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Event war Europe

Battle of Ankara

1402 CE

Timur defeated and captured Ottoman Sultan Bayezid I, delaying Ottoman expansion by a generation.

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Hindu kingdoms Polity · South Asia 500 BCE – 1715 CE Maya chiefdoms and states Polity · Americas 2000 BCE – 1521 CE Denmark Polity · Europe Founded 800 CE · attested to 2026 CE Serengeti National Park Landmark · Africa 3000 BCE – still standing Great Pyramid of Giza Landmark · Middle East 2560 BCE – still standing Great Wall of China Landmark · East Asia 700 BCE – still standing

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