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500
Teotihuacan reaches population peak in central Mexico
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511
Clovis unites Franks under Christian rule
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527
Justinian becomes ruler of Byzantine Empire
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Oct 15, 630
Muhammad returns to Mecca after making the Hijra to Medina
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Oct 15, 732
Charles Martel defeats the Muslims at Tours
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Oct 15, 1000
Muslim scholars, who preserved Greek medical works, share them with Europeans
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Oct 15, 1000
Hausa city-states begin to emerge
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Oct 15, 1066
Norman invasion of England
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Oct 15, 1095
First Crusade begins
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Oct 15, 1100
Muslim literature flourishes
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Oct 15, 1100
Yoruba kingdom of life is established
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Oct 15, 1100
Mississippian culture thrives at Cahokia
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Oct 15, 1190
Holy Roman Empire weakens
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Oct 15, 1192
Kamakura Shogunate rules Japan
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Oct 15, 1215
King John approves Magna Carta
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Oct 15, 1235
Sundiata founds Mali Empire
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Oct 15, 1240
Mongols destroy Kiev
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Oct 15, 1279
Kublai Khan conquers China
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Oct 15, 1324
Mali king Mansa Musa goes on hajj to Mecca
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Oct 15, 1325
Aztecs build Tenochtitlan
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Oct 15, 1347
Bubonic plague strikes Europe
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Oct 15, 1429
Joan of Arc leads the French to victory over the English at Orleans
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Oct 15, 1438
Pachacuti becoms Incan emperor
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Oct 15, 1453
Constantinople falls to Ottoman Turks
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Oct 15, 1453
Hundred Years' War ends with French victory
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Oct 15, 1464
Sunni Ali begins Songhai Empire
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Oct 15, 1502
Montezuma II crowned Aztec emperor
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Al-Kwarizimi writes the first algebra textbook
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Byzantine culture spreads to Russia
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Tang Dynasty begins 289-year rule in China
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Heian period begins in Japan
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Koryu Dynasty controls Korea
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Song Dynasty established in China
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Pope Leo III crowns the Frankish king Charlemagne emperor
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Treaty of Verdum divides Charlemagne's empire
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Outside invasions spur growth of feudalism
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Otto the Great becomes emperor
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Caperian dynasty begins in France
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Empire of Ghana thrives on trade
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Anasazi culture develops in the Southwest
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Classic period of Maya civilization ends