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long bow
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a bow about six feet tall that shoots 3-foot-long arrows that can pierce armor
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king john
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the english king whose decision to raise taxes led to a revolt by nobles that forced him to recognize their rights in the magna carta
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magna carta
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1215 documents that listed the rights of English citizens and limited the power of the English monarch. Rights included trial by jury, no taxation without representation, protection of the law, and habeus corpus.
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parliament
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representative legislative body
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hebeas corpus
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protects ppl from being sent to prison without a trial
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osman
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a muslim turk who founded the ottoman empire in the early 1300s in anatolia
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divan
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high court and council that advised the sultan of the ottoman empire
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suleyman I
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ruler of the ottoman empire (1520-1566) known as lawgiver because of his organization of certain laws into a legal code
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janissary
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elite ottoman soldier
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