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Gupta Empire in India is destroyed by the Huns, starting a period of chaos in India.
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Muhammad begins to record the most important religious text in Islam – the Qur’an; he dies 22 years later, in 632.
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Polynesians colonise New Zealand.
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William the Conqueror leads the Norman army to defeat the Anglo – Saxons and win control of England.
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European Christians begin the First Crusade – a military expedition to reclaim the city of Jerusalem from Muslims. There were another 7 crusades over the next 200 years.
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Inca civilisation emerges in South America.
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Japan comes under the rule of its first Shogun (a military leader); Shoguns rule Japan for the next 400 years.
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Kublai Khan (grandson of Genghis Khan) is declared ‘ Great Khan’ and becomes a powerful Mongol Leader.
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Under the leadership of Kublai Khan, the Mongols defeat the Sung Dynasty in China and set up the Yuan Dynasty. For the first time, China is ruled by foreigners.
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The Ottoman Empire founded under the rule of Osman I.
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First evidence in Europe of the outbreak of the pandemic know as the Black Death.
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Aztec Empire founded in central of Mexico.
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Italian explorer Christopher Columbus reached the Americans.
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Spanish forces destroy the Aztec Empire in central America.
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The Moghul Empire is established in India.
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Ancient Rome’s Eastern Empire collapses, starting a period in Europe known as the Middle Ages.
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Emperor Charlemagne founds the Holly Roman Empire; he was the greatest ruler of Western History during the Middle Ages.
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Vikings first attach England, starting a 200 – year regime of terror of England and Europe.
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Angkor/Khmer Empire founded by the King Jayavarman Il; under his leadership, the Khmers adopt Hinduism.
