Snapshots of Medieval History Table of Contents
Chapter 1: Justinian Builds a Golden Age and Gets the Plague (Byzantine Empire)
Chapter 2: Clovis Becomes Catholic (Franks)
Chapter 3: The Sui Rise and Fall (China, Sui Dynasty)
Chapter 4: Axum Controls Trade (Axum/Ethiopia)
Chapter 5: Muhammad Declares Allah’s Word (Islam)
Chapter 6: The Caliphs Expand North, South, East, and West (Islam)
Chapter 7: The Pope Crowns an Emperor (Charlemagne/Holy Roman Empire)
Chapter 8: Black Powder Booms in China (China, Tang Dynasty)
Chapter 9: An Empress Rules China (China, Tang Dynasty)
Chapter 10: The Vikings Raid, Trade, and Settle (Vikings)
Chapter 11: The Rus’ Rise in the East (Russia)
Chapter 12: Wisdom Blooms in Baghdad (Islam)
Chapter 13: Murasaki Writes a Novel (Japan)
Chapter 14: Queen Seondeok Creates a Golden Age (Korea)
Chapter 15: Christianity Splits East and West (Europe/Great Schism)
Chapter 16: Ghana Trades Gold for Salt (Ghana)
Chapter 17: England Gets Invaded for the Last Time (England/William the Conqueror)
Chapter 18: Ethiopia Carves a Church Out of a Mountain (Ethiopia)
Chapter 19: The Christians Go Crusading (Crusades)
Chapter 20: The Khmer Build a Giant Temple (Khmer/Cambodia)
Chapter 21: The Haudenosaunee Make a Confederacy (Haudenosaunee)
Chapter 22: Four Inventions That Shape the World (China, Song Dynasty)
Chapter 23: Genghis Conquers (Almost) Everyone (Mongols/Genghis Khan)
Chapter 24: A Mamluk Becomes Sultan (India/Delhi Sultanate)
Chapter 25: Cities Thrive in North America (Ancestral Puebloans & Mississippians)
Chapter 26: Mansa Musa’s Gold Dazzles the World (Mali)
Chapter 27: East Africa Builds Wonders (Great Zimbabwe and Kilwa)
Chapter 28: Death Sweeps Through Europe (Plague/Hundred Years War)
Chapter 29: Tea, Ships, and Palaces: China Rises Again (China, Ming Dynasty)
Chapter 30: Sulieman Builds on Rome’s Ruins (Ottoman Empire)
Chapter 31: Europe is Reborn (Renaissance)
Chapter 32: The Aztecs Build a Floating City (Aztecs)
Chapter 33: Pachacuti Turns Cusco Into An Empire (Inca)
Chapter 34: Europe Goes and Finds the Rest of the World (Age of Discovery)
Chapter 35: Spain Claims the New World (Colonization)
Chapter 36: Europe is Ripped in Half (Again) (Reformation)