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Glory and unity of the Roman Empire was restored. The region fluorished in trade and arts.
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The name of the social,economic, and political system of the Middle ages. Everyone had to fulfill their obligations.
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Muhammad began meditating at night and was visited by the angel Gabriel who spoke to him. Muhammad would later share these revelations with his friends and family.
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This time period refers to the rule after Muhammads Death by his successors. This was an era of expansion which the Muslims conquered the Sasanid Empires, and the territories of the Byzantine Empire.
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Conquests began under the second caliph, Umar. Islam expanded peacefully by trade in ares of Egypt, India, Anatiolia, and Sub Saharan Africa.
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Thanks to trade, the Tang population grew to be 2 million. This was a big step in the growth of China.
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Abu Bakr demanded that Muhammads revelations be made into a book. Muslims regard the Quran as the unaltered words of God.
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Reaching the end of the "Rightly Guided Caliphate" the first civil war was brought about by division in the Islamic Community. Tensions within the community arised with the Umayyad Caliph.
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Consisted of mostly Muslim Arabs. They adopted the administrative practices of their Sasanid and Byzantine predecessors.
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Charles revitalized the concept of an empire in western Europe. He was crowned by the pope in 800.
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Shi'ites and Kharijites attacked the Umayyad family, overthrowing the last caliph. However one member of the family escaped.
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Upon the victories the family of Muhammad, who coordinated the revolts, formed the Abbasid Caliphate, However they only held on to the Caliphate until 1258 where the Mongols killed them.
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On the quest for expansion, Byzantine is able to take over Bulgaria. At this time Byzantine was a very powerful empire and had much potential.
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Two regions of Catholicism have a conflict. The topic of debate is the nationality of the Pope.
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Christianity began to be practiced as two seperate religions. Roman Catholicism and Christian Orthodox.
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Powerful bishops and abbots are the popes men. Basically who has the right to put them in power.
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To end feud between Henry and Pope Gregory, a duke was declared king, Rudolf, who loses to henry. Henry is then again excommunicated
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This was an ongoing battle between the Muslims and Christians over the holy land, Jerusalem. The Christians marched from the European region to try to take it from Islamic rule.
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Too much money was printed, which caused a giant inflation of the economy. This lead to Nomads invading and taking over the northern part of the Song empire.
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Shogunates start to become more respected within Japanese society. Emperor is more of a figure head during this time.
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This is the existence of the Kamakura Shogunate. It made Japan more "medieval".
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Northern epmire that had been taken over by the Nomads invaded the Southern empire. North succeeds, and thus ends the Song dynasty, beginning the Mongol Dynasty.
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The Crusades destroy constantinople and expel emperor Alexius the third. Meanwhile Venizia acquired territories in the Mediterranean and Black seas.
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Qutb ub-din Aybak founded the Delhi Sultanate of India. From here on, India was predominetly Muslim ruled.
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A poor son rose to power and was named Ghengis Khan, or "Universal Ruler". He radically organized and changed military tactics among the Mongols.
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Ghengis Khan leads his troop to Beijing to take over and completely destroys it. They then moved into Afghanistan and Persia,
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Sundiata won the battle of Kirina. This allowed Mali to overcome Ghana Africa.
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Being a major trading port at the Mediterranean Sea, constinople is a highly sought for place to control. Because of the leadership of Michael Paleologus recaptures it in the name of Byzantine.
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They sent Marco Polo on an exploration mission to better understand surrounding areas. He was the first to map out the eastern region coming from European regions.
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Superior Mongolians invaded Japan and were winning for the most part. An unforseen typhoon saved Japan and stopped the invasion.
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Mansa Musa becomes king of Mali, and eventually the greatest ruler of Mali. During his time, he built many mosques.
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Mansa Musa travels to Mecca for his religious pilgramage. During this time, he brought an abundance of gold and followers to accompany him.
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The Ashikaga Shogunate takes over. This puts an end to the Kemmu restoration.
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A disease carried by fleas on rats. Impacted major port cities killing 2/3rds of the European Population.
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Ibn Battuta makes his way into Mali on his route of exploration. He documents and maps his experiences amongst the people for others to view.
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Timur conquers parts of the sultanate. This overcoming of land started the decline of the Delhi Sultanate.
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Sunni Ali fights off Mali from that region of Africa. They were able to settle and establish their region.
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The Ottoman Turks capture constantinople from Byzantinian control. This finished off the already dissolving empire
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The largest Islamic state that emerged from Western Anatolia. Ottoman forces captured constantinople.
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Mehmet captured Constantinople putting an end to Byzantine. Ottomans would go forth and also conquer most of the arab world.
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Vasco da Gama comes across India in his exploration route. He was the first explorer to observe the Delhi Sultanate.
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Until this time, India had been mostly Hindu and other cultural religions. This marked the arrival of Christianity in India.
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After a long path of decadence, the Delhi Sultanate of India falls. Babur overcomes it, and establishes the Mughal Empire.
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The shogunate reign comes to an end. From here on out, Japanese poliics begin to change.
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Charlemagne becomes the emperor of the west. His ideals and philosophies would eventually lead to the Reinassance.
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This treaty was produced after charles death. The empire was divided among his three grandsons.
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A peace treaty between Charles and eastern europe surrenders Venezia to the eastern empire but grants Venezia to trade with the Roman empire.
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The coronation of Otto the First revived the concept of a christian emperor in the west.
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Tang dynasty founded in China, by a rebel leader. This laid the foundation for the future of China to be sucessful.
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Empress Wu (orginally a concubine to the current Emperor) was largely influnetial in the polotics of China, and killed the rest of the concubines in order to eliminate any threats of being over-powered. In light of this, Wu opened a Buddhism school, and heavily influenced China to turn to Buddhism as a result.
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Military approach to governmental growth is abandoned. A Trubite System was re-established with nomads, to keep the peace between lands.
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Buddhism was attacked for the political and economic command it had gained. During this attack, NeoConfucianism developed, weaving Confucian and Buddhism principles together to create a common goal.