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511
clovis unites franks under christian rule
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527
justinian becomes ruler of byzantine empire
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Oct 10, 630
muhammad returns to mecca after making the hijra to medina
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Oct 10, 630
al-kwarizmi writes first algebra textbook
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Oct 10, 732
charles martel stops muslim invasion
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Oct 10, 1000
muslim scholars, who preserved greek medical works, share them with the europeans
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Oct 10, 1066
norman invasion of england
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Oct 10, 1095
first crusade begins
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Oct 10, 1100
muslim literature flourishes
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Oct 10, 1190
holy roman empire weakens
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Oct 10, 1192
kamakura shogunate rules japan
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Oct 10, 1215
king john approves magna carta
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Oct 10, 1240
mongols destroy kiev
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Oct 10, 1279
kublai khan conqueres china
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Oct 10, 1347
bubonic plague strikes europe
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Oct 10, 1453
hundred years' war ends with french victory
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Oct 10, 1453
constantinople falls to ottoman turks
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koryu dynasty controls korea
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song dynasty established in china
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capetian dynasty begins in france
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pope leo III crowns frankish king charlemagne emperor
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treaty of verdun divides charlemagne's empire
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outside invasions spur growth of feudalism
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otto the great becomes emperor
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tang dynasty begins 289-year rule in china
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heian peroid begins in japan
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byzantine culture spreads to russia