Basic Info
A diagram showing important events or milestones during a specific interval of time. The events appear chronologically along a line, usually from left to right on a horizontal line.
What is a timeline?
Which event happened in 1076
What is the Excommunication of Henry IV?
The year the Last Sermon was delivered by Muhammad after leading his final pilgrimage to Mecca.
What is 632 CE?
These people break away from Mali and eventually conquer it in the 1460s CE.
Who are the Songhai?
In this year Henry IV was excommunicated from the Roman Catholic church. What other event took place in this year?
What is the decline of Ghana?
In history, BCE and BC stands for this.
What is Before Common Era and Before Christ?
This 14th century pandemic reaches Europe after sweeping through Asia. It forced a power shift from nobles to the common people.
What is the bubonic plague?
The Islamic civilization flourished as Muslims built great cities and spread knowledge and ideas to new lands through cultural diffusion for how many years?
What is 500 years?
This city thrives on the Niger River, growing to a city of 20,000 people who farmed, fished, and made tools from iron.
What is Jenne-Jeno?
Islam spread to West Africa through trade and missionaries, just as this religion spread throughout medieval Europe.
What is Christianity?
If an event happened in 500 BCE and another in 200 CE, this event happened first.
What is the 500 BCE event?
A prominent figure during the Byzantine Empire who rebuilt the city of Constantinople and created a systematic body of law ruling from 527-565 AD.
Who is Justinian I?
This prominent figure was born in Mecca in about 570 CE.
Who is Muhammad?
This major West African trading empire, known for its wealth in gold and salt, existed before the Mali Empire and controlled trans-Saharan trade routes.
These three historical events, occurring around 800 CE/AD, include the rule of a Frankish emperor, the rise of a powerful West African trade empire, and a period of major advancements in science, math, and culture in the Muslim world.
What is Charlemagne's reign, Kingdom of Ghana, and the Flourishing of Islamic Civilization?
Combining all three units, how long is the timeline?
What is 4,000 BCE to 1478 CE?
In 768 AD, this Frankish king was crowned "Emperor of the Romans" by Pope Leo III, uniting much of Western Europe under his rule.
Who is Charlemagne?
Use these dates to place the events in chronological order: 622 CE, 1478 CE, 651 CE, 1192 CE.
What is Migration to Medina, Official Version of Qur'an, Peace Treaty Ends Third Crusade, and Spanish Inquisition Begins?
This powerful 14th-century ruler of the Mali Empire is known for his legendary pilgrimage to Mecca, during which he distributed so much gold that it caused inflation in Egypt.
Who is Mansa Musa?
While knights and castles dominated medieval Europe, this West African empire expanded its control over trade routes, and Muslim forces fought to defend lands in the Crusades.
What is the Mali Empire?
This type of timeline focuses on the rise and fall of different civilizations, showing how their time periods overlap.
What is a historical timeline?
Place these events in chronological order: Magna Carta, Fall of Rome, Hundred Years' War, and Constantine's Decree.
What is Constantine's Decree, Fall of Rome, Magna Carta, Hundred Years' War?
Al-Khwarizmi is the creator of this important mathematical term. His textbook is translated into Latin and becomes the most important mathematical textbook in European universities.
Place these events in order: Camels arrive in West Africa, Trans Saharan Trade, Rise of Mali, and Mansa Musa.
What is Trans Saharan Trade, Camels Arrive in West Africa, Rise of Mali, Mansa Musa?