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c. 1006–1024
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Ghaznavid dynasty (Afghanistan) extends
through eastern Persia and northwest India
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1013
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Danes conquer England
|
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1019–1054
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Jaroslav the Wise unifies and rules
Russia
|
|
|
c. 1020
|
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Rise of Italian city-states
|
|
|
1053
|
|
Henry IV crowned Holy Roman
Emperor
|
|
|
1055
|
|
Seljuk Turks take Baghdad and solidify
conquest of Persia
|
|
|
c. 1060
|
|
Almoravid dynasty in North
Africa
|
|
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1066
|
|
William the Conqueror becomes first
Norman King of England
|
|
|
1075
|
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Seljuk Turks conquer Syria and Palestine
|
|
|
1075
|
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Conflict in Holy Roman Empire between Pope Gregory
VII and Emperor Henry IV
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|
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1076
|
|
Decline of Ghana Empire
|
|
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1096–1097
|
|
First Crusade: French and Normans take
Constantinople and Palestine, defeat Turks and Muslims
|
|
|
1099
|
|
Crusaders take Jerusalem
|
|
|
c. 1100
|
|
Shona people construct stone walls in
Great Zimbabwe
|
|
|
1108–1137
|
|
France: Louis VI expands Capetian
dynasty
|
|
|
c. 1125
|
|
Height of Khmer dynasty in
Cambodia
|
|
|
1127
|
|
Song dynasty loses control of northern China
|
|
|
1147
|
|
Almohad Muslims conquer Morocco
|
|
|
1147–1149
|
|
Second Crusade
|
|
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1152–1190
|
|
Frederick I (“Barbarossa”) is Holy Roman
Emperor
|
|
|
1156
|
|
Japan: Heian period ends in civil war
|
|
|
1187
|
|
Mexico: Fall of Toltecs at Chichén Itzá; second Mayan period
begins at Mayapan
|
|
|
1189–1191
|
|
Third Crusade unable to regain
Jerusalem
|
|
|
c. 1200
|
|
Inca Empire founded at Cuzco,
Peru
|
|
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1204
|
|
Fourth Crusade sacks Constantinople,
establishes Latin Empire in East
|
|
|
1206–1258
|
|
Rise of Mongol Empire under
TemJin (“Genghis Khan”) and heirs; conquer
Middle East, northern India, much of China
|
|
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1212
|
|
Christians end Islamic rule of Spain
|
|
|
1215
|
|
England: Magna Carta establishes
principles of due process of law
|
|
|
1228–1229
|
|
Sixth Crusade recaptures
Jerusalem
|
|
|
1237
|
|
Mongols raid Europe, establish Khanate of the Golden
Horde in Russia
|
|
|
1240
|
|
Sundiata founds Mali Empire
|
|
|
1249–1270
|
|
French-led Crusades invade North Africa
|
|
|
1250
|
|
Egypt: Mamluks from Central Asia take
power
|
|
|
1259
|
|
English and French sign Peace of
Paris
|
|
|
1260
|
|
Northern China: Mongol Kublai Khan becomes
emperor
|
|
|
1261
|
|
Greeks end Latin Empire in Constantinople
|
|
|
1279
|
|
Southern Song dynasty falls to Mongols; Yuan
dynasty begins
|
|
|
1281
|
|
Japanese samurai repel Mongols
|
|
|
1284
|
|
Edward I of England captures
Wales
|
|
|
1295
|
|
First representative parliament sits in
England
|
|
|
1300
|
|
Founding of Ottoman Empire under
Osman
|
|
|
1306
|
|
Delhi Sultanate expels Mongols, expands
through India
|
|
|
1306
|
|
France: Philip IV expels Jews
|
|
|
1309
|
|
Pope Clement V moves to Avignon, begins Babylonian
Captivity (until 1378)
|
|
|
c. 1315
|
|
Height of Mali Empire
|
|
|
1328
|
|
Moscow becomes seat of Russian
Church
|
|
|
1337
|
|
Start of Hundred Years’ War
|
|
|
1341–1343
|
|
Black Plague hits China
|
|
|
1347–1363
|
|
Two outbreaks of plague devastate Europe
|
|
|
1348
|
|
Plague strikes Egypt
|
|
|
1360–1369
|
|
Peace of Bretigny suspends Hundred Years’
War
|
|
|
1367
|
|
India: 400,000 massacred after Delhi Sultanate defeats Hindu
Vijayanagar
|
|
|
1368
|
|
Ming dynasty expels Mongols, reunites
China
|
|
|
c. 1380–1400
|
|
Mongol Tamerlane conquers Persia, expands
through Mesopotamia and northern India
|
|
|
1381
|
|
Peasants’ Revolt in England
|
|
|
1397
|
|
Bank of Medici founded in
Florence
|
|
|
c. 1400
|
|
Rise
of Aztecs and Incas
|
|
|
1415
|
|
Henry V wins Battle of Agincourt; English
take Paris
|
|
|
1420
|
|
Ming capital moves to Beijing
|
|
|
1429
|
|
Joan of Arc defeats English seige of
Orléans
|
|
|
1434
|
|
Cosimo de Medici rules
Florence
|
|
|
1440–1468
|
|
Mexico: Montezuma I expands Aztec
power
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