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After a seven-year battle, Zhu Yuanzhang's army ends the rule of the Yuan Dynasty. Several years earlier Zhu had taken his army into Jiqing, established a military base there as part of his plan to control all of China.
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The attack began on April 6, 1453, as the Ottomans bombarded the city with massive cannons hurling stone balls weighing up to 1,200 pounds each.
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Finally, on May 29, the walls were breached, and Ottoman soldiers poured into the city.
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Shah Esmail founded the safavid dynasty in 1502. He used his forces to seize much of Iran and Iraq.
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Babur captures Kabul, making it and eastern Afghanistan the first possession of the Mughal empire
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Victory at Khanua, over a Hindu confederation of Rajput rulers, brings Babur a tenuous control over most of northwest India
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After the death of Akbar, his son Jahangir succeeds to the Mogul Empire.
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Li Zicheng's rebel forces march into Beijing and Emperor Chongzhen hangs himself behind the Forbidden City. With the last Ming emperor gone, the Ming Dynasty comes to an end and China is now briefly under the Shun Dynasty.
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however, the empire began a slow decline, culminating in the defeat of the empire by the Allies in World War I.
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The Safavid Dynasty was invaded by the Hotaki Dynasty and was beaten, but later regained control.
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They placed Azerbaijan under Ottoman rule and contolled the Caspian Sea with their fleet. This forced the new Safavid Shah to sign a peace treaty in which he lost most territory.
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The ming dynasty gained control over china in 1368 to 1644. It was founded by Zhu Yuanzhang, who proclaimed himself emperor in Yingtian.