timeline

  • 395

    Century IV

    The Roman Empire divides into the Western Roman Empire , with its capital in Rome,and the Eastern Roman Empire ,with its capital in Constantinople
  • 476

    Century V

    The Western Roman Empire falls by the year 476.
  • 476

    Century V

    The Western Roman Empire falls by the year 476.
  • 527

    Century VI

    The peak of the Eastern Roma or Byzantine Empire of the Emperor Justinian.
  • Period: 527 to 565

    Century VI

    The peak of the Eastearn Roman or Byzantine Empire of the Emperor Justinian.
  • Period: 570 to 632

    Century VII

    Muhammad is born at Mecca in the 570. The year 622 AD the first of the Hegira . Islam enters into conflict with Byzantinum in order expand along the Mediterranean.
  • Period: 711 to 750

    Century VIII

    The caliphate was ruled by a new dynasty the Abbasid. Muslims conquer the Iberian Peninsula in the year 711.
  • Period: 928 to 1261

    Century X -

    There were three different caliphates: Bagdad, Cordoba , Egipt.
  • Period: 1204 to 1258

    Century XI-XIII

    By the late 11th century Western crusaders conquered the Holy land and stayed in power for over a century.1204-1261.
    The mongols destroyed Baghdad 1258.
  • Period: 1299 to 1453

    Century XV

    fall of Constantinople by the Turks
  • 1453

    Century XV

    fall of Constantinople by the Turks