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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
justinanian becomes ruler of byzantine empire.
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527
justinian becomes byzantine emeror.
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Feb 27, 630
Muhammad returns to Mecca after making the Hijrah to Medina.
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Aug 6, 630
muhammad unifies arabian peninsula under islam.
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Feb 27, 732
charles matrel defeats the muslims at tours
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Mar 9, 732
charles martel stops muslim invasion.
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Mar 9, 750
abbasids in persia take control of the muslim empire.
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Mar 5, 771
chalemagne becoems ruler of frankish kingdom in europe.
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Mar 5, 1000
muslim scholars, who preserved greek medical works, share them with europeans.
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Mar 9, 1000
hausa city-states begin to emerge.
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Mar 9, 1041
movable type invented in china.
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Mar 5, 1054
christian church divides.
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Mar 6, 1054
the pope expels the patriarch of constantinople, splitting christianity into roman and orthodox branches.
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Mar 9, 1066
norman invasion of england.
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Apr 25, 1066
Normans invade England.
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Mar 5, 1095
pope urban ll (shown adressing the bishop of france) lauches the first crusade.
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Mar 9, 1095
first crusade begins.
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Mar 9, 1095
first crusade begins.
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Mar 5, 1100
muslim literature flourishes.
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Mar 9, 1100
yoruba kingdom of Ife is established.
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Apr 25, 1100
mississippian culture thrives at cahokia.
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Mar 9, 1185
kamakura shogunate rules japan.
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Mar 9, 1190
holy roman empire weakens.
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Mar 6, 1192
kamakura shogunate rules japan.
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Mar 9, 1206
genghis khan unites mongols and is proclaimed the great khan.
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Mar 5, 1209
genghis khan begins the mongol conquest.
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Mar 9, 1215
king john approves magna carta.
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Mar 9, 1235
sundiata founds mali empire.
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Mar 5, 1240
mangols destroy kiev.
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Mar 6, 1279
kublai khan conquers china.
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Mar 9, 1279
kublai khan conquers china.
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Apr 25, 1300
renaissance begins in italy.
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Apr 25, 1300
in the 1300s the rennessance begins in titalilian
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May 7, 1300
Osman founds Ottoman state
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Mar 6, 1324
mali king mansa musa makes hajj to mecca.
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Mar 9, 1324
mali king mansa musa goes on hajj to mecca.
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Apr 25, 1324
mansa musa, king of mali, goes on hajj to mecca.
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Mar 9, 1325
the aztec establish tenochtitlan.
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Apr 25, 1325
aztec build tenochtitlan.
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May 7, 1325
Aztecs build Tenochtitlan
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Mar 5, 1347
bubonic plague devestates eurpope.
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Mar 6, 1347
bubonic plague strikes europe.
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Mar 9, 1347
bubonic plague strikes europe.
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Mar 9, 1347
bubonic plague devastates europe.
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May 7, 1398
Timur the Lame destroys Delhi
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May 7, 1405
Zheng He takes first voyage
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May 7, 1419
Prince Henry founds navigation school
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Mar 9, 1429
joan of arc leads thr french to victory over the english at orleans.
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Apr 25, 1438
pachacuti becomes incan emperor.
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Mar 5, 1453
constantipole falls toottoman turks.
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Mar 9, 1453
hundred years war ends with french victory.
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May 7, 1453
Ottoman capture Constantinople
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May 7, 1453
Ottomans capture Constantinople
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May 7, 1455
Gutenberg prints the Bible
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Mar 9, 1464
sunni ali begins songhai empire.
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May 7, 1464
Songhai Empire begins in West Africa
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Apr 25, 1492
columbus makes first voyage to the america's.
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May 8, 1492
Columbus makes first voyage
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May 7, 1494
Spain and Portugal sign Treaty of Tordesillas
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May 8, 1494
Spain and Portuagal sign Treaty of Tordesillas
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May 7, 1501
Safavids conquer Persia
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Mar 5, 1502
motezuma ll takes charge of the aztec empire in modern day mexico.
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Apr 25, 1502
montezuma ll crowned aztec emperor.
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May 7, 1511
First enslaved Africans arrive in the Americas
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Apr 27, 1517
Martin Luther begins the Reformation in Wittenberg
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May 8, 1521
Cortes conquers Aztec Empire
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May 7, 1522
Magellan's crew sails around the world
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Apr 27, 1526
Babur establishes Mughal Empire in India
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May 7, 1526
Babur founds Mughal Empire
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May 8, 1533
Pizarro conquers Incan Empire
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Apr 27, 1534
English king Henry VIII starts the Church of England
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May 8, 1547
Ivan the Terrible assumes throne of Russia
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May 7, 1563
Council of Trent mandates reforms in Catholic Church
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Shah Abbas I rules Safavid Empire
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Tokugawa regime begins in Japan
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Tokugawa shoguns rule Japan
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Tokugawa shoguns rule Japan
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British settle in North America at Jamestown
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English found Jamestown
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Samuel de Champlain founds Quebec
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Champlain claims Quebec for France
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Dutch open trade with Java
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Shah Jahan orders construction of Taj Mahal at Agra
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Manchus establish Qing Dynasty in China
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King Charles I of England is executed
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French and Indian War begins
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American colonies declare independence from Britain
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Storming of Bastille ignites French Revolution
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Britain seeks to trade with China
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Al-khwarizimi writes the first first algebra textbook.
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chinese invent gunpowder.
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pope crowns charlemagne (shown) emperor of the romans.
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empress wu zhao assumes throne in china.
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byzantine culture spreads to russia.
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tiang dynasty begins 289-year rule in china.
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koryu dynasty controls korea.
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charlemage crowned holy roman emperor by pope.
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heian period begins in japan.
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maya civilization goes into decline.
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song dynasty established in china.
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treaty of verdun divides charlemagne's empire.
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classic period of mayan civilization in central american ends.
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outside invasions spur growth of feudalism.
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song dynasty begins in china.
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otto the great becomes emperor.
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capetian dynasty begins in france.
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toltec empire at its peak.
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empire of ghana thrives on trade.
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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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Anasazi culture developes in the Southwest.
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classic period of Maya civilization ends.
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empire of ghana thrives in west africa.
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song dynasty is established in china.
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charlemagne crowned holy roman emperor by the pope.
