The Fourth Crusade of 1203 ended in the large-scale destruction of Constantinople. After some detours in the cities of Venice, Zadar, and Constantinople, not a single Crusader arrived in Jerusalem to reconquer it. After they deposed the Greek ruling family, the Crusaders then declared Baldwin, Count of Flanders, as the new ruler of the city. […]
Biblical Timeline
Greek and Roman Church, Total Separation of
The total separation of the Greek and Roman churches occurred in AD 1054 where it is recorded on the Biblical Timeline with World History. This was after Humbert, the Cardinal of Silva Candida, excommunicated Patriarch Michael Cerularius of Constantinople in his own turf, the Hagia Sophia. Patriarch Michael answered this excommunication with his own condemnation […]
Malta Founded, Order of
Jerusalem: The City of Peace The Order of Malta, also known as Order of Saint John, was founded not on the Mediterranean island itself but in the ancient city of Jerusalem in 1048 according to the Biblical Timeline with World History. For thousands of years, Jerusalem was the holiest of cities for the Jews. In […]
Gregory IX
Gregory IX reigned between 1227 and 1241 where he can be found on the Biblical Timeline with World History. He was a controversial figure in papal history because of his part in the Inquisition against religious movements he considered as heretical. The pope also had a hard relationship with the Holy Roman Emperor and King […]
Toulouse, Council of
The Council of Toulouse was held in 1229 in response to the Albigensian heresy that rose in France where it is recorded on the Biblical Timeline with World History. The Council decreed that the common people (those who were not priests) should not read unauthorized copies of the Bible. [This article continues after a message […]
Chimu People Expand in Peru
The Chimu people of Peru expanded their territory starting around 1250 after they conquered neighboring states, such as those in the Lambayeque and Casma Valleys. They were still expanding when the Incas rose to power and took what the Chimu empire had conquered years before. The Chimu’s expansion in Peru is recorded on the Biblical […]
Cliff-Fewkes Canyon, Colorado, High Rises and Kivas at
Around 1150, the ancient Puebloans (Anasazi) moved down from the mesa tops and started to carve their homes on the cliff sides. Many of these cliff dwellings were constructed between 1200 and 1250. The construction of these magnificent houses and kivas are chronicled on the Bible Timeline Poster with World History around this period. Some of […]
End of Hopewell Culture in North America
The Prehistoric Indian culture called the Hopewell (or Hopewellian) flourished in the Ohio and Mississippi river valleys during the Formative period of North America. Just like the Poverty Point, Adena, and Mississippian cultures, the Hopewell culture was known for the great mounds their people built in Ohio and some portions of Illinois. Some of the […]
Chimu Culture at Chan Chan, Peru, Height of the
The ancient capital of the Chimu Empire called the Chan Chan is located hundreds of miles from the Inca capital of Cuzco. It seemed that over the years, the Inca had eclipsed their distant neighbors. Although the Chimu Empire was relatively smaller than what the Inca people built in their heyday, it remains as one […]
Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms
Chinese history between the Tang and Song dynasties The Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms period was a short but important era of political division in China after the fall of the Tang dynasty. In the north, five short-lived dynasties ruled one after another from 907 to 960. In the south and west, several more stable […]