Chapter 15 & 16 Checkpoint

By kaitlynshepherd11
  • Jul 30, 1367

    Zhu Yuanzhang's army eliminates the military forces of the Yuan Dynasty.

    After a seven-year battle, Zhu Yuanzhang's army ends the rule of the Yuan Dynasty. Several years earlier Zhu had taken his army into Jiqing, established a military base there as part of his plan to control all of China.
  • Apr 6, 1453

    Ottomans, led by Mehmed II, lay seige to Constantinpole

    The attack began on April 6, 1453, as the Ottomans bombarded the city with massive cannons hurling stone balls weighing up to 1,200 pounds each.
  • May 29, 1453

    Ottomans finally completely seiged Constantinople

    Finally, on May 29, the walls were breached, and Ottoman soldiers poured into the city.
  • Mar 26, 1502

    The Safavid Dynasty was founded

    Shah Esmail founded the safavid dynasty in 1502. He used his forces to seize much of Iran and Iraq.
  • Jul 23, 1504

    The mogul empire began.

    Babur captures Kabul, making it and eastern Afghanistan the first possession of the Mughal empire
  • Aug 11, 1527

    Victory at Khanua

    Victory at Khanua, over a Hindu confederation of Rajput rulers, brings Babur a tenuous control over most of northwest India

  • Daeth of Akbar

    After the death of Akbar, his son Jahangir succeeds to the Mogul Empire.

  • Emperor Chongzhen commits suicide and the Ming Dynasty ends.

    Li Zicheng's rebel forces march into Beijing and Emperor Chongzhen hangs himself behind the Forbidden City. With the last Ming emperor gone, the Ming Dynasty comes to an end and China is now briefly under the Shun Dynasty.

  • The ottomans were defeated at the battle of vienna.

    however, the empire began a slow decline, culminating in the defeat of the empire by the Allies in World War I.

  • Hotaki invaded the Safvid dynasty

    The Safavid Dynasty was invaded by the Hotaki Dynasty and was beaten, but later regained control.

  • The safavid dynast was disestablished.

    They placed Azerbaijan under Ottoman rule and contolled the Caspian Sea with their fleet. This forced the new Safavid Shah to sign a peace treaty in which he lost most territory.

  • The Ming dynasty gained control of China.

    The ming dynasty gained control over china in 1368 to 1644. It was founded by Zhu Yuanzhang, who proclaimed himself emperor in Yingtian.