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Clovis unites Franks under Christian rule
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Justinian becomes ruler of Byzantine Empire
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Justinian becomes Byzantine emperor
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Muhammad returns to Mecca after making the Hijirah to Medina.
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Muhammad unifies Arabian Penninsula under Islam
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Charles Martel defeats the Muslim at Tours.
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Charles Martel stops Muslim invasion
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Abbasids in Persia take control of the Muslim emperor
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Charlemagne becomes ruler of Frankish kingdom in Europe
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Muslim scholars, who preserved Greek medical works, share them with Europeans
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Hausa city-states begins to emerge
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Movable type invented in China
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The Pope expells the patriarch of Constantinople, splitting Christianity into Roman Catholic and Orthodox branches
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Christian church divides
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Norman invasion of England
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First Crusade begins
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Pope Urban the second (shown addressing the bishops of France) launches the first Crusade
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First crusade begins (battle between Muslims and Crusaders)
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Muslim literature flourishes
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Yoruba kingdom of Ife is established
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Holy Roman empire weakens
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Kamakura Shogunate rules Japan
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Kamakura Shogunate rules Japan (kamakura period painting)
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Genghis Khan unites Mongols and is proclaimed the Great Khan
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Genghis Khan begins the Mongol Conquest
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King John approves Magna Carta
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Sundiata founds Mali Empire
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Mongols destroy Kiev. (Mongolian archer on horseback)
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Kublai Khan conquers China
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Kublai Khan conquers China
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Mali king Mansa Musa goes on Hajj to Mecca. (mapmaker's depication of Mansa Musa)
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Mali king Mansa Musa makes hajj to Mecca
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The Aztec establish Tenochtitlan
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Bubonic plague devastes Euope
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Bubonic plague strikes Europe
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Bubonic plague strikes Erope
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Bubonic plaque devastes Europe. (Illustration of Death strangling a victim of the plaque)
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Joan of Arc leads the French to victory over the English at Orleans
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Constantinople falls to Ottoman Turks
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Hundred Year's War ends with French Victory
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Sunni Ali begins Songhai Empire
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Montezuma II takes charges of the Aztec Empire in the MODERN-DAY Mexico
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Song Dynasty begins in China (poem on silk)
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Pope Leo iii crowns the Frankish king Charlemagne emperor
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Al-Khwarizmi writes the first algebra textbook
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Pope crowns Charlemagne emperor of the Romans
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Chinese invent gunpowder
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Byzantine culture spreads to Russia
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Empress Wu Zhao assumes throne in China
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Tang Dynasty begins 289-year rule in China (Tang Statuette)
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Heian period begins in Japan
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Koryu Dynasty controls korea
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Charlemagne crowned Holy Roman Emperor by Pope
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Empire of Ghana thrives in West Africa
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Treaty of Verdun divides Charlemagne's empire
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Outside Invasions spur growth of feudalism
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Classic period of Mayan civilization in Central America ends
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Otto the Great becomes emperor
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Toltec Empire at its peak.
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Empire of Ghana thrives on trade
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Byzantine culture spreads to Russia
