Chronology

Dates	Noh	Dates	Buddhism
612 AD	Gigaku arrived in Japan	521 BC	Buddha begins wanderings in search of spiritual truth
1100 AD	Bugaku, from china, India, Korea, and Cen. Asia, fell out of favor in Japan, Sangaku and Ennen evolved	61 AD	Mahayana Buddhism spreads to China
1200 AD	Dengaku, original name of songs at celebrations, developed	372 AD	Buddhism spreads to Korea
1374 AD	Zeami and Kannami perform for shogun Yoshimitsu, Noh gets its name	520 AD	Indian Scholar Bodhidharma goes to China, Zen school of teaching develops from his teachings
1384 AD	Kannami dies, Zeami takes over family Noh troupe	538/552 AD	First written account of Buddhism in Japan
1185-1600 AD	Medieval Japan	625 AD	Middle Way school forms in Japan to teach Buddhism
1200-1300 AD	Sangaku, ennen, and dengaku merge in the evolution of Noh	664 AD	Hsuan Tsang dies, founded Yoga school in China
1336-1568 AD	Muromachi Period in Japan	803 AD	Saicho founds T'ien-t"ai sect in Japan, grows into 3 Japanese schools of thought: Pure Land, Zichiren, and Zen
1363-1443 AD	Zeami lives, develops art of writing and acting and theory of Noh, known as father of Noh	1244 AD	Dogen founds Soto Zensect in Japan. Emphasizes gradual enlightenment

Dates	Politics	Dates	Science
650 AD	Koran written as sacred book of teachings of Muhammad.	651 AD	Hôtel-Dieu founded in Paris to care for the sick and poor
1096-1291 AD	Crusades by European Christians against Muslim Seljuk Turks for control of Holy Land	1100 AD	Chinese demonstrate cause of solar and lunar eclipses
1207 AD	Mongol invasions begin	1200 AD	Chinese develop first arrows propelled by black-powder rockets
1215 AD	Magna Carta signed by English king John	1260 AD	Observatory as Peking, China built
1378 AD	Revolt of the Ciompi, wage earners revolt against guilds in Florence, Italy	1400 AD	Italian architect Filippo Bruelleschi begins first archeological excavation in Rome
1400 AD	Somni Ma Dogo, ruler of Gao, raids the kingdom of Mali	1457 AD	Europe's first medical publication, Gutenburg Prugation Calendar, printed
1403 AD	Yongle, son of Hongaw, the first Ming emporer, usurps the Chinese throne	1482 AD	Leonardo da Vinci publishes detailed sketches of human body
1405 AD	Mullakhan, the ruler of Delhi, killed by Khizr Khan the Mogol ruler of Punjab	1543 AD	First accurate text on human anatomy, De Humani Corporis Fabrica, published
1519-22 AD	Conquest of Mexico	1580 AD	Scientist Propero Alpini discovers that plants have two sexes

Dates	Arts and Literature	Dates	Printing Technology
700s AD	Unknown Anglo-Saxon author composes Beowulf	600 AD	Chinese develop woodblock printing technique
1100s AD	Troubadour tradition of wandering poet-singers develops in southern France	1100 AD	Multicolor printing to produce paper money invented in Japan
1190 AD	Chrétien de Troyes, French poet dies, work includes Erect et Enide and Percival	1397 AD	Bronze type used in Korea
1302 AD	Cimabue, Gothic Foloentine artist known as Father of Italian painting, dies, work include Madonna Enthroned	1423 AD	Earliest dated woodblock print published in Europe
1360 AD	Anonymous poet writes Middle Engish story Gawain and the Green Knight	1452 AD	Metal plates used for printing
1387-1400 AD	Geoffry Chaucer writes The Canterbury Tales	1500s AD	Camera obscura (dark chamber) used by artists as drawing tool, precursor of modern camera
1400 AD	Italian artist Cennino d'Andrea Cennini writes Il libro dell'arte, The Artist's Handbook	1568 AD	Mercator projection developed for mapmaking
1471 AD	Sir Thomas Malory, English writer, dies, work includes Le Morte D'Arthur
1527 AD	Niccoló Machiavelli, Italian statesman and political philosopher, dies, work includes Discorsi, The Prince, La Mandragola