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| Efficient warrior, professional navy, powerful magician, a Smart Muslim Farmer that tolerated other beliefs, Married Queen Jenne and started the 18 Kings Dynasty. |
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| Usurper after the Sonni Alis son was overthrown, greatly expanded with a professional standing army, Much political reform, forced the spread of Islam of upper class, Built 180 Quranic schools in Timbaktu, Opened gov’t positions to lower class as well, promoted by intellect. |
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| The official name of the king of Ife. |
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| Benin entered the Golden Age. Built wall around the inner and outer city an expanded to Owo, Ife, and Ido. Called the empire Edo. |
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| Saint Mary helped him beat his brother. Designed the Coat of Arms of the Kongo, created a hybrid mix religion. Created priesthood and believed slave trade be bound to Congo law. |
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| Reinstated the solomanic dynasty of Ethiopia, married the daughter which reestablished the kingdom in 1270 restoring the solomanic royal line. |
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| The spirit mediums, the shamans, ORAL historians of the kingdom Mutapa. |
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| Were able to get spy mercenaries in the court to convert them to Christianity to take out the Jesuits. Force was decimated by disease, took out local Swahili traders out of anger, their mixed offspring would be new estate holder |
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| The first Czar of Russia, annexed territories to expand by the Boyars giving warrior nobles land to swear Russian allegiance. |
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| Replaced Boyars and reigned for 8 years. Able to fend off the mongols, and the Khanates to allow for expansion. Had gunpowder from European trade. Blamed wifes death on Roman Catholic Church. Had country within country. |
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| A family chosen by the national church which ruled for 300 years, clashed with Boyars and Church who would block any reforms he attempted, banned gazing on new Moon or playing chess. |
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| Frontier adventurers, originally peasants who fled southward to get away from Ivan IV, formed independent self-governing societies. Very colorful people and some mercenaries who drink to get away from the society. |
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| Turkish Ethinicity, Byzantine empire in Constantinople, 4 Pillars of the Empire with a Sultan and no checks and balances. Government owned everything. 350 Ruling class. |
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| Finally destroyed the Byzantine Empire in 1453 and took Constantinople and renamed it to Istanbul. |
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| Infantry of 10k men, who were superior by being armed with gun powder, a force to be reckoned with, made up of former Christians, now Muslims. |
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| Extended the power of the Ottoman Empire into Europe, believed that everyone Slaves & Nobles is subject to the laws for each region, removed corporal punishment. |
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| Ruled by the religious group of Safi, wanted to rebuild Persia, Ottoman failed to remove Ismail. |
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| Conquered the city of Tabriz, founder of Safavid Dynasty, claimed himself as the Sha of the Safavid Empire. |
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| Modernized the Safavid Army and conquered Baghdad, allied himself with the English to get the Portuguese out of the Persian Gulf. All fortunes goes down after Abbas Dies. |
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| Founded by Barbar and his Grandson Akbar, India was influenced by Persian Customs. |
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| Married a daughter to bring Muslims and Hindus together. Abolished any taxes on Hindus who would travel to the pilgrimage; great conqueror. Starting at age 13 trained till 18, was illiterate and wanted all to have at least 1 illiterate son, suffered from seizures and mood swings. Banned POW, No longer forced to convert to Muslim. 3 x the Empire Size, 6 times more people, might have been poisoned by his own son. |
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| Devout and Conservative Conqueror ended the slack rule of Akbar and re-enable taxes on Hindus. Punishment would be death by Elephants Stampede. Unified India at the cost of 2 million lives which was the start of many years of Famine and Disease, leaving cities empty. |
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| Kicked the mongols out of China, Restored Confucianism based government, AKA Ming Taizu, bought scholars back with limited influence in the court. |
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| Song of Hungwu, built the Great Wall of China to keep mongols out, moved the capital back to Bejjing, and founded the Forbidden City of Kublai Khan. |
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| Famous Chinese explorer by Sea. Hired by Yongle to track down his nephew. |
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| Minor Daimyo who captured Kyoto and reestablished the Shogunate which worked for him. Controlled 32 of 68 Japanese provinces. Death by Assassination. |
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| The leader of the province like a governor, relied on Showgun for authority and power. |
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| Successor to Nobunaga, united all of Japan by 1590, tried to conquer China by walking through Korea, but Korea asked China for help, but died before negotiations of Korea were completed. Korea with lots China within. |
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| Founder of Tokugawa Shogunate, established the capital city Edo aka Tokyo. Created new legal code for nobles. Dealt with many hostile Daimyos in the outerlands. |
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| Top Military officer who has more power than the emperor. |
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| Farmers rebelled due to Daimyo’s raising of taxes, asked Showgun for help but Daimyos won. As a result the Shogun blamed their rebel ways on the Christians and exiled Christians and all Europeans from Japan except the Dutch, they were chill enough to be allowed an Outpost. |
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