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The middle ages — knights, plagues, faiths, and empires between antiquity and modernity.

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Two Italian cities fought a deadly medieval war — and the winners carried off a wooden bucket they still display

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One Baghdad scholar gave us both 'algebra' and 'algorithm'

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The Black Death killed up to half of Europe

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Cologne Cathedral took 632 years to build — across dozens of generations

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Oxford University is older than the Aztec Empire

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The Church Banned the Crossbow as Too Deadly

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Gutenberg's Bible launched mass printing in Europe

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Korea printed a book with movable metal type 78 years before Gutenberg

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Vikings reached America 500 years before Columbus

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15 Jun 1215

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King John sealed Magna Carta at Runnymede

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2 Jan 1492

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Granada falls, ending Muslim rule in Iberia

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8 Feb 1587

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Mary, Queen of Scots is beheaded

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14 Feb 1349

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The Strasbourg Massacre of 1349

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22 May 1455

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The Wars of the Roses begin at the First Battle of St Albans

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31 Aug 1422

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Henry V died, leaving an infant heir

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11 Sep 1297

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The Scots won the Battle of Stirling Bridge

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2 Oct 1187

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Saladin captured Jerusalem from the Crusaders

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14 Oct 1066

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The Battle of Hastings reshaped England

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