Sword & Scimitar

  • Oct 14, 1066

    The Battle of Hastings

    The Battle of Hastings
    The Battle of hastings was during the Norman conquest of England. The Normans, Bretons Flemings, French, Poitevins, Angevins and the Manceaux utterly crushed England.
  • Jan 1, 1206

    Ghengis Khan

    Ghengis Khan
    Ghengis Khan, who was born as Temujin was the 'Great Khan' emperor of the Mongol Empire. The empire he grew from scratch to becme the largest contigious empire after his demise. He died in 1227 after defeating the Western Xia. He was buried in an unmarked grave somewhere in Mongolia at an unknown location.
  • Jan 1, 1206

    Mongol Empire

    Mongol Empire
    the Mongol Empire was known for the largest contigous land area in history. At its greatest extent it spanned 9,700 km, covered an area of 24,000,000 km2. That is 16% of the Earth's total land area and it held around 100 million people under the rule of Ghengis Khan
  • Aug 18, 1227

    Ghengis Khan's death

    Ghengis Khan's death
    Genghis Khan's death; Mongol leaders returned to Mongolia for kuriltai. The empire at this point covered nearly 26 million km², about four times the size of the Roman or Macedonian Empires.
  • Jan 1, 1299

    The Otterman Empire Started

    The Otterman Empire Started
    The Otterman empire or known as The Turkey Empire lasted 623 years before being demolished. Constantinople was its capital and had control of lands around the Mediterranean basin, the empire was at the center of interactions between the Eastern and Western worlds for over six centuries.
  • Jan 1, 1299

    The Renaissance

    The Renaissance
    the Renaissance period was a cultural movement that started in Italy in 1299. It spread throughout europe quickly due to the invention of printing. Some of the most well known artistic talent came from the Renaissance.
  • Aug 7, 1304

    The end of The Mongol Empire

    The end of The Mongol Empire
    The Mongol Empire had split into four separate khanates or empires, each pursuing its own separate interests and objectives: the Golden Horde khanate in the northwest, the Chagatai Khanate in the west, the Ilkhanate in the southwest, and the Yuan Dynasty based in modern-day Beijing.In 1304, the three western khanates briefly accepted the Yuan Dynasty,but when it was overthrown by the Han Chinese Ming Dynasty in 1368, the Mongol Empire finally dissolved.
  • Aug 7, 1347

    The Middle ages

    The Middle ages
    The late Middle ages had difficulties such as famine, plague and war diminished the population of western europe. The Black death killed a third of the population between 147 to 1350.
  • Aug 7, 1348

    The Black Death

    The Black Death
    The Black Death was one of the most devastating pandemics in human history, peaking in Europe between 1348 and 1350. there are still several competing theories about how the outbreak started. It has been conclusively proven by analysis of ancient DNA from victims in northern and southern Europe. the didsease was largely spread throughout rats.
  • Apr 15, 1452

    Leonardo da Vinci

    Leonardo da Vinci
    Leonardo da Vinci was a painter, sculptor, architect, musician, scientist, mathematician, engineer, inventor, anatomist, geologist, cartographer, botanist, and writer. He is widely considered to be one of the greatest painters of all time and perhaps the most diversely talented person ever to have lived.
  • Aug 7, 1453

    Fall Of Constantinople

    Fall Of Constantinople
    The capture of Constantinople marked the end of the Roman Empire, an imperial state which had lasted for nearly 1,500 years. It was also a massive blow to Christendom, and the Ottomans thereafter were free to advance into Europe. After the conquest, Mehmed made Constantinople the Ottoman Empire's new capital.
  • Mar 6, 1475

    Michelangelo

    Michelangelo
    Michelangelo was an Italian Renaissance sculptor, painter, architect, poet, and engineer. He is hailed as the greatest living artist of all time. a number of his paintings and sculptures are the most famous in existence.
  • The Vikings

    The Vikings
    The Vikings were explorers, merchants, warriors and pirates who raided, traded, explored and settled in wide areas of Europe, Asia and the North Atlantic islands.
  • Khmer Empire

    Khmer Empire
    The Khmer Empire was one of the most powerful empires in Southeast Asia. The empire, which grew out of the former kingdom of Chenla, at times ruled over and vassalized parts of modern-day Laos, Thailand, Vietnam, Burma, and Malaysia.