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Timur, a central Asian leader,
mounts campaigns of conquest
end of the crusader kingdom
Mongol leader Kublai The fall of Acre marks the The first recorded military c.1380–1405 The use of corned powder The Aztec Empire is The French are victorious A Swiss victory over the
use of cannon in Western
in the Hundred Years’ War
improves the efficiency
of Metz, in modern-day France
Burgundians at Murten
Khan completes the
of gunpowder weapons
founded in Mexico
1279 conquest of China 1291 1324 Europe occurs at the Siege from northern India to Turkey c.1420 1428 1453 1476 proves the effectiveness
of massed pikemen
1453
1421
1474
1346
1494
The Hussites use gunpowder
defeated by Flemish infantry
Most European
1281
knights wear plate
begins rebuilding the
The Japanese repulse a 1302 French knights are Using massed longbows, English King c.1400 weapons on war wagons, at the The Ottoman Turks capture In China, the Ming dynasty King Charles VIII of France 1500
marches into Italy with an
at the Battle of Courtrai, in
Constantinople using
Edward III defeats the French at
full-scale Mongol invasion
the Battle of Crécy, in France
artillery train of cannon
heavy cannon
Battle of Kutna Hora, Bohemia
western Flanders, Belgium
Great Walll
armor as standard
SAMURAI WARRIORS—C.13TH CENTURY THE BATTLE OF ALJUBARROTA—1385 HUSSITE WAGENBURGEN—C.15TH CENTURY