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Leading ruler of Europe and also ruled over Northern Italy, helped centralize power
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Founded by Ming Taizu, this dynasty continued many of the Mongol practices.
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Henry the Navigator captures Ceuta with an order from the pope, hoping to turn the inhabitant to Christianity.
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Launched a series of conquests and by 1500, they had conquered 450 altepetl in modern-day Mexico.
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Suspended the year Zheng He died, the expeditions never went into unknown water and showed off the power of the Yongle emperor.
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Launched outward from Cuzco, the Incas stormed enemy forts and cut off supplies, forcing enemies to surrender.
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War between England and France causing many social, political, and economical effects in both countries.
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Mehmed the Conqueror decided to end the fiction of Byzantine rule and took two months to take Constantinople.
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Ferdinand and Isabella captured Granada, completing the Reconquista.
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The Mughal Dynasty was the dominant power in South Asia and the height of its glory was with Emperor Akbar.
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Following the death of Ivan the Terrible and the Time of Troubles, Russian nobles offered royal power to Mikhail Romanov.
