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One of the two main powers in the West along with the roman empire. Pre-islamic.
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Written language. cultural diffusion. mesoamerica.
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East roman empire. Greek- speaking. Capital constantinple.
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capital of roman empire, ottoman empire, and byzantine empire. Largest and wealthiest city in Europe.
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monotheistic religion. Qur’an, muhammad. revalations.
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Split after death of Muhammad. Disagree over rightful successor. Sunnis believe that Abu Bakr was Muhammad's rightful successor. Shiites believe that Muhammad divinely ordained his cousin and son-in-law Ali
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Second of the four major arad chaliphate. established after muhammads death.
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islamic ummayad caliphate conquer hispana.
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islamic caliphate capital baghdad. overthrew ummayad caliphate. transffered power (later) to the ottomans and capital relocated to constantinople.
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dynasty that ruled parts of Central Asia and the Middle East from the 11th to 14th centuries. They established an empire, the Great Seljuq Empire, which at its height stretched from Anatolia through Persia and which was the target of the First Crusade.
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were a series of religiously sanctioned military campaigns, waged by much of Roman Catholic Europe, particularly the Holy Roman Empire. The specific crusades to restore Christian control of the Holy Land were fought over a period of nearly 200 years, between 1095 and 1291.
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Muslim. first Ayyubid Sultan of Egypt and Syria. He led Muslim and Arab opposition to the Franks and other European Crusaders in the Levant. At the height of his power, sultanate included Egypt, Syria, Mesopotamia, Hejaz, and Yemen.
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creation of special warrior class became powerful military caste in musilm society. particulary in egypt. fought back the mongols and fought the crusades.
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The empire was split by a civil war to decide who would be Inca Hanan and who would be Inca Hurin. Under the leadership of the descendants of Manco Capac, the Inca state grew to absorb other Andean. america.
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founfer ruler and emperor of the mongol empire. He came to power by uniting many of the nomadic tribes of northeast Asia. started mongol invasion.
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five Islamic kingdoms or sultanates of Turkic origin in medieval India, ruled from Delhi between 1206 and 1526. replaced by the Mughal dynasty.
Mamluk dynasty
Khilji dynasty
Tughlaq dynasty
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Magna Carta was the first document forced onto an English King by a group of his subjects, the feudal barons, in an attempt to limit his powers by law and protect their privileges
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west african empire. ruler mansa musa. profound cultural influences on west africa. spread language,laws and customs along the niger river.
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The Mongol Empire emerged in the course of the 13th century by a series of conquests and invasions throughout Central and Western Asia, reaching Eastern Europe by the 1240s. gains persisted into the 15th century in Persia and in Russia.
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cultural movement. began in italy and spread to rest of europe. began in late rmiddle ages. refered to as an era. resurgence of classical thought. educational reform. after fall of constantinople.
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certain ethnic groups of central mexico. late post classical period in mesoamerica. tenochtitlan. aztec triple alliance of acolhaus, and tepances which formed aztec empire. valley of mexico. culture rich adn complex mythological and religious traditions. soanish colonization of the americas were the fall of te aztec empire.
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emperor of the Malian Empire. At the time the Malian Empire consisted of territory formerly belonging to the Ghana Empire
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war over french throne. fought by House of Valois and the House of Plantagenet
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state located in western african, one of the largest islamic empires in history. name of the people in capitla city. base of power niger river. independece from mali empire.
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ruled china. following collapse of mongol-led yuan dynasy. socially stable, and orderly government. last dynastys ruled by han. vast navy and army. zheng he. economy stimulated by trade. decline= famine ice age challenge government, manchu rise.
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conqueror of Western, South and Central Asia. the founder of the Mughal Dynasty
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ming government sponsered a series of naval expeditions. establish a Chinese presence, impose imperial control over trade to impress foreign peoples in the Indian Ocean basin and extend the empire's tributary system. add tribituary states.
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apply pressure to ink surface and tadaa, print. this ann spread of printing press reguarded as most influential events of the second millennium, revolutionizted the way people concived ad described the world they lived in. originated in the holy roman empire,
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Grand Prince of Moscow. tripled the territory of his state laid the foundations of the Russian state. one of the longest-reigning Russian rulers in history.
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charlemange was the forerunner. made religion important.
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Imperial Chinese dynasty which unified China in the 6th century. Preceded by the Southern and Northern Dynasties,
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imperial chinese dynasty. preceded sui dynasty.
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it succeeded the Five Dynasties followed by the Yuan Dynasty. It was the first government in world history to issue banknotes or paper money, and the first Chinese government to establish a permanent standing navy. This dynasty also saw the first known use of gunpowder
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The Empire grew rich from the trans-Saharan trade in gold and salt. Complex societies had existed in the region since about 1500 BCE, and around Ghana's core region since about 300 CE.
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medievial state of russia.disintegrated by the mongol conquests.
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was King of the Franks from 768 and Emperor of the Romans. he expanded the frankish kingdom into an empire.