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1368
The founding of the Ming dynasty
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1415
The Portuguese capture Cueta, starting an empire
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1428
Mexica start conquering an empire
Mexica were indigenous people of the Valley of Mexico who were the rulers of the Aztec Empire. -
1433
End of Zheng He’s voyages
Zheng He was a Chinese explorer during the Ming dynasty. -
1438
Pachakuti launches Inca conquests
The Inca empire was a conquest empire of the Andes Mountains based on organization and redistribution from the 15th-16th centuries. -
1453
End of Hundred Year’s war
The Hundred Year’s War was a conflict between England and France over succession and control of land that France won. -
1453
Ottoman conquest of Constantinople
The Ottoman empire was Turkic Muslim nomads who settled an empire and controlled the Eastern Mediterranean and the Middle East from the 14th-20th centuries. -
1492
End of Reconquista
Reconquista was Spanish Christian efforts to retake the Iberian Peninsula from Muslims ending in 1492. -
1556
Akbar becomes Mughal emperor
The Mughal dynasty was a Muslim empire in India until the British conquest from the 16th-19th centuries. -
1575
Holy Roman emperor elected by nobles
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Mikhail Romanov becomes ruler of Russia
The Romanov dynasty was the ruling family of Russia from the 17th-20th centuries until the Russian revolution.