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The Crusades were a series of religious and political wars fought between 1096 and 1291 for control of the Holy Land
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The 100 Year War was a long struggle between England and France over succession to the French throne
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Plague was reportedly first introduced to Europe via Genoese traders at the port city of Kaffa in the Crimea in 1347
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The Renaissance is generally considered to have started in Florence.
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Was a Chinese mariner, explorer, diplomat, fleet admiral and court eunuch during China's early Ming dynasty.
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Is considered a heroine of France for her role during the Lancastrian phase of the 100 Years War.
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Johannes Gutenberg invented the painting press in the mid 1400s they were rare and hard to produce.
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The tribunal of the Holy Office of the Inquisition, commonly known as the Spanish Inquisition.
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Columbus left Spain in August 1492 with three ships, and after a stopover in the Canary Islands made landfall in the Americas on October 12
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Suleyman the Magnificent was one of the most famous of the sultans of the Ottoman empire.
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Military engagement in which Ottomans won a decisive victory over the Safavids of Iran.
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The Spanish conquest led by Hernan Cortes, was a landmark victory for the for the European settlers.
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The samurai were the warriors of premodern Japan. They later made up the ruling military class.
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Shakespeare's death is not known for sure. But there is a theory that Shakespeare died of a fever.
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It was built by Mughal Emperor Shah Jahan in memory of his wife M