Four-way Timeline

Islamic Empire

The Later Middle Ages

Japan

Scotland

About 100 BC - Japan

• Rice is imported.
• With the coming of rice agriculture, the country
• started to unite, and social classes evolved.

about 300 AD - Japan

• Kofuns are invented.
• Kofuns are large tombs built for political
• leaders.

about 400 AD - Japan

• Yamato Japan unites.
• The country united as Yamato Japan, named  
• as such for it's political center- Yamato.

550 AD - Japan

• Buddhism is introduced.
• Korean visitors brought buddhism to Japan,
• but was made popular by Prince Shotoku.

632 - Islamic Empire

• Muhammad dies.
• Muhammad, the prophet and founder of
• Islam died at the age of 62

634 - Islamic Empire

• Abu Bakr dies.
• Abu Bakr, the first calif, or highest leader,
• died. In his life, he made Arabia into a 
• unified Muslim state.

Mid-600's - islamic empire

• Muslims split.
• The Muslims split into two groups: the Shia  
• and the Sunni. The Shia thought that caliphs 
• had to be related the Muhammad, and the 
• Sunni did not.

711 - Islamic empire

• Arabs and Berbers conqured Spain.
• The Berbers, who after years of fighting
• converted to Islam, paired with the Arabs,
• conqured Spain together.

1066 - Middle Ages

• Feudalism is introduced into Great Britain.
• Feudalism, the system of promises that 
• govern the relationships between lords and
• vassals, came with the knight-to-noble
• structure.

1096-1291 - middle ages

• The Crusades.
• Crusaders battled with Muslims and Jews
• for control of Jerusalem, the Holy Land.

1192 - Japan

• The first shogun rules Japan.
• Shoguns were powerful military leaders
• that ruled in the emperor's name.

1215 - middle ages

• The Magna Carta was signed.
• King John was forced by his nobles to sign
• the Magna Carta, meaning Great Charter.

1263 - Scotland

• Battle of Largs in Ayrshire.
• In September the forces of Russia, under
• Alexander II and Alexander III, and Norway,
• under Hakon, clashed over territories on the
• west side of Scotland.

1297 - Scotland

• Battle of Stirling Bridge.
• Scottish landowner, Sir William Walters,
• who had become one of the main battle  
• leaders the Scottish war of independence,  
• lead a fight against the English and won.

1318 - Scotland

• Robert Bruce was excommunicated.
• Robert Bruce, a major fighter in the Scottish 
• war for independence from England, 
• was excommunicated by the pope for killing
• John "Red" Comyn.

1320's - Islamic empire

• Ibn Battutah traveled.
• The explorer, Ibn Battutah, traveled around
• to Africa, India, China, and Spain. Because of
• explorers like him, better maps were created.

1347-1351 - middle ages

• The Black Death strikes.
• The Black Death killed about 25 million 
• people in Europe. This plague was caused
• by diseases carried by fleas.

1456 - Scotland

• Construction on the Rosslyn Chapel began.
• Building began on the Rosslyn Chapel, which is one
• of the most beautiful Scottish churches. The chapel's
• carvings and lost burial chamber have sparked
• rumors of the Holy Grail being hidden there.          

1492 - middle ages

• The Spanish drive the Jews out of Spain.
• On July 30th of 1492 about 200,000 Jews
• were expelled from Spain, many killed on
• the way.

1513 - Scotland

• The Battle of Flodden Field is lost.
• On the 9th of September a battle between
• English forces and the Scots, led by King 
• James IV, took place. By that night, the
• English had won, and King James IV was dead.  

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