Volume 2: The Middle Ages b Flashcards
The Battle of Hastings
1066
Al-Bakri publishes his Book of the Roads and Kingdoms
1068
El Cid captures Valencia
1094
The pope calls for the First Crusade
1095
The First Crusade begins
1096
Jerusalem captured by the crusaders
1099
Saracens take Edessa
1144
Genghis Khan born
1167
Saladin retakes Jerusalem
1187
Richard the Lionhearted comes to the English throne
1189
Richard the Lionhearted dies
1199
King John signs the Magna Charta at Runnymede
1215
Genghis Khan conquers Beiking
1215
Genghis Khan dies
1227
The Ottoman Turks settle in Asia Minor
1250
Marco Polo begins his journey to china
1271
Kublai Khan’s first invasion of Japan
1274
Kublai Khan becomes emperor of China
1279
Kublai Khan’s second invasion of Japan
1281
The Jews are expelled from England
1290
Kublai Khan dies
1294