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the empire fell when Ottoman Turks conquered constantinople
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Joan was born a peasant and then became a french female knight. she led the french army to victories in the hundred year war.Joan was capture by the English and burned at 19 years old.
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the mongol rule over Russia started to decline due to the division among mongols and the growing strength of Russia.
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Reason of demise of the mongol empire. mongol empire was in disarray. Trade diminished all across the world.
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the plague reached the middle east and western Europe were it killed a lot of people and lowered the population.
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one half of Europe's population died due to the plague. their was a large decline in the Eurasian population for over a century.
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the hundred year war was between England and France they were fighting over rival claims to territories in France. France was announced winner.
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the plague was a dangerous disease. the plague erupted in northern china and killed many people.
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Began in Italy .There was a culture awakening in western Europe. time of transition from the Dark ages to modern times.
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division among the mongols, rising prices, the plague,were reasons mongol rule declined in china in the 1300s
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The mongols failed to complete the invasion of japan. this also was a one of the limits of the mongol empire. the mongols had a difficult time moving across the jungles of southeast Asia.
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he was a mongol ruler of the Yuan dynasty, he improved roads, built canals , lowered taxes, and did more good things for the dynasty
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The mongols were defeated by Egyptian forces in Palestine. this also was marked as one of the mongol empire limits.
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the capital of Baghdad was attacked. this was the end of the Abbasid dynasty. more than 200,000 people were massacred.
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the Abbasid Dynasty officially ended when they were conquered by the mongols
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the mongols withdrew from eastern Europe which led to setbacks in the mongol conquest. This withdrawal also marked some limits to the mongol empire.
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The beginning of the mongol conquest started in 1209. The conquest continued for 50 years under Genghis Khan.
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the mongols recognized Temujin as Genghis khan. He made the mongol expansion possible.
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crusades are made against Muslims and Christians but they are very unsuccessful
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Richard the lion heart of England and Saladin the military leader of the Muslims face each other in many battles. no one wins and they make an agreement where the Muslims keep Jerusalem but Christians were free to visit the city.
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Temujin united and led the mongols. he had many military victories. he made warriors from defeated tribes into his own forces.
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One Latin kingdom falls to the Muslims.
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byzantine empire asked European Christians for military help against the Seljuk Turks .The Turks had also taken the holy land, this made the pope urban II call on all European nobles to go take the holy land back.
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Byzantium began to face invasion from catholic crusaders and Turkic Muslim invaders
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Eastern orthodox church and the roman catholic church separated even further. both of the churches excommunicated each other and declared that people in the opposing christian tradition were not real Christians.
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built new capital for the Arab empire in Baghdad, Persian culture became the culture of Islamic elite. Governors asserted autonomy over their region.
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Began when Arab empire was expanded. caliphs became hereditary rulers but then they were overthrown because the people didn't like their status and Muslims believed Umayyad caliphs were illegitimate.
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Arab forces passed through north Africa, conquered Spain, attacked southern France, and took over some towns in Central Asia.
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The Arab Empire stretched from Spain to India and extended to areas in Europe, Asia, and Africa. Arab forces defeated the Persian empire and took over some of the Byzantium's territories.
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Muhammad the religious and political leader also lead the military. Islamic community expanded by military conquest. By 632 most of Arabia was under Islamic control.
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Originated on the Arabian peninsula, Muhammad claimed he was Allah's messenger and that he was the last prophet. He said he had Gods final revelation to human kind and he was trying to return to the old religion of Abraham. His revelations were recorded in the Quran.
