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Wu ZetianEmpress of China from 690 to 705
CharlemagneCarolingian emperor from 800 to 814
Genghis KhanKhan of the Mongol Empire from 1206 to 1227
Mansa MusaRuler of Mali from c. 1312 to c. 1337
TimurTurco-Mongol conqueror (1320s–1405)
Suleiman the MagnificentSultan of the Ottoman Empire (1520–1566)
Christopher ColumbusItalian navigator and explorer (1451–1506)
Leonardo da VinciItalian polymath (1452–1519)
MichelangeloItalian artist and architect (1475–1564)
Ibn KhaldunArab Islamic scholar, historian and philosopher (1332–1406)
Niccolò MachiavelliFlorentine statesman, diplomat, and political theorist (1469–1527)
AztecEthnic group of central Mexico and its civilization- IInca Empire1438–1533 empire in South America
Mali EmpireEmpire in West Africa from c. 1226 to 1610- PolandCountry in Central Europe
- Black Death1346–1353 pandemic in Eurasia and North Africa
CrusadesReligious wars of the High Middle Ages- Holy Roman EmpireEuropean political entity (800/962–1806)
Li BaiChinese poet (701–762)
Mongol EmpireEmpire in Eurasia
RumiSufi mystic and poet (1207–1273)
Dante AlighieriItalian writer and philosopher (1265–1321)- Ottoman EmpireTurkish Empire (c. 1299–1922)
- Tang dynastyImperial dynasty of China from 618 to 907
RenaissanceEuropean cultural period of the 14th to 17th centuries- Spanish EmpireColonial empire between 1492 and 1976
AvicennaPersian polymath, physician and philosopher (c. 980–1037)
Johannes GutenbergGerman inventor and craftsman (died 1468)
Nicolaus CopernicusMathematician and astronomer (1473–1543)- CCairoCapital and largest city of Egypt
LagosMost populous city in Nigeria
MuhammadFounder of Islam (c. 570–632)- Alī ibn Abī Ṭālib1st Shia Imam and 4th Rashidun caliph (656–661)
Martin LutherGerman priest, theologian and author (1483–1546)
IstanbulLargest city in Turkey
GiottoItalian painter and architect (c. 1267–1337)
Jan van EyckFlemish painter (died 1441)
Masaccio15th-century Italian Renaissance painter
Sandro BotticelliItalian Renaissance painter (1445–1510)
Albrecht DürerGerman artist and theorist (1471–1528)
TitianItalian painter (c. 1477/88/90–1576)
RaphaelItalian painter and architect (1483–1520)
Hans Holbein the YoungerGerman artist and printmaker (1497–1543)
DonatelloItalian Renaissance sculptor (c. 1386–1466)
Filippo BrunelleschiItalian Renaissance architect (1377–1446)
Leon Battista AlbertiItalian architect and author (1404-1472)
Mimar Sinan16th-century Ottoman chief architect and civil engineer
Sesshū TōyōJapanese painter (c. 1420–1506)
Wang WeiTang-dynasty Chinese poet, musician, painter, and statesman
Du FuTang dynasty Chinese poet (712–770)
Han YuAncient Chinese writer, essayist and poet (768–824)
Bai JuyiChinese poet of the Tang dynasty (772-846)
Ouyang XiuChinese poet, historian and statesman (1007–1072)
Su ShiChinese writer and politician (1037–1101)
Amir KhusrauIndian poet, writer, singer and scholar (1253–1325)
Kabir15th-16th century Indian poet and sant
Abu Nuwas8th-century classical Arabic poet
RudakiPersian poet (858–940/41)
FerdowsiPersian poet (940–1025)
Omar KhayyámPersian polymath and poet (1048–1131)
JamiPersian poet (1414–1492)
PetrarchItalian scholar and poet (1304–1374)
Geoffrey ChaucerEnglish writer (1343–1400)
Hundred Years' WarMedieval Anglo-French conflicts, 1337–1453- PolesWest Slavic ethnic group
Yuan dynastyMongol-led dynasty of China (1271–1368)
HittitesAncient Anatolian people of Kussara- GGothic artStyle of medieval art
- House of HabsburgEuropean dynastic family
- Song dynastyImperial dynasty of China (960–1279)
KhazarsHistorical semi-nomadic Turkic ethnic group
ReconquistaMedieval Christian military campaigns
First Crusade1096–1099 Christian re-conquest of the Holy Land
Wars of the RosesSeries of civil wars in England (1455–1487)
Fall of Constantinople1453 Ottoman conquest of the Byzantine capital
Battle of BadrFirst major battle in early Islam (624)
Battle of HastingsBattle between English and Normans in 1066- House of BourbonCadet branch of French Capetian dynasty
- SSeljuk dynastyOghuz Turkic dynasty
- Almoravid dynasty1040–1147 Berber dynasty in west Africa and Iberia
Fourth CrusadeLatin Christian armed expedition (1202–1204)- CCatharismMedieval southern European Christian dualist movement
Ayyubid dynastySultanate in Egypt and Levant from 1171 to 1341
Second Crusade1147–1149 Christian holy war
Third Crusade1189–1192 attempted re-conquest of the Holy Land- House of TudorEnglish royal house of Welsh origin (r. 1485–1603)
Pannonian AvarsAlliance of various Eurasian nomads – 6th to 9th centuries
Battle of Tours732 battle of the Umayyad invasion of Gaul
PechenegsExtinct Turkic people
Battle of Grunwald1410 battle between the Teutonic Order and Poland–Lithuania
Romanesque artArtistic style of Europe from 1000 AD to the 13c- House of StuartBritish royal house of Scottish origin
- House of HohenzollernGerman royal and imperial dynasty
- House of PlantagenetAngevin royal dynasty that ruled England in the Middle Ages
Battle of Uhud625 Muslim–Quraysh War battle- House of ValoisCadet branch of the Capetian dynasty
Battle of Manzikert1071 Seljuk victory over the Byzantines
Battle of Agincourt1415 English victory in the Hundred Years' War
Battle of Hattin1187 Saladin victory over the Crusaders
Battle of Karbala680 battle in Iraq
Battle of Kosovo1389 battle between Serbian-led forces and the Ottoman Empire
ToltecaPre-Columbian civilization in Tula, Hidalgo, Mexico
Battle of Yarmouk636 CE conflict between the Rashidun Caliphate and Byzantine Empire
Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms PeriodPeriod of Chinese history (907–979)- GoryeoKorean dynasty (918–1392)
Jin dynastyJurchen-led imperial dynasty of China- Ottoman dynastyRoyal family of the Ottoman Empire
Liao dynastyKhitan-led dynasty of China (916–1125)- AAghlabids800–909 Arab dynasty of North Africa and South Italy
RurikidsNoble lineage and rulers of Kievan Rus'
Siege of BaghdadMongol conquest of the Abbasid Caliphate (1258)
Seventh CrusadeReligious crusade in Egypt from 1248 to 1254
Muslim conquest of PersiaRashidun Caliphate's conquest of the Sasanian Empire
Battle of Stamford Bridge1066 battle in England
Albigensian Crusade13th-century crusade against Catharism in southern France
Children's CrusadeAttempted crusade
Fifth Crusade1217–1221 attempted conquest of the Holy Land
Battle of the TrenchMilitary campaign in early Muslim history, 627 CE
Battle of Ankara1402 Timurid–Ottoman battle- IIdrisid dynasty788–974 Arab dynasty ruling in the western Maghreb
- AAbbasidsRulers of the Abbasid Caliphate
Marinid dynastyBerber Muslim dynasty, 1244–1465- IItalian RenaissanceItalian cultural movement from the 14th to 17th century
Eighth CrusadeCrusade against Ifriqiya in 1270
Buyid dynastyShia Iranian dynasty in Iran and Iraq (934–1062)
Sixth Crusade1228–1229 attempted conquest of the Holy Land- GGhurid dynastyLate 8th-century–1215 Iranian dynasty from Ghor, modern Afghanistan
Battle of Poitiers1356 battle of the Hundred Years' War
Battle of KulikovoBattle between Russian principalities and Mongol forces
Battle of Bannockburn1314 battle during the First War of Scottish Independence
Battle of Crécy1346 English victory during the Hundred Years' War
Arab–Byzantine WarsSeries of wars between the 7th and 11th centuries
Tahirid dynasty821–873 Sunni Persian dynasty of Khorasan; Abbasid vassals- Hussite Wars15th-century religious wars in Bohemia
Plague of Justinian541–549 AD in the Byzantine Empire, later northern Europe
Carolingian Renaissance8th–9th century renaissance within the Carolingian Empire- Battle of Ain Jalut1260 battle between the Mamluk Sultanate and the Mongol Empire
- Saffarid dynasty861–1002 Eastern Iranian dynasty
Puebloan peoplesNative Americans in the Southwestern US- NNika riots532 Byzantine revolt against Justinian I
Italian WarsEuropean conflicts from 1494–1559- Ninth CrusadeEuropean crusade to the Holy Land, 1271–1272
Siege of JerusalemChristian conquest of the First Crusade- KKomnenosByzantine Greek noble family
Battle of Nicopolis1396 battle during the Ottoman wars in Europe- Battle of VarnaBattle in the Crusade of Varna
Battle of the Kalka River1223 battle where the Mongols fought against Rus' princes and Cumans
Hafsid dynasty1229–1574 Sunni Berber dynasty in North Africa- Umayyad conquest of Hispania8th-century conquest by the Umayyads
Zengid dynastyHistorical dynasty of Turkoman origin (12–13th centuries AD)
Battle of Las Navas de TolosaPart of the Reconquista in Spain (1212)
Gothic War of 535–554Byzantine–Gothic war in Italy
Battle of Talas751 battle between the Abbasid Caliphate and the Tang dynasty
Chalukya dynastyClassical Indian dynasty (543–753)
Battle of the Ice1242 battle of the Northern Crusades on the frozen Lake Peipus
Battle of Bosworth Field1485 battle during the Wars of the Roses
Peasants' Revolt of 13811381 uprising in England
Ottoman InterregnumCivil war in the early 15th century Ottoman Empire- PPrague Astronomical ClockMedieval astronomical clock in the Czech Republic
GhaznavidsMedieval Muslim Turkic dynasty and state (977–1186)
Siege of Constantinople717–718 siege of the Byzantine capital
Battle of Sagrajas1086 battle of the Spanish Reconquista- Árpád dynastyHungarian ruling dynasty (9th century – 1301)
- Battle of Mu'tah629 AD battle in the Arab–Byzantine Wars
Siege of BelgradeBattle during the Ottoman-Hungarian Wars
Mamluk SultanateRulers of northern India (c. 1206–1290)- Nasrid dynastySunni Muslim dynasty in Spain (1232–1492)
Battle of the Camel7th-century battle of the First Fitna
Mongol invasions and conquestsSeries of military campaigns by the Mongol Empire- TrastámaraRoyal house of Castilian origin
Battle of Stirling BridgeBattle of the First War of Scottish Independence
Battle of Guadalete8th-century battle between the Visigothic Kingdom and the Umayyad Caliphate
People's CrusadePrelude to the First Crusade (April–October 1096)
Battle of Falkirk1298 battle of the First War of Scottish Independence
Battle of al-QadisiyyahPart of the Muslim conquest of Persia (636 CE)- Danishmendid dynastyTurkish Beylik in northeastern Anatolia
- Battle of Covadonga722 opening battle of the Reconquista of Spain
Battle of Legnica13th-century battle during the Mongol invasion of Poland
Bahmani SultanateKingdom in the Deccan (1347–1527)
Siege of JerusalemConquest of Jerusalem by the Ayyubids- Almohads1121–1269 Berber empire in North Africa and Iberia
Battle of LechfeldPart of the Hungarian invasions of Europe, 955- Přemyslid dynastyBohemian royal dynasty during the Middle Ages
Anushtegin dynasty1077–1260 Persianate Sunni Muslim dynasty of Turkic mamluk origin
Battle of the Neva1240 battle of the Swedish–Novgorodian Wars- Battle of Khaybar628 military campaign in the early Muslim period
Ottoman Wars in EuropeSeries of military conflicts between the Ottoman Empire and various European states
Battle of Siffin657 battle of the First Fitna
House of BraganzaPortuguese dynasty
Great Famine of 1315–1317Famine of medieval Europe
Battle of the Golden Spurs1302 battle of the Franco-Flemish War
TulunidsMamluk dynasty in Egypt and Syria (868–905)
Egyptian Ikhshidid EmirateTurkic mamluk dynasty (935–969)
Khalji dynasty1290–1320 Turco-Afghan dynasty of the Delhi Sultanate
Tughlaq dynastyDynasty in South Asia from 1320 to 1413
Lodi dynastyRulers of the Delhi Sultanate in India, 1451–1526
First FitnaRashidun-era Muslim civil war (656 to 661)
Bagrationi dynastyGeorgian royal dynasty
Timurid dynastyTurco-Mongol dynasty (1370–1857)
Siege of OrléansTurning point in the Hundred Years' War- Byzantine–Ottoman warsConflicts between the Byzantine and Ottoman empires (1299–1453)
- Battle of Mohi1241 battle during the first Mongol invasion of Hungary
Battle of Sluys1340 naval battle- Wattasid dynasty1472–1554 Berber dynasty ruling Morocco
Zirid DynastySanhaja Berber dynasty
Ars novaMusical style of the Late Middle Ages
Hamdanid dynastyIslamic state in northern Mesopotamia and Syria from 890 to 1004- WariPre-Inca Culture, c. 500 BCE–1000 CE
Genpei WarConflict between the Minamoto and Taira clans of feudal Japan (1180–1185)- Neo-ConfucianismPhilosophical revival of Confucianism (13th–19th centuries)
Battle of Montgisard1177 battle between the Crusaders and Ayyubids
Polish-Lithuanian-Teutonic War15th-century war in Northern Europe
Battle of Maritsa14th-century battle of the Serbian–Ottoman Wars
Battle of HunaynConflict between the early Muslims and Bedouins (630 AD)
Siege of AcrePart of the Crusades
Early Netherlandish painting15th and 16th-century art of the Low Countries- Crusade of 1101Crusade
Taungoo dynastyImperial dynasty of Burma (1510–1752)
Carolingian artArt of the Frankish empire, ca. 780–900
Norwegian CrusadeCrusade from Norway to Palestine (1107–1111)
Rustamid dynastyIbadi ruling house in Algeria (777–909)
Battle of Roncevaux Pass8th-century battle in France
Battle of DorylaeumEarly battle during the First Crusade- Ridda WarsSeries of military campaigns launched by Abu Bakr against rebel Arab tribes
Ottoman–Venetian Wars1396–1718 wars in the eastern Mediterranean- House of AscaniaGerman noble family
- Ziyarid dynasty931–1090 Gilaki dynasty of northern Iran
- Byzantine–Bulgarian WarsConflicts in the Balkans (680–1355)
Byzantine–Sassanid War of 602–628Last war between the Byzantine and Sasanian empires- Muslim conquest of the Levant7th-century conquest by the Rashidun Caliphate
- Thirteen Years' WarConflict between the Prussian Confederation, Poland, and the Teutonic Order
Battle of KosovoPart of the Ottoman wars in Europe and Ottoman-Hungarian Wars
Battle of Ascalon1099 final battle of the First Crusade
Battle of Arsuf1191 Third Crusade battle
Vandalic WarByzantine–Vandal war in North Africa (533–534)- SSayyid dynastyRulers of the Delhi Sultanate (1414–1451)
Granada WarFinal war of the Reconquista
Livonian Crusade12th–13th century Baltic Christianisation campaign
Battle of Kleidion1014 battle of the Byzantine–Bulgarian Wars
Battle of NinevehBattle during the Byzantine–Sasanian War of 602–628
Liang dynastyChina's Southern Dynasties (502–557)
ArtuqidsMedieval Turkoman dynasty
Later TangChinese imperial dynasty from 923 to 937
Sienese schoolPainting style developed in the 14th century Siena
Battle of Bapheus1302 battle of the Byzantine-Ottoman Wars
Bahri dynastyEgyptian dynasty (1250–1382)
Burgundian Wars1474–1477 Western European conflict
Ōnin War15th-century civil war in Japan
Rhineland massacresPogroms of 1096
Hammadid dynastyBerber dynasty in north Africa- RRenaissance of the 12th centuryPeriod during the High Middle Ages of European history
Battle of BouvinesBattle ending the 1202–1214 Anglo-French Wars- Battle of Saule1236 battle of the Livonian Crusade
Swabian WarSwiss conflict against the Habsburgs
Battle of Legnano1176 Lombard victory over Emperor Frederick Barbarossa
Tran dynastyImperial Vietnamese dynasty (1225–1400)
Battle of Myriokephalon1176 battle between the Byzantine Empire and the Seljuk Turks
The AnarchyCivil war in England and Normandy (1138–1153)
Later Liang dynastyImperial state in China from 907 to 923
ShaybanidsDynasty of Turco-Mongol origin in Central Asia
Muslim conquest of the MaghrebMuslim conquests by the Rashidun and Umayyad caliphates
Battle of Castillon1453 battle between France and England
Battle of Yamen1279 naval battle between the Song and Yuan dynasties
Battle of Fulford1066 battle near York, England
Later Zhou dynastyChinese ruling dynasty from 951 to 960
Battle of SvolderNaval battle in 1000 in the Baltic Sea- Giray dynastyRuling dynasty of the Khanate of Crimea
- House of LorraineRoyal house of Europe
Battle of NahāvandPart of the Muslim conquest of Persia (642 CE)
Aragonese Crusade13th-century military campaign- NNorthern Yuan dynastyFormer empire in East Asia
Battle of Köse Dağ1243 battle during the Mongol invasions of Anatolia
Zagwe dynastyKingdom in northern Ethiopia and Eritrea (1137–1270)
High RenaissancePeriod of the most exceptional artistic production during the Italian Renaissance- BBattle of DyrrhachiumPart of the First Norman invasion of the Balkans
Kanō schoolJapanese art movement
Byzantine Civil War of 1341–1347
Siege of ConstantinoplePart of Byzantine–Sasanian War of 602–628 & the Avar–Byzantine Wars- MMongol invasion of Khwarazmian Empire and Eastern Iran1219–1221 military campaign
Chen dynastyLast of the Southern Dynasties in China (557–589)
Battle of Towton1461 battle in the Wars of the Roses
Later Han dynastyImperial dynasty of China (947–951)
Later Jin dynastyChinese dynasty (936–947)
Battle of Tewkesbury1471 Yorkist victory in the Wars of the Roses
Battle of AljubarrotaDecisive final battle of the Portuguese Interregnum of 1383–85
Battle of HarranBattle in 1104- MMuscovite-Lithuanian WarsSeries of wars between the Grand Duchy of Lithuania and the Grand Duchy of Moscow
Great stand on the Ugra river1480 battle between the Great Horde and the Grand Duchy of Moscow- Battle of the ZabPart of the Abbasid Revolution, 750 AD
Battle of NancyPart of the Burgundian Wars, 1477
Battle of DaraBattle of the Iberian War, 530 AD
Battle of PliskaBattle between the Bulgarian Empire and the Byzantine Empire in 811
War of the Breton SuccessionPart of the Hundred Years' War (1341 to 1365)
Battle of Patay1429 battle during the Hundred Years' War- Zanj Rebellion869–883 Revolt against the Abbasid Caliphate
- Pazzi conspiracy1478 plot in the Republic of Florence
Chera dynastyDynasty in ancient South India
Battle of the Masts655 naval battle of the Arab–Byzantine wars
Battle of Barnet1471 engagement in the Wars of the Roses
Kakatiya dynastySouth Indian dynasty (1163–1323)
French RenaissanceFrench cultural and artistic movement
Battle of BeneventoBattle between the troops of Charles of Anjou and Manfred of Sicily
Battle of Morgarten1315 battle during the creation of the Swiss Confederacy
Sajids889–929 Iranian Muslim dynasty of Azerbaijan and Armenia- Battle of ToulouseAquitanian–Umayyad battle in medieval France
Battle of Krbava Field1493 battle of the Hundred Years' Croatian-Ottoman War
First Battle of St Albans1455 opening battle of the Wars of the Roses
Battle of CamlannLegendary conflict- BBattle of Ajnadayn634 CE conflict between the Rashidun Caliphate and Byzantine Empire
Justinian dynastyPeriod of Byzantine history from 518 to 602
Battle of DidgoriPart of the Georgian–Seljuk wars in 1121- BBattle of Edington878 battle between Wessex and Vikings
Battle of Yamama632 battle of the Ridda wars
EldiguzidsTurkic dynasty in Persia (1136–1225)- 11138 Aleppo earthquake12th-century earthquake in Syria
BarghawataBerber tribal confederation in Morocco
Battle of Stiklestad1030 battle in Trøndelag, Norway- BBattle of Blue WatersBattle between Lithuania and the Golden Horde
Ottonian artStyle in pre-Romanesque German art- Battle of Ad DecimumBattle of the Vandalic War in 533 AD
Battle of Mons LactariusBattle between Byzantine Empire and Ostrogothic Kingdom during Gothic War
Battle of Formigny1450 battle of the Hundred Years' War
Massacre of the Latins1182 massacre of Roman Catholics in Constantinople
Battle of Ourique1139 battle of the Portuguese Reconquista
Macedonian RenaissanceByzantine cultural movement during the Macedonian dynasty
Battle of AdrianopleBulgarian victory over the Latin Empire
First Barons' WarCivil war in the Kingdom of England- BBurji dynastyDynasty of Egyptian monarchs (1382–1517 CE)
Prussian CrusadeSeries of 13th-century campaigns of Roman Catholic crusaders
Battle of Durbe1260 battle of the Livonian Crusade
Battle of Ager SanguinisBattle in the Middle East in 1119
Siege of DamascusPart of the Muslim Conquest of Syria
Wendish CrusadeMilitary campaign in 1147- Battle of TaginaeBattle of the Gothic War in 552 AD
Hōgen rebellionBrief Japanese clan conflict in 1156
Battle of Wakefield1460 Wars of the Roses battle
Battle of AurayPart of the War of the Breton Succession (1364)
Second Ottoman–Venetian WarSecond conflict between the Ottoman Empire and the Republic of Venice- Battle of Akroinon740 Battle of the Arab-Byzantine Wars in Anatolia
Battle of Lyndanisse1219 battle during the Livonian Crusade
Battle of Alarcos1195 battle of Almohads and Castillians
Chandelas of JejakabhuktiLate medieval Hindu dynasty of India (831–1315)
Battle of BrunanburhPart of the Viking invasions of England
Sallarid dynasty919–1062 Iranian Muslim dynasty in Azerbaijan- Saxon WarsCampaigns and insurrections of 772–804
Battle of the Vorskla River1399 battle in present-day Ukraine
Battle of Pressburg907 battle during Hungarian Conquest
Ly dynastyImperial dynasty that ruled Vietnam from 1009 to 1225
Shaddadids951–1199 Kurdish Muslim dynasty in Armenia and Azerbaijan