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1001
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Cairo: Hakin Mosque constructed
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1007–1072
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Chinese poet Ou Yang Hsiu
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1022
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Pope Benedict VIII institutes laws on celibacy
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1025
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Tosa school of painting founded in Japan
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1033–1109
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Scholastic philosopher St.
Anselm
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c. 1038
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Buddhism flourishes in Tibet
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c. 1050
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Polyphonic singing replaces Gregorian
chant
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c. 1050–1132
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Persian poet Omar Khayyam
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1052
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Westminster Abbey built in
England
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1053
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Byodo Temple built in Japan
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1054
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Schism divides Roman and Eastern
Churches
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1065–1100
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Song of Roland written
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1066
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Romanesque architecture
flourishes
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c. 1070
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Europe: Production of illuminated
manuscripts
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1070–1142
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Christian theologian Abelard revives
teachings of Aristotle
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c. 1075
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Allegorical plays in India
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1100
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Gothic
architecture flourishes
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c. 1100
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Old English replaced by Middle
English
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1113
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Cambodia: Temple of Angkor Wat begun
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c. 1120
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First troubadour poetry
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1122
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Concordat of Worms
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1134
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France: Cathedral at Chartres begun
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1140–1215
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Japan: Eisa founds Zen
Buddhism
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1150
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University founded in Paris
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1163
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Paris: Notre Dame Cathedral
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1167
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University founded at Oxford
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1170
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Maimonides’Mishneh Torah
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1174
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Leaning Tower of Pisa built
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c. 1175
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Chrétien de Troyes writes Arthurian
romances
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c. 1180
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China: Zhu Xi compiles Confucian classics
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c. 1200
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Ethiopia: Churches cut from rock
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c. 1200
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Sitar played in India
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1200–1253
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Japanese Zen master Dogen
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1207–1273
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Persian poet Rumi
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1208
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St. Francis of Assisi founds order of
friars
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1209
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Cambridge University founded
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1225–1274
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St. Thomas Aquinas
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c. 1235
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Court jesters become popular
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1252
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Inquisitition under Pope Gregory IX
begins use of torture
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1253
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Japanese priest Nichiren founds Lotus Sutra Buddhism
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1265–1308
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England: philosopher Duns Scotus
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c. 1290
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Travels of Marco Polo
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1304–1309
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Italy: Giotto di Bondone begins painting frescos at Arena
chapel
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1314
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Italy: Dante Alighieri begins Divine
Comedy
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c. 1325
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Italian Rennaissance begins
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1341
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Italy: Petrarch made poet laureate of
Rome
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1347–1380
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Catherine of Siena
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c. 1350
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Rise of Humanist philosophy
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1358
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Italy: Poet Giovanni
Boccaccio’sDecameron
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c. 1362
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England: Langland’s Piers Plowman poem
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c. 1370–1400
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Japanese playwrights Kanami Kiyotsugu and Zeami Motokiyo
establish noh drama
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1378–1416
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Great Schism: rival popes compete for
power
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1380
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John Wyclif translates Bible into English
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c. 1380
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Geoffrey Chaucer begins Canterbury
Tales
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1390
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Granada, Spain: Alhambra fortress
completed
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1400
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Oil-based paints developed
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1406
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China: Forbidden City started
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1417
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Council of Constance ends Great Schism
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1423
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Fabriano’s Adoration of the Magi
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1424
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France: Chartier’s La Belle Dame Sans Merci
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1431–1463
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François Villon, father of French poetry
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1434
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Italy: Drawings demonstrate perspective
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1434
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Donatello’sDavid
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1439
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Medici Florence becomes center of Renaissance
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1440
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Kirttivasa’s Ramayana written in India
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