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1243
Mongol Invasion of Asia Minor
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1281
Founding of Ottoman dynasty
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1334
Death of First Safavid Sufi master at Ardabil
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1453
Ottoman capture of Constantinople
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1517
Ottoman capture of Syria and Egypt
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1540
Babur’s successor, Humayan, driven from India
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1556
Mughal empire reestablished in north India
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Period: 1556 to
Reign of Akbar
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Period: to
Reign of Abbas I (the great) in Persia
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Period: to
Great War of Succession between sons of Shah Jahan