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Japan was introduced to dating, and Buddhism
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Muhammad was born during the year of the elephant.
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Muhammed and his group were forced out of Mecca and moved northward.
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After 8 years of warfare, Mecca capitulated to Muhammed
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Muhammed died, and was succeeded by four leaders.
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The Arabs destroyed the Visigothic kingdom on the Iberian Peninsula, and took over
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Emperor Leo III of Byzantium reformed christian theology by banning all art representing god and jesus. He also destroyed religious art
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After the death of Peter III, his son Charlemagne would inherit the Frankish throne.(A born leader at 6 foot 4 inches when the average height was 5 feet 5 inches.)
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Charlemagne gave assistance to Pope Leo III, and was then crowned “emperor of the Romans” on Christmas day.
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The banana would arrive from East Africa
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Charlemagne would die, and his empire would be divided by his three sons.
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The Byzantine emperor ended his control over religious law.
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The Norsemen/ Vikings would begin raiding of Europe.
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The Song Dynasty would emerge from a shattered china.
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Otto I of Saxony put down protests for the church. Pope John XII would proclaim Otto the “Holy Roman Emperor” out of Gratitude.
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Byzantium regained all of Anatolia, and turned their attention to the Balkans
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Dinh Bo Linh solidified himself as the first emperor of vietnam. In part to the pre established notion of Chinese Confucianism, and statecraft.
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Europe's population stood at 36 million people.
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Muslim scholars integrated Sufism into the Suni-dominated Islamic Civilization.
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The year 1055 saw the introduction of the watermills, making it easier to make grain products, cloths, and beer.
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The Norman Duke William the Conqueror would conquer England, and be crowned king of England.
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The Seljuks would defeat Byzantium and take control of a majority of Anatolia.
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Half of Spain was conquered by the Christian kingdoms.
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Pope Urban II called for a crusade for the holy land.
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Europe's population jumped to 44 million people.
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The Song were not able to prevent the north of China from falling to nomadic invaders, forcing them to move their capital.
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The first magnetic compass would appear in Europe
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Sunni Mystics adopted Sufism to Islamic civilization in the form of popular brotherhood.
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The Toltecs would be the first in the new world to develop bronze casting
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Temujin would unite the Mongols into one force, proclaim himself Genghis Khan, and started encroaching on northern China.
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King John of England would be forced to sign the Magna Carta, introducing parliament.
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The Delhi Sultanate would successfully fend off Genghis Khan and his Mongol horde
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The Mongols would invade Korea with bombs, and rockets acquired from victory over the Chinese.
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The Mamluks established their own regime in Egypt.
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The Venetian Marco Polo would begin his travels through the Mongol empire.
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The Mongols deported around 250,000 Korean as slaves across the empire.
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The Mongols conquered Iran and Iraq, but left the crusader states alone.
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The Mongols would attempt and fail to invade Vietnam.
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The Mamluks would successfully hold off the Mongols' advance into Egypt.
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Kublai Khan proclaimed the Yuan Dynasty after the death of the young Song emperor.
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The Mongols tried to invade Japan for the second time, but failed after the fleet was destroyed by a typhoon. The Japanese called typhoons divine wind, or kamikaze.
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England would expel all jews from their country.
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Europe's population reached about 80 million people.
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France would follow England and expel all Jews from their country.
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The Mali Ruler Mansa Musa founder a college and library which focused on Islamic Law, geometry, algebra, and geography.
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The Hindu state known as Vijayanagar was established in the south of India.
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The 100 years would kick off with England and France over the claim of the French throne.
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The plague would reach southern Italy.
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The plague would rapidly spread throughout Europe.
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The Mongols were driven from Khanbaligh, and the Ming dynasty was established.
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After the fall of the Mongols the leader of Korea, Yi Song-gye would submit to the Ming.
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The Ming would change Khanbaligh to Beijing, and move their capital north to Beijing.
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Islamic civilization was a commonwealth of Sufi brotherhoods and competing states.
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The 100 years war would end in a French victory.
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Vijayanagar was decimated by a coalition of northern sultanates equipped with cannons and small arms.