Unit 1 Timeline Flashcards
Asian migrants reach North America
C. 13000-3000 BC
Domestication of maize begins in Mesoamerica
C. 6000 BC
Roman emperor Constantine converts to Christianity
312
Pueblo cultures emerge
C. 600
Death of Muhammad
632
Arab people adopt Islam and spread its influence
632-1100
Ghana Empire emerges
C. 800
Irrigation developed by Hohokam, Mogollon, and Anasazi peoples
C. 1000
Development of Mississippian culture
C. 1000-1350
The founding of Cahokia
C. 1050
Crusades link Europe with Arab trade routes
1096-1291
Chaco Canyon abandoned
C. 1150
Mali Empire emerges
C. 1200
The Renaissance in Italy
1300-1450
Aztecs establish capital at Tenochtitlán
C. 1325
Mansa Musa’s pilgrimage to Mecca
1326
The Black Death sweeps Europe
C. 1350
Cahokia goes into rapid decline
C. 1350
Songhai empire emerges
C. 1400
Portuguese trade begins along West and Central African coasts
1435
Christopher Columbus makes first voyage to America
1492
Portugal’s Vasco da Gama reaches East Africa and India
1497-198
Pedro Alvares Cabral encounters Brazil
1500
Founding of the Iroquois Confederacy
C. 1500
Juan Ponce de León explores Florida
1513