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Muhammed and his follwers flee to medina.
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Tang Taizong became the second emperor of the Tang dynasty in 627 C.E. He was known for being ambitious and extremely ruthless too.
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Muhammed dies, Abu becomes caliph.
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The split between the two main branches of Islam is nearly 1,400 years old, and started with a fight over who should lead the faithful after the prophet Muhammad's death in 632.
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633-42 Muslim armies take Fertile Crescent and North Africa, Persian and Byzantine Empires.
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Ali becomes caliph in 633.He is murdered in 661 where Umayyad becomes caliph.
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The Equal-Field System was established to control the distribution of land. One of its purposes was to "avoid the concentration of land". However, in the 700s, it commenced demonstrating "signs of strain".
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Due to a careless emperor who ignored public affairs in 755 C.E., An Lushan mounted a rebellion. He not only seized the capital at Chang'an, but he also captured the second most important capital, Luoyang.
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The Tang forces finally managed to suppress Lushan's army in 763 C.E. Not only that, but they also recaptured Chang'an and Luoyang. It was a very short rebellion. Interestingly enough though, the army was captured various years after the murder of Lushan.
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Xuanzong was a "rebel leader" and captured Chang'an. Afterwards, he proclaimed himself emperor in 618.
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In 875 C.E. there was an uprising led by Huang Chao, a known military general. He engaged much of eastern China in a complicated situation. His uprising ended in 884 C.E.
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One of the reasons the Roman Empire collapsed was because it was so large. Similarly, the vast size of the Tang dynasty also brought about its end. As the size increased, the power of the local warlords also increased, which was problematic.
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