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The beginning of the Hindu and Muslim rivalry in South Asia.
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Southeast Asia comes into contact with what is now India.
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The Qin Dynasty rules China.
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The Mayan City-States in Modern-Day Southern Mexico, Belize, Honduras, and Guatemala reach their height.
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Due to increasing issues, the Roman Empire begins to decline.
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The Gupta Empire in India, collapses, leaving the region in chaos.
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Prince Shaotoku Taishi promotes Bhuddism and Confucianism in Japan.
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Muhammad, the creator of Islam and believed to be the last great prophet, dies.
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Rule of the Srivijaya Empire in South-East Asia.
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The Mississippian Culture emerges in Modern-Day Eastern U.S.
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Dar al-Islam expands into Southern Spain, until they are pushed back at the Battle of Turs.
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Dar al-Islam (House of Islam) reaches its golden age under the Abbasid Sultanate.
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The Abbasid Sultanate moves the Islamic Capital to Baghdad, a prominent trading center.
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The formation of Neo-Confucianism, an abstract syncretism of Daoism and Buddhism that spread throughout East Asia.
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A period where Japan mimicked Chinese culture closely.
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Rule of the Khmer Empire, or Angkor Kingdom in South-East Asia
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Kingdom/Governing body in South Asia.
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A series of slave revolts in Mesopotamia that was one of the most successful slave revolts in history, allowing a group of slaves to hold a city for 10 years before it was recaptured.
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The Song Dynasty rules China.
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Otto I is crowned Holy Roman Emperor.
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Controversy about who could ordain (invest) in Bishops. Resolved with the Concordant of Worms, which separated secular authorities from the Church.
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William the Conqueror, a Norman king, conquers Europe, uniting the kingdoms of each side of the English Channel. Also unites Anglo-Saxons and Normans, creating the modern English people.
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The beginning of the Bhakti Movement, a change in Hinduism that abolished the caste system among other things.
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Maimonides' lifespan, an Islamic scholar who lived in Spain.
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Empire/Governing Body in Southern Asia
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King Phillip II rules France and creates a bureaucracy.
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The Minamoto Family installed a new ruler, the Shogun. The Emperor became a puppet-head ruler.
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The Chaco culture in Modern-Day Southwestern U.S. declines due to a drier climate.
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The Mesa Verde culture in Modern-Day Southwestern U.S. declines due to a drier climate.
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The Delhi Sultanate rules over the northern portion of South Asia.
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The lifespan of Nasir al-Din al-Tusi, an important Islamic scholar.
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Noblemen force the king to sign the Magna Carta, a protection of human rights.
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St. Thomas Aquinas' lifespan. An Islamic scholar.
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The Mongols conquer and destroy the Islamic Capital, Baghdad. Another casualty is the House of Wisdom.
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The English Parliament is formed, with people from the nobility and clergy and wealthy villagers.
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King Phillip IV rules France and creates the Estates-General. A body created of the three legal classes (clergy, nobility, commoners) to counsel the king.
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Rule of the Majahapahit Empire in South-East Asia.
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The Aztecs found their capital city, Tenochtitlan in Modern-Day Mexico City.
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The Aztecs form their empire in Central Mexico.
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Ibn Khaldun's lifespan, an important Islamic scholar.
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The declination of the Aztec empire due to the invasion of Spain.
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Rise of the Sukhathai Kingdom in South-East Asia.
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Pochacuti conquers tribe in Modern-Day Cuzco, Peru and forms the Incan Empire.
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The Mississippians abandon their largest structure, Cahokia around this time. Cahokia was located in Modern-Day Southern Illinois.
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A' ishah al-Ba'uniyyah's lifespan, an important Sufi poet and mystic
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Christians reconquer Spain from Islam control.
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Hwayana Capoc, Pochacuti's grandson, begins his rule of the Incan Empire.
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After resenting the Aztecs, lower level tribes rebel against the Aztec Empire, eventually defeating them with the help of the Spaniards.
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The Delhi Sultanate loses control to the Mughals.
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Taking advantage of the ongoing Incan Civil War, Francisco Pizarro, a Spanish Conquistador, conquers the Incan Empire
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War that includes the destruction of most of the Holy Roman Empire.
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The Holy Roman Empire formally disbands after Napoleon conquers most of Europe.
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The practice of foot binding is banned in China