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A native Chinese dynasty that overthrew the Mongols but continued many of their practices.
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A city on the coast of north Africa. It was conquered by Portugal and is where the Portuguese empire had started.
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Admiral Zheng He's voyages came to a halt when he died. He led a Ming Dynasty fleet on several different voyages to Southeast Asia, South Asia, the Arabian Peninsula, and the East African Coast.
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Founded the conquests in the Cuzco valley where the Inca incorporated these people into their society.
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A war between France and England over the right to the french throne. France won. It brought the kings more power with the rise of nationalism and allegiance to nation/empire versus lord.
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They captured the capital and renamed it Istanbul. It was prosperous and diverse. Mehmed the conqueror conquered it, he is the patron of art and learning.
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Catholic rulers of Spain and Portugal's campaign in hopes to expand christian territory into North Africa.
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Central European kingdom marked by conflict between the Emperor and both his nobles and the church.
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Hernan Cortés invaded Mexico and conquered the Aztec Empire.
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The most powerful emperor of the of the Mughal emperors, who pursued a policy of toleration toward the Hindu majority and presided over a cosmopolitan court.
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After Ivan the Terrible, the Russian nobles offered this position to Mikhail Romanav.