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The Mexica believed in deities whom required blood sacrifices so they sacrificed conquered peoples. They later created the Aztec Empire.
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A peasant led a revolt against the Yuan dynasty and drove the Mongols away and established the Ming Dynasty.
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Prince Henry the Navigator captured Ceuta, the Moroccan fortress. This city was directly across from Gibraltar on the coast of North Africa.
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Zheng He's voyages and of the Ming Dynasty's ended with his death but not before establishing a strong Chinese presence in the lands they traveled to.
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Pachakuti initiated military campaigns from Cuzco in 1438. He was able to conquer large areas along the Andes.
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Using gunpowder, the Ottomans ended the Byzantine Empire at the conquest of Constantinople.
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After a lengthy war between France and England over succession, both countries left with greater senses of patriotism among other improvements in their systems.
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1492 marked the end of the successful effort to drive out the Muslims that were residing in Spain at the time.
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Charles I was crowned the Holy Roman emperor in 1520 by seven nobles, though the title carried barely any weight.
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Emperor Akbar came to power in 1556 and led his empire to be the most dominant in South Asia taking advantage of the Indian Ocean trade.
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Mikhail Romanov was offered royal power by other Russian nobles. The Romanov dynasty lasted over three hundred years.