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99 See also: The An Lushan revolt 84–85 ■ Kublai Khan conquers the Song 102–03 ■ The Mongol invasions of Japan are repulsed 133 ...

100 O n June 15, 1215, King John of England signed a charter at Runnymede, a meadow beside the Thames. Designed to make peace be ...

101 See also: The Norman conquest of England 132 ■ The Battle of Castillon 156–57 ■ The execution of Charles I 174–75 ■ The sign ...

102 I n March 1279, Mongol warriors swept through southern China, capturing the last strongholds of the Chinese Song dynasty. Th ...

103 See also: The First Emperor unifies China 54–57 ■ The An Lushan revolt 84–85 ■ Marco Polo reaches Shamgdu 104–05 ■ Hongwu fo ...

104 I DID NOT TELL HALF OF WHAT I SAW FOR I KNEW I WOULD NOT BE BELIEVED MARCO POLO REACHES SHANGDU (c.1275) V enetian merchant ...

105 See also: Siddartha Gautama preaches Buddhism 40–41 ■ Kublai Khan conquers the Song 102–03 ■ Hongwu founds the Ming dynasty ...

106 THOSE WHO UNTIL NOW HAVE BEEN MERCENARIES FOR A FEW COINS ACHIEVE ETERNAL REWARDS THE FALL OF JERUSALEM (1099) O n July 15, ...

107 See also: Muhammad receives the divine revelation 78–81 ■ The founding of Baghdad 86–93 ■ The Investiture Controversy 96–97 ...

108 I n the early 12th century, much of mainland Southeast Asia, including Cambodia, and parts of Vietnam, Laos, and Thailand, w ...

109 After its rediscovery by Europeans in the late 19th century, Angkor Wat suffered decades of looting and unregulated tourism; ...

110 HE LEFT NO COURT EMIR NOR ROYAL OFFICE HOLDER WITHOUT THE GIFT OF A LOAD OF GOLD MANSA MUSA’S HAJJ TO MECCA (1324) T he Musl ...

111 See also: Muhammad receives the divine revelation 78–81 ■ The founding of Baghdad 86–93 ■ The conquests of Akbar the Great 1 ...

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114 Hondurus, Nicaragua, and northern Costa Rica. This progress was paralleled by the growth at much the same time of Cuzco, the ...

115 The founding of Tenochtitlan is illustrated in the Codex Mendoza: a record of Aztec history and culture created c.1540 by an ...

116 each year. The empire depended on this tribute to reward the nobility and the warriors, who ensured that the towns subjugate ...

117 same time, the Inca domestication of the llama as a beast of burden made it easier to transport heavy loads across the empir ...

118 SCARCE THE TENTH PERSON OF ANY SORT WAS LEFT ALIVE THE OUTBREAK OF THE BLACK DEATH IN EUROPE (1347) I n late November 1347, ...