

Qing Dynasty

Answer 26

1644-1911

Question 27

Cape Town colony founded (Dutch)

Answer 27

1653

Question 28

Glorious Revolution/English Bill of Rights

Answer 28

1689