Timeline Project

:: 1200 AD::

Institutions:
+ Naples University is founded.
+University of Paris receives charter from Philip II of France.
+ Emergence of the Collegiate System in Islam.

Technology:
+ Alcohol was used for Medical purposes.
+ Arabs create Aromatherapy
+ Clothing buttons are invented.
+ Movable type where block printing was concerned was invented and widely used in Korea.
+Caravel Ship was invented in Al-Andalus.

Governance:
+ Development in Feudalism develops in Western Europe.
+ Magna Carta is signed by King John of England.
+ Saint Francis of Assisi, a rich Italian Merchant gives up wealth for the life of a poor man.
+ Qutub- ud- Din Aibak founded Islamic State in Northern India.
+ King John of England marries a 13 year old Isabella of Angouleme at Bordeaux.
+ Mongols are defeated in Northern China.
+ Fourth Crusaders conquer Byzantium and sack Constantinople.
+Crete falls to Venetians.
Commerce:
+ The Islamic world and china dominate much of trade in the 1200s, business was carried out Expansion of this trade is assisted by advances in navigation and the use of Arabic numerals.

::1200 BC::

Institutions:
+Tale of Two Brothers by an Egyptian Papyrus is scribed.

Technology:
+ “Wet Chemistry” and other sophisticated techniques are being used by the Egyptians.
+ Metal swords are being used in Europe primarily for combat as well as ceremonial purposes.
+ Chariots appear in Ancient China.
+ Earliest writing that survives exists in China.
+Simple plow develops in Europe.

Governance:
+ Theseus, legendary King of Athens, is deposed after a reign of 30 years and succeeded by Menestheus.
+ Olmec civilization in Mesoamerica started.
+ Collapse of Hittite power in Anatolia with the destruction of the capital.
+ Aramaic Nomads and Chaldeans become a big threat to the former Babylonian and Assyrian Empire.

Commerce:
+ Massive migrations of people around the Mediterranean and the Middle-East
+Mesopotamian tablets are thought to be the first economic documentation of food and other trade. This developed across the ancient world from Babylon to India and China.

::Sources::
+http://www.answers.com/topic/1200
+http://www.criticalthinking.net.au/Resources/Flash/middleAges_timeline.swf
+http://ezinearticles.com/?History-of-Aromatherapy---Arabia-800-1200-AD---Africa---Europe-Middle-Ages-500-1300-AD&id=1538958
+http://history-timeline.deepthi.com/india-timeline-history/india-history-to-1400.html
+ http://www.jrmooneyham.com/lostcv4ref.html
+http://www.urbandharma.org/udnl3/nl072704.html
+http://www.wikipedia.org
+http://news.bbc.co.uk/hi/english/static/road_to_riches/timeline/timeline.swf