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The golden bull became the law of how emperors in the Holy Roman Empire were selected by a group of seven prince electors
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Ming Taizu leads peasant revolt that overthrows the Yuan dynasty and drove the Mongols back to their homelands, name the new dynasty the Ming
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The Portuguese capture Cueta marking an important step in the beginning of the Portuguese empire
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The Mexica launch a series of conquests that start the building of an empire and by 1500 they had 4-6 million people in their empire
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Following admiral Zheng He's death the Ming government suspended the voyages and shifted their resources towards rebuilding the Great Wall
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Pachacuti, the first great Incan emperor, launched military campaigns out of Cuzco starting the growth of the Incan empire that will expand to over 10 million in size
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Mehmed II made the decision to end the Byzantine rule and he and 80,000 ottoman soldiers took Constantinople
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The Hundred years war was fought between the French and English over succession to the French throne
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The Reconquista was the process of the christian members of Spain trying to get rid of the Muslim part of Spain and it ended once the kingdom of Granada fell
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The Mughal dynasty was at its peak under its greatest leader, emperor Akbar
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After the rule of Ivan the terrible there was no clear successor so Mikhail Romanov was selected, beginning the Romanov dynasty