Postclassical Timeline- Julia Ortiz APWH
Middle East
Muhammad establishes Islam
622
Rise and Decline Of Umayyad Dynasty
661 - 750Split of Sunni and Shia
680 AD
Rise and Decline of the Abbasid Empire
750 - 1258Saladin' recapture of Jerusalem (and other lands conquered by the first Crusades)
1187Mongol Conquest of Islamic Heartlands
1258
Mamluk victory: End of Mongol drive West
1260Europe
Reign of Justinian (Byzantine Empire)
527 - 565
Early Middle Ages
600 - 1000First King of Kievan Russia
855High Middle Ages
1000 - 1300Great Schism
1054First Crusade
1096 - 1099Byzantine Decline
1100 - 1450Mongol Domination of Russia
1237 - 1480Late Middle Ages
1300 - 1450Little Ice Age in Europe
1300 - 1450Spread of Black Death in Europe and Russia
1348 - 1375
Ottoman Turks' defeat of the Byzantine Empire
1453Asia
Sui Dynasty
589 - 618Tang Dynasty
618 - 907Korea wins Independence from Tang Dynasty
668Peak of Buddhist Influence in China
690 - 705Vietnam wins Independence from China
939Song Dynasty
960 - 1279Invention of Gunpowder
1100
Japanese Feudal Age Begins
1185Chinggis Khan becomes khagan
1206Dehli Sultanate established
1206Chinggis Khan Dies
1227
Mongol/Yuan Dynasty, China
1271 - 1368Ming Dynasty Established
1368
Mongol Kingdom is defeated
1368Zheng He's Chinese Expeditions
1405 - 1433Africa and Oceania
Expansion of settlements and migrations throughout Polynesia: Hawaiian Islands, New Zealand, Easter Island
600 - 1400
Islam begins spreading across North America
600Ghana at the height of its power
1000 ADMali at the height of its power
1300Americas
Fall of the Toltec
1150Rise of the Incas
1300Rise of the Aztecs/Mexica
1325
