Meanwhile…

medieval castles and walled cities

ca. 1000 - 1400 n.Chr.

Founding of Jamestown

1607-05-14

The Berlin Conference divides Africa

1884-1885

Conquest of the Khwarezmian Empire

1219-1221

The Bossche Broek as a defensive landscape

16de eeuw

The Spanish-American War

1898

Origins of Haka in Māori Oral Tradition

time immemorial, pre-1300

Trial before the Roman Inquisition

1633

Bahá'í Faith Emerges from Persian Bábism

1860s

Shoemaking guilds in medieval Europe

12th century

The Manila galleon route connects Asia, America and Europe

1565

Rise of the American shoe factory system

1860s-1880s

study of Arabic mathematics in North Africa

rond 1185-1200

The Renaissance and the Scientific Revolution

ca. 1450 – 1700

Fibonacci numbers in natural science

eind 19e eeuw

The Mongol Yam network connects a continent

circa 1235

Yermak's expedition opens up the Siberian route to the east

circa 1581-1585

Benz Patent-Motorwagen: the birth of the automobile

1886-01-29

Start of construction of the Tower of Pisa

1173

half-timbered houses and middle-class dwellings in Northern Europe

ca. 1550 n.Chr.

Cuypers completes the Rijksmuseum

circa 1885

Fibonacci's recognition at the court of Frederick II

rond 1225

Horses reach the Great Plains of North America

circa 1600

First long car journey by Bertha Benz

1888-08-05

The Black Death spreads via the Mongol trade routes

1347-1351

the catastrophic eruption of Krakatoa

augustus 1883