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Abassid Dynasty
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family who took over caliph (successor to Mohammed) position from the Umayyad family and passed it down. Based in Baghdad.
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Albigensian crusade
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(1209-1229) was a 20 yr. military campaign initiated by the Catholic Church to eliminate the Cathar hersey in Canguedoc. It took on a political flavor and the French throne became involved.
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Ashoka
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third ruler of the Maurya Dynasty, India's first real empire. Converted to Buddhism.
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Averroes
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Avignon
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ayllu
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Andean lineage group or kin-based community. Were self sufficient--obtained goods by sending out another colony to live on another elevation to grow different crops.
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Aztecs
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also known as Mexica, the Aztecs created a powerful empire in central Mexico (1325-1521) They forced defeated peoples to provides goods and labor as tax. (pg. 289)
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battle of Hastings
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October 14, 1066. Duke William II of Normandy wins the battle against the English King Harold II. In this battle King Harold II dies and Duke William gains control of England. It marks the end of Anglo-Saxon domination. It also brought along Germanic political order which differed greatly from the Roman order. It instituted less centralized power and the beginning of manoralism. Roads began to be in disrepair and literacy declined greatly.
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Beijing
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China's northern capital, first used as an imperial capital in 906 for the Yuan Empire and now the capital of the People's Republic of China. Served as an eastern terminus of caravan routes. This imperial city was much more Chinese in nature that previous cities. It included the Forbidden City, an enclosed imperial complex.
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Black Death
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n outbreak of the bubonic plague that spread across Asia, North Africa and Europe in the mid-fourteenth century, wiping out vast numbers of persons and communities; it is responsible for a reverse in the population growth. The plague originated in China and traveled across Asia with the Mongol armeis. When the Mongols attacked Kaffa (located on the Black Sea) traders that came into contact with the city brought the plague to Europe. Before this the population growth had become extreme and there was a great fear of mass hunger. With the death ration 1 in 3 there was definitely a psychological reaction to the epidemic; many chose to become more devoutly religious and others decided to take the eat, drink and be merry route.
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