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1055
Baghdad conquered by the Turks
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1071
Turks defeat Byzantines at Battle of Manzikert
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1187
Saladin retakes Jerusalem
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1221
Genghis Khan enters Persia
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1299
Start of the Ottoman Empire
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1325
Ibn Battuta begins travels
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1453
Two Halves of Ottoman Empire united
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1492
Muslims exiled from Spain
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1556
Mughal Dynasty begins in India
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1566
Ottoman Empire reaches peak