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The major Mesoamerican Empires were Mayan, Aztec, and Olmec. They are known for the temples they would build, and that they would partake in sacrifice.
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The Tang and song dynasties were known as the golden age in China. They helped China become the most powerful nation at the time. They invented printing, gunpowder, and the compass. The tang dynasty was a peaceful era for china. the song dynasty was a time for innovation.
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The abbasid Caliphate was a dynasty that ruled over the Islamic Empire. The founder was As-Saffah. The leader of the Caliphate was called the caliph. The caliphate was seen as the religious leaders of the Islamic world, but the Mamluks had the true power.
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Feudalism is a social system in medieval Europe. It works by A crowned noble controls the lands and exchanges it for militants and nobles. It is a system where the king is above the nobles and nobles control knights and knights are responsible for keeping the peasants in control.
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The Delhi Sultanate was a Islamic Empire based in Delhi. 5 Dynasties ruled over the Sultanate. the 5 Dynasties were Mamluk dynasty, the Khilji dynasty, the Tughlaq dynasty, the Sayyid dynasty, and the Lodi dynasty. It started the Muslim rule in India.
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The Mongol Empire was the largest contiguous Land empire ever. It is the 2nd largest empire ever after Britain. Even though the Mongol Empire was known for their warfare they were able to establish peace for a while.
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The Mali Empire was a Empire in west Africa. It was the largest Empire in Africa at the time. The rulers of this Empire were very wealthy because of all the resources in Africa.
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The Yuan dynasty was a dynasty under the rule of the mongolian empire. It was established by Kublai Khan. It followed the song dynasty and preceded the ming dynasty.
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The Ottoman Empire was a State Caliphate. They were Islamic and controlled a lot of land in southeast Europe, southwest Asia, and north Africa. They held a lot of land and were a multilingual empire.
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The European Renaissance was a period of cultural, artistic, political and economic "Rebirth". It was a time of peace so people could have time to study the arts.
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The bubonic plague was a plague that struck Medieval europe. It came from China and spread through fleas and ticks. It decreased Europe's population by a lot. It made it so new ways to handle disease.
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The Ming Dynasty was the ruling dynasty of China from 1368 to 1644 following the collapse of the Mongol-led Yuan dynasty. The Ming dynasty was the last dynasty of Imperial China.
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The Spanish Colonial Empire was formed after conquering parts of the Americas. They controlled the west and south. It began in the Carribean.
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The Portuguese Trading Post Empire was made to control trade routes. It forced merchants to stop and pay a fine. They did this to get money to go towards their Exploration. It also pitted the Hindus and Muslims against one another.
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The age of Exploration was the time period where europeans started exploring the world by sea. They searched for new trading routes, weath, knowledge, and to spread religion.
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The Reformation was a movement in western Christianity. It was a political and religious challenge against the roman catholic church. It happened to oppose corruption in the church. A lot of people saw that it needed change.
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The Mughal Empire was a gunpowder empire that Controlled a lot of south America. They spread Muslim culture and faith. they were Muslims who ruled a majority Hindu population.
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The Tokugawa Shogunate was the government of Japan when the people came together to make a nation. They centralized the powers and united the people.They were Japan's first Shogunate
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The Qing dynasty was the last Imperial dynasty of China. They made China's territory bigger. And they increased China's Population. They increased the population by integrating people into China.
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The Atlantic Slave Trade was where slaves were made out of the prisoners in African tribes. The slaves were also bought by slave owners in Africa. The slaves were mostly sent to the new colonies but some were sent back to the mother colony.
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The Enlightenment was a European intellectual movement of the 17th and 18th centuries in which ideas concerning God, reason, nature, and humanity. It mainly made it so people looked more at science rather than blind faith.
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The Industrial Revolution was the transition of the way products would be produced. It changed all the world. It made it so colognizers became more aggressive in their colognization so they could compete with other companies. A lot of people saw it as a bad thing because it made company owners greedy and richer than they were. The industrial revolution did increase the amount of competition between companies.
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The American revolution was the most important Revolution because it showed everyone else that a colony can rise up against its government to make it so they were free of tyranny. Some main reasons it happened was because the British were being tyranical against the American colognist. They stood up for their rights and what the belived in and managed to earn their freedom.
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The French Revolution was where the peasants rised up against the French government. It happened because there was poor harvests, drought, and cattle disease. It made it so the peasants saw that they were bad off and the government officials were very well off.
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The Haitian Revolutions was the first successful slave revolution. This showed other slaves that they could fight against the tyranny of the slave owners. It was a important action in history because it helped prove that the slaves are people too and deserved freedom.
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The Tanzimat Reforms were held in the Ottoman Empire. They were a wide-ranging series of educational, political and economic reforms. It was a attempt to modernize the Ottoman empire. It helped militarize the empire.
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The Opium Wars were two wars which were waged between the Great Qing and the British Government in the mid-19th century, triggered by the British government's imposition of the opium trade upon China. The resulting concession of Hong Kong compromised China's territorial sovereignty
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The Taiping Rebellion was a massive revolution that took place in China throughout 1850 to 1864. It was held against the Qing revolution. It took a estimated 20 million lives.
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The Sepoy Mutiny was a very bloody uprising against the British government in India. The Indians wanted freedom from the Brits so they saw out fighting would work. It didn't end up working and many Indians were slaughtered in combat.
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The Meiji Revolution was an event that restored practical imperial rule to the Empire of Japan in 1868 under Emperor Meiji. It was to help modernize the Japanese government. This helped it so they could fend off other countries better.
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The Scramble for Africa was where many European nations saw the industrial opportunity in Africa so they all sought out to take land in Africa. The colognizers saw it as a opportunity to take Africa's natural resources and put them through their new factories. It lasted all the way to WW1
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The Berlin Conference was a meeting to regulate European involvement in Africa. It helped show that the people there aren't a lesser people that can just be treated poorly. The meeting is also about how germany is a new world power.
