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Period: Jan 1, 600 to Dec 31, 1450
Unit 2
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Nov 30, 610
Muhammad receives first vision,
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Nov 30, 610
Muhammad preaches in Mecca
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Nov 30, 630
Muslims capture Mecca
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Nov 30, 630
Muslims have pilgrimage rights in Mecca.
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Nov 18, 642
Arabs conquer Egypt.
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Nov 18, 710
Arabs invade and destroy the ancient kingdom of Axum.
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Jan 1, 754
Pippin donates to Pope Stephen II
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Nov 18, 1000
City of Timbuktu founded in Mali.
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Nov 30, 1018
Bulgaria surrenders and is annexed into the Byzantine Empire.
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Jan 1, 1054
Great Schism
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Nov 30, 1066
William the Conqueror defeats British king Harold II.
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Nov 30, 1081
The Seljuks expanded their rule over virtually the entire Anatolian plateau, which was not that far from Constantinople.
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Jan 1, 1096
First Crusade is launched
First Crusade, going to cause desire for foreign spices to Europeans. -
Nov 30, 1204
Constantinople is conquered in the Fourth Crusade, the Empire begins fragmentation among it's lands.
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Nov 30, 1215
King John signs the Magna Carta
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Nov 18, 1324
Mansa Musa, ruler of Mali, makes a pilgrimage to Mecca and shows off his great wealth.
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Nov 30, 1347
Black Plague devastates Europeans.
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Nov 30, 1359
Dmitri Sonskoi (1350-1389) was the Grand Duke of Moscow, he claimed visctory over the Lithuanian invasions and to successfully repel the Tartar (Mongols), for a short time.
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The Viking warrior Rurik founded the Rurik dyanasty, as well as the Keivan Rus state and it's capital of Novgorod.
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Vladimir I of Kiev converted his followers to follow Orthodox Christianity.
