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Comprehensive notes on world history by Frank E. Smitha.
The Middle Ages |
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Europe to 10/11th century
Merovingians, Carolingians, Vikings and Magyars. |
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China
Sui, Tang and Sung China. |
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Japan
Japanese Buddhism and military aristocracy. |
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Islam expands
Omar II, the Abbasids, Sufism. |
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Hinduism and Moslems
Harsha. Bhakti movement. Moslem invasion. |
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Europe 12/13th century
Economic growth. The Church. Crusades. Heresies. Universities |
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Mongol Conquests
Genghis Khan, Kublai Khan. The Mongols into China, Europe, Mesopotamia. |
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China and the Mings
Rebellion against Mongols, naval expeditions under the Mings. |
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Ottomans
Timur and Ottoman Turks. Mamelukes. Fall of Constantinople. |
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Europe 14/15th century
Black Death. Economic transformation. Joan of Arc. Rise of Moscow. |
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Africa
Aksum to 800. Ghana and Mali. Empire in Ethiopia, Zimbabwe. |
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The Americas
Maya, Teotihuacan, Aztecs. Incas. Eskimos and others north of the Rio Grande. |