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04/18/2016

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Black Death (Bubonic Plague)
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Infection that had to do with your lungs
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Crusades
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a medieval military expedition, one of a series made by Europeans to recover the Holy Land from the Muslims in the 11th, 12th, and 13th centuries..
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Holy Land
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Where things linked to religion happen
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Ottoman Empire
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The Ottoman Empire, also known as the Turkish Empire, Ottoman Turkey or Turkey, was an empire founded in 1299 by Oghuz Turks under Osman I in northwestern Anatolia.
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Suleiman The Magnificent
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Suleiman I, commonly known as Suleiman the Magnificent in the West and "Kanuni" in the East, was the tenth and longest-reigning Great Sultan of the Ottoman Empire, from 1520 to his death in 1566.
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Ming Dynasty
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The Ming dynasty, or the Great Ming, also called the Empire of the Great Ming, was the ruling dynasty of China for 276 years following the collapse of the Mongol-led Yuan dynasty.
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Zheng He
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Zheng He, also often spelled Cheng Ho in English, was a Hui court eunuch, mariner, explorer, diplomat, and fleet admiral during China's early Ming dynasty.
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The Mongols
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The Mongol Empire existed during the 13th and 14th centuries and was the largest contiguous land empire in history.
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filial piety
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In Confucian philosophy, filial piety (Chinese: 孝, xiào) is a virtue of respect for one's father, elders, and ancestors. The Confucian classic Xiao Jing or Classic of Xiào, thought to be written around the Qin-Han period, has historically been the authoritative source on the Confucian tenet of xiào / "filial piety".
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