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The Aztecs started to conquer neighboring territories because they wanted to appease their gods with human sacrifices.
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The Golden Bull of 1356 allowed the seven leading princes in the Holy Roman Empire to elect the emperor.
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The Ming dynasty overthrows the Mongols to come into power but continues many of the same practices.
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Portugal captured Ceuta (a Muslim city in North Africa) to convert its inhabitants to Christianity.
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His death made the Ming Empire suspend all voyages and use its resources to build the Great Wall.
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Pachakuti expands the Inca Empire through military campaigns and integrates conquered people and lands into the empire.
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The war over the legitimate succession to the French crown against England ended with a French victory.
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The Ottomans used gunpowder and cannons to siege Constantinople for 55 days, renaming it Istanbul.
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The Spanish Christian efforts to retake the Iberian Peninsula ended in 1492 when the Muslims were completely driven out.
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He was Muslim, ruled over a Hindu-dominant population, and taxed and controlled agriculture and trade in the Indian Ocean.
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Russian nobles offered Romanov the position and he accepted because the line of succession to the Tsar was unclear.