TIMELINE OF
HISTORICAL EVENTS
| 600-1000 Introduction and spread of Islam in East and West Africa | |
| 794-1192 The Heian period of rule in Japan | |
| 1066 Norman Conquest of Britain ca. 1096-1290 European Crusades to regain Christian control of the Holy Lands | |
| 1187 Oxford University is founded | |
| 1215 King John signs the Magna Carta | |
| 1219-1260 Mongols become rulers of central Asia, Iran, Iraq, and eastern Turkey | |
| 1233 The Inquisition is established in Spain | |
| 1271-1295 Marco Polo visits China, establishing trade routes and cultural ties between East Asia and Europe | |
| 1327-1377 Reign of Edward III of England | |
| 1338-1453 Hundred Years War between France and England | |
| 1347 Outbreak of the plague, known as the Black Death, in Europe |
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Publication information:
Book title: Extraordinary Women of the Medieval and Renaissance World:A Biographical Dictionary.
Contributors: Carole Levin - Author, Debra Barrett-Graves - Author, Jo Eldridge Carney - Author, W. M. Spellman - Author, Gwynne Kennedy - Author, Stephanie Witham - Author.
Publisher: Greenwood Press.
Place of publication: Westport, CT.
Publication year: 2000.
Page number: 309.
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