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Founded after the Byzantine empire. Waged wars against Christians.
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Big Muslim empire that pushed into and took control of the Shara.
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Advanced map making and opened up a school for navigation and the making of better ships.
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Prince Henry established a slave market in 1445. Libson, which is Portugal's captital city became a slave prot. Slavery then spread around Portugul.
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Sultan to the Ottoman emprie. Also conquered Constantinople.
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First king of Songhair empire. Tried to unify people. Helped slave trade.
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First European to sail around Africa to find route to India allowing Europeans to trade directly with the country.
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Orignally going to find a new route to India, Colmbus found the Carribean islands, which led to the discovery of the Americas.
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Divided newly discovered lands between Portugal and Spain.
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Rivals with Ottoman Empire. Shi'ite Muslims.
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Spanish went into Mexico looking for gold, which they didn't find. They also abused the native people by using them for labour and taking their resources.
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Played major part in Protestant Reformation and caused split in church. Changed a lot of people in Europes view of the church.
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Attacked Europe. Reconstructed Ottoman legal system.
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The Mughal Dynasty was an empire in India. The country was prosperous in this dyansty.
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The society worked towards the spreading of the Catholic faith all around the world.
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Council in Catholic church that examined teachings of Martin Luther and other people. Also worked to strengthen church.
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Influential Protestant leader inspired by Martin Luther who helped spread his ideas.
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Brought most of India under Mughal control and worked towards social harmony.
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Ming dynasty declined under his rule.
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Spanish fleet tha sailed to invade England.
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Establishd political unity and economic integration in Japan. Made military more modern. Also helped modernize Japan somewhat.
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Galileo Galilei is an Italian physicist, mathematician, astronomer, and philosopher that took part of the Scientific Revolution. Know for his work in adtronomy.
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War that caused depopulation and economic decline of the Holy Roman Empire.
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Last imperial dyansty of China.
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Series of treaties that ended the Thirty Years War and the Eighty Years War.
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English philospoher that helped the Enlightenment. Argued against 'divine right' and helped change some laws.
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Huge war that affected all the great powers of the world.
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Resulted in Elimination of Slavery in the country and formation of the Republic of Haiti.
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Could not find exact date Important because it led to European counries taking control of a lot of Africa.
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Step towards the getting rid of slave trade all around the world.