|Ottoman Turks capture | | Constantinople; end of | | Byzantine Empire, 1453 | | NEAR EAST AND ASIA | WESTERN HEMISPHERE —————————+——————————————————————————————————+————————————————————————— A.D. |Successive wars between Persians | 300-400 | and Romans | | | |Golden Age of Hinduism in India | | | |Divided empire in China (Tartar | | and Chinese rule) | | | 400-500 | | | | | | 500-600 | | | | | | 600-700 |Beginning of Arab Empire, 632 | | | |Byzantines defeat Persians, 641; | | end of Persian dominion | | | 700-800 |Moslem defeat at Tours, 732, | | stops Arab expansion into | | Europe | | | |Golden Age of Arab Empire, | | 750-1258: Revival of Chinese | | Empire under Tang dynasty | | | 800-900 |Bulgarians converted to Orthodox | | Christianity, 864 | | | |Beginning of Russia | | | 900-1000 |Arab rule in Spain at height; | Maya civilization in | Cordova greatest intellectual | Mexico and Central | center in Europe | America | | |Russians converted to Orthodox | Eric the Red discovers | Christianity, 989 | Greenland, about 985 | | 1000-1100|Baghdad seized by Seljuk Turks, | Leif Ericson visits |1055 (Vinland), about 1000 | America | | |Crusades against Moslems in Holy | | Lands, 1096-1270 | | | | Jerusalem captured by | | crusaders, 1099 | | | 1100-1200| | | | | | 1200-1300|Genghis Khan conquers central | Inca civilization in | Asia and China, 1206-1221 | Peru