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Prophet Mohammad was threatend at the time with death so him and his followers went to Medina and performed hija. which also is marked as the first year on the muslim calender.
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Prophet Mohammad, once he performed hija, he returned to meca and destroyed all the shirnes except for the Ka'ba, which is now a point of muslim pilgrimage.
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in 632 when prophet mohammad died, abu bakr became the caliph. whihc basically means he wa sa ruler, an emporer in a religious way, and a cheif judge to his society.
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Arab armies destroyed the Sasanid Empire and captured the Byzantine Egypt, Syria, and Tunisia.
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established around 650, the holy book is the "bible" for muslims who bilieve in Islam. the text in it was collected into a group of surahs depending on how big they were. This holy book has brought history down to generation for muslims to carry on their faith.
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Disagreements led to charges and countercharges of heresy when a person was non-Christian.
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Arabs and Berbers raiders under Umayyad caliph authority overturned the kindon of the Visgoths in Spain.
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in 732 when the unayyads failed to overthrow that regime, the islamic empire began to make a move on europe on the iberian peninsula.
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this dynasty had established atrs and sciences and had buit the capital at Bagdad which is now a great cultural center of the world. this dynastry was also defeated byt he mongosl later on causing the empire to decline.
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The Great Schism; split between Roman and Eastern orthodox churches
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Alexius Comnenus rules Byzantine Empire, calls for western military aid against Muslims
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The Crusades; the christian church began takeing back sacred land from the muslims
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in 1115, the jurchens destrayed the liao capital in mongolia.
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this dynasty was established beofre the mongols took over and this empire helped add on to chinese traditions.
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King Henery's knights murdered Thomas a Becket in Canterbury Cathedral.
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Pope declares Becket a saint
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Muslim conquerors extend their rain over the Hindu princes and chiefs of northern India.
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Magna Carta; gave rights to the people
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Genghis Khan dies
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Mongol has control of almost all of northern China and were threatening Southern Song.
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Mali became an important empire when a resistance was formed against the Soninke
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Merchants, ambassadors, missionaries, and adventurers from Eurasia were all attracted to the imperial capital at Karakorum.
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After Ogodei's death the family unity begins to fall apart.
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The Ghana empire began to disentegrate and eventually fell
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Marco Polo was one of the first euorpean explorers to travel to china
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The Middle East pillaged Baghdad and executed the last Abbasid caliph.
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The Il-Khan state (established by Hulegu) controlled Armenia, Azerbaijan, Mesopotamia, and Iran.
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Khubilai declares himself the Great Khan, however Jagadai's decendents refused to accept him.
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Khubilai declares himslef founder of the Yuan Empire.
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Ala-ud-din's forces extended Sultanate's southern flank, conquering Gujarat, a major trading state.
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The Golden Age; Mansa Musa was the king of Mali, he developed Islamic practices in Mali
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The Great Famine occurred and killed millions
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Hundred Years War
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Bengal successfully breaks away from the sultanate.
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Bubonic Plague (Black Death); the didease began to spread and killed 2/3 of the population in europe...spread by fleas off of rats
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this dynasty was the third final empire of the 3 popular empires of the chinese dynasties. once the mongols were forced to leave china, the ming dynasty formed to carry on traditional chinese rule to the empire.
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Gujarat regains its independence
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Timur (Turko-Mongol leader) invades and captures Delhi.
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Timur pillages the Muslim sultanate of Delhi in northern India.
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Timur defeats the sultan of the rising Ottoman Empire in Anatolia.
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Under Emporer Xuanzong, the Tang dynasty expanded chinese territory into parts of Manchuria, Tibet, and Korea.
The dynasty would have much power and soon to be have too much power. Tang dynasty was unique because of it's poetry practices that tok place. -
This day the Tang dynasty begins to realize that they have to much power and decline because of the uncontrolable power
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Coronation of Charlemagne; charlemagne was crowned king
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Ghanian gold came into high demand
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Song dynasty formed in 960 after the tang dynasty had declined ater having too much power. Emporer Taizu had power to rule and eventually lost power to the jurchens and the mongols. The song dynasty added on to the tang dynasty on thier society. Song empire made the printing processes which helped spread literture.
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Vikings make a threat to western Europe when they attacked a monastery in the English coast.
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this empire last a little while before declining from having too much power such as the tang dynasty.