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Atilla the Hun was alosed called"The Scourge of God" - All round pillager and conqueror, ranging both East to Persia, and West to i) Gaul in 451, where his army of as many as a few hundred thousand
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Fled to Medina from persecution in Mecca in 622, the flight "Hegira" marking the "year 0" of Islam
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The legendary Caliph and Sultan who ruled for 23 years from the new Abbasid capital of Baghdad at the height of the Abbasid Empire.
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The first Crusade was November 27 1095 by Pope Urban the first and was held in a feild in Clermont, France.
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An all-round conqueror whose conquests, stretching from the Yellow Sea to the Black Sea.He became the biggest empire that the world has ever known
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The leanong Tower of Pisa Stared to tilt before the first storey was finished. Left to settle for 100 years at the third storey level then completed
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Founder of the Franciscan Order and Patron Saint of Italy (Saints' Day October 4th). Unlike Benedict, Bernard and others Francis was no intellectual.
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San Domenico founded the Dominican order and it became "official" in 1216.The new order was used in a last ditch and unsuccessful attempt to persuade the Cathars of SW France to repent their heresy.
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Roman General and leader Orestes is defeated and killed by a guy name Odoacer.Odoacer stayed in power for about 17 years.