ACTIVITY – MIDDLE EAST TIMELINE Required Materials:
•ruler
•colored pencils

A timeline is a useful tool for studying history. It creates a picture of when things happened. During the Middle Ages, events took place all over the world. You will create a timeline showing the relationship between these events. You have already learned about some of these events. The others will be covered in later units.

Use a variety of colored pencils to identify each event. Label each century line. Label and locate each event on the timeline. The two events marking the beginning and end of the Middle Ages have already been added for you.

Fall of Rome - 476

Muhammad conquers Mecca - 630

Battle of Tours - 732

Axum Empire in Africa fell - c.950

Sung dynasty begins in China - 960

The Norman Conquest of Britain - 1066

The First Crusade begins - 1096

Samurai class begin domination of Japan - 1192

India comes under Muslim rule - c.1200

Ganghis Khan named ruler of the Mongols - 1206

Mali Kingdom reaches its peak - 1312

Great Zimbabwe flourished - c.1350

Chinese explorer Zheng He born - 1371

Johannes Gutenberg creates printing press - 1450

Fall of Constantinople - 1492