Postclassical Timeline- Samantha Gibson

Middle East

Rise and decline of the Umayyad dynasty

661 - 750

Muhammad establishes Islam

662

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Split of Sunni and Shia

680

Rise and decline of the Abbasid empire

750 - 1258

Saladin's recapture of Jerusalem

1187

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Mongol conquest of Islamic heartlands

1258

Mamluk victory: end of Mongol drive west

1260

Europe

Reign of Justinian (Byzantine empire)

527 - 565

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Early Middle Ages

600 - 1000

First king of Kievan Russia

855

High Middle Ages

1000 - 1300

Great Schism

1054

First crusades

1096 - 1099

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Byzantine decline

1100 - 1450

Mongol domination of Russia

1237 - 1480

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Late Middle Ages

1300 - 1450

Little Ice Age in Europe

1300 - 1450

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Spread of the Black Death in Europe and Russia

1348 - 1375

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Ottoman Turks' defeat of the Byzantine Empire

1453

Asia

Sui dynasty

589 - 618

Tang dynasty

618 - 907

Korea wins independence from Tang Dynasty

668

Peak of Buddhist influence in China

690 - 705

Vietnam wins independence from China

939

Song dynasty

960 - 1279

Invention of gunpowder

1100

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Japanese feudal age begins

1185

Chinggis Khan becomes khagan

1206

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Delhi Sultanate established

1206

Chinggis Khan dies

1227

Mongol/ Yuan dynasty, China

1271 - 1368

Ming dynasty established

1368

Mongol Kingdom is defeated