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Muhammed's Death was a significant event for the followers of Islam dividing Muslims at the time, creating different sects of Islam that are still prevalent today.
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Nara was the capital of Japan with the city being modeled heavily off China. Kanji (Chinese characters with Japanese readings) were also first implemented and used during the Nara Period.
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Printing is invented in China, hundreds of years before the Europeans. Chinese printing allows for the creation of paper money and makes beauracracy easier and more efficient.
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A fight between the French and Spanish Muslims. The French victory prevented the northern advance of Spanish Muslims into Western Europe.
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During this time the imported Chinese culture in Japan was "Japanified" with the resulting creation of the two Kana phonetic alphabets, and the changing religious-scape in Japan.
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First Contemporary book created in China it contained Paper in the form of pages. This was a significant advancement because of it's benefits in information collation and storage of important data.
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This began with the baptisim of Prince Vladimir of Rus. (An empire spanning from Northwestern Russia to Ukraine) After his Baptism the people of Rus also became christians. Ultimately resulting in Russia's strong allegiance to christianity today.
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Ideological differences between Eastern Orthodox and The Roman Catholic church eventually create a divide, or schism between the two churches and their people. Ultimately resulting in the change of the relgious-scape of Christianity. And large, dramatic changes lingiustically, socially and geographically throughout Europe.
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After Turkish Muslims seized control of Jersualem they denied Christians access to Jerusalem. Which in turn sparked an Invasion by European Christians. The first crusade resulted in a European victory, however, it was a game of back in forth between Muslims and Christians, with many more crusades to be fought for the "Holy land."
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During this period Japan was controlled by Shoguns controlling different areas throughout Japan.
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Genghis Khan or Temujin lead and created the Mongol Empire. The Mongol Empire was one of the most successful empires militaristically and conquered vast areas of land spanning from Eastern Asia to Eastern Europe.
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The Magna Carta placed limitations on unlawful increases in taxes and on change of legislation from the king
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Mali is the wealthiest empire in Africa and is a strong hub for culture and relgion which helped solidify islam in west africa
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The Mongolians conquered huge amounts of land and it helped build up their empire, taking people from their conquered lands and putting them in places of influence and power.
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Gunpowder makes it's way to Europe through the Silk Road, gunpowder becomes a popular commotodity and is exstensively traded. Gunpowder also created significant weaponry advances with increased firepower.
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Akin to the Magna Carta, Parliament took away absolute power from the king and placed it in the hands of other people. This resulted in more control and less authority from the king in the creation of laws and legislation because preposed laws would have to be passed through parliament before it was approved. Parliament was a step closer to democracy
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Marco Polo and his family travel to china resulting in a better foreign understanding of China at the time for foreigners through Marco Polo's accounts.
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Kublai Khan defeats the southern song, resulting in the takeover of China and the eventual creation of Beijing as the capital.
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Leaders in Indonesia had began converting to Islam. By the 1500s Islam had a firm grip on religion in the SE Asia region resulting in a strong influence in SE Asia to this day.
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The last Mesoamerican culture prior to the Europeans' arrival in Mesoamerica. The Aztecs' had a strongly militaristic culture and practiced traditions such as bloodletting and human sacrifice.
