Volume 2: The Middle Ages Flashcards
Ajanta caves begun
(BC/BCE) 200
The Temple in Jerusalem destroyed by Rome
(AD/CE) 70
Diocletian divides the Roman Empire
286
Yamato dynasty established in Japan
300
The approximate beginning of the Three Kingdoms period in Korea
300
Beginning of the Gupta dynasty of India
320
The Roman Empire divides permanently into two
395
Roma sacked and burned by the Visigoths
410
Merovius becomes leader of the Franks
447
Anglo-Saxon invasion of England
449
Beginning of Skandagupta’s reign
455
End of Skandagupta’s reign
467
Clovis begins his reign over the Franks
c. 481
Clovis ends his reign over the Franks
510
Justinian comes to the Byzantine throne
527
End of the Gupta dynasty of India
c. 550
Justinian dies int he Byzantine empire
565
Muhammad born
570
Beginning of the Sui dynasty in China
581
Yang Chien completes the unification of China
590
Augustine begins his Christian mission to England
596
Augustine reaches England
597
Peak of classical Mayan civilization
600
End of the Sui dynasty and beginning of teh Tang dynasty in China
618
Muhammad flees to Medina (the Hegira)
622
The Battle of Badr
624
Muhammad dies
632
Ajanta caves deserted
650
Charles Martel born
690
Rodrigo becomes king of the Visigoths
710
Tariq invades Spain
711
Battle of Tours (Battle of Poitiers)
732
Charles Martel dies
741
Charlemagne comes to power
771
Viking raids on Europe begin
790
Charlemagne is crowned emperor
800
Maori arrive in New Zealand
800
Charlemagne dies
814
The Rus besiege Constantinople
860
The “Great Army” lands in England
866
Alfred the Great comes to the English throne
871
Alfred the Great dies
899
End of the Tang dynasty in China
906
Al-Mansur becomes vizier of Spain
987
Vladimir becomes ruler of Kiev
980
Lief Ericson sails to North America
c. 1000
The kingdom of Ghana (700-1200) flourishes
1000
Ethelred is defeated by Sweyn Forkbead
1013
The Reconquest of Spain begins
1031
The Great Eastern Schism
1054