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World History - 1000-1449

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Animation of a man wearing a crown and robe standing in a cathedral before a crowded room. Caption. The kingdom of France.

Digital map of the Ottoman Empire and surrounding empires. Caption. The Ottoman Empire is in full expansion.

Animation of a full-sail Portuguese galleon sailing on open ocean. Caption. Establishing the first English penal colony in Australia.

Animation of a silhouetted man on horseback with bow and spear watching a distant village burn, billows of smoke floating up into the night sky. Caption. The Mongols are feared everywhere.

5 ceramic copies of a Ming Dynasty Chinese soldier standing in a walled area holding spears, dressed in long robes with wide sleeves, protective leather shoulder pads, belted chest armor, bronze helmets with a spike.

Digital map titled "Battle of Hastings." Closeup of southern England and Wales in yellow with the town Hastings labeled on the southwestern tip of England. Across the English Channel, Normandy is shaded in red.

Still image from: Crash Course World History II: Climate Change Chaos and the Little Ice Age

Still image from: Crash Course World History II: Disease

Still image from: Crash Course World History: Columbus, de Gama, and Zheng He--15th Century Mariners

Still image from: Crash Course World History: Fall of the Roman Empire...In the 15th Century

Still image from: Crash Course World History: Mansa Musa and Islam in Africa

Still image from: Crash Course World History: Russia, the Kievan Rus, and the Mongols

Still image from: Crash Course World History: The Crusades--Pilgrimage or Holy War?

Still image from: Crash Course World History: The Dark Ages...How Dark Were They Really

Still image from: Crash Course World History: Venice and the Ottoman Empire

Still image from: Crash Course World History: Wait For It...The Mongols!

Muted portrait painting of Christopher Columbus against a red and yellow background. Caption. Not surprising for a boy from Genoa.

Color illustration of a Templar Knight in white and red robes walking forward and holding out a wooden staff with a red cross at the top.

Aerial view of the Met Cloisters, a square building with a red roof, a large courtyard in the middle, and a tall tower in 1 corner. The building is surrounded by green trees and is near a body of water.

Closeup of a side of the Roman Coliseum against a blue sky. The side has multiple stone levels with arches and other decorative stonework. Caption. What happened to Rome?

Nate talks next to a sepia-tone image of 3 Japanese men in traditional Japanese robes looking at a paper and a drawing of 2 Japanese people in traditional Japanese robes. Caption. "But except for the most formal occasions."

Wide shot of an outdoor water fountain with a palace in the background. Caption. William III thought Henry's palace was outmoded.

Computer rendering of a Florentine church. Caption. The church of Santa Reparata was renovated and modified.

Painting of 3 men with halos. 2 wear crowns and royal robes. Christ figure wears a robe and holds a small lamb. Caption. A late-14th century tempera work.

Carved wooden levers. Caption: I want a fully operational Gutenberg-style one.

An old globe. Caption: Scientists were coming to their own conclusions

Digital illustration of diverse people exchanging goods for money in a crowded square. Caption. That it formed a new base of power for the Roman Empire.

Color illustration of a faded battle scene with an arc of gold objects passing through it. Spanish caption. Estas tremendas guerras que comenzaron en el año 1096.

Digital illustration of a magnifying glass hovering over a map of the Mediterranean showing a forest landscape with mountains, a river, and waterfall. Caption. Didn't have the same climate as the Romans.

Digital map of the U, K with labels for Jarrow, Lindisfarne, and Monkwearmouth in northeast England. A line connects from there to western Ireland to an X labeled Inishbofin. Spanish caption. Y el monasterio de Inishbofin en el territorio irlandés.

Large intricate stone cathedral with 2 towers on the left and a green roof seen from a distance against a blue sky. Several trees and houses surround the cathedral. Caption. Is a bridge leading to the cathedral.

Low angle view of a tall tower with a large round clock sticking up out of a brick building against a blue sky. Caption. The city hall, Palazzo Vecchio.

Illustrated man reading large poster. Caption: The printing press meant books could be mass-produced.

Soldiers wearing 19th century British military dress uniforms. They are marching in twos with rifles down a grassy hill.

Painting of an ancient Mayan stone building with stacked rows of stone reliefs. Caption. They developed this amazing hieroglyphic writing.

Man writing with a quill in a candle lit room. Caption: Matter of fact, he studied and studied and studied.

A bear laying across train tracks with two people standing above it. Caption: Train robberies were a big problem in the Wild West.

Painting of a man wearing a long white tunic and white pants walking down a narrow, empty 17th century London street. Caption. Over 3,500 of its citizens lost their lives.

Rear view shot of 2 men dressed in medieval clothing tilting their heads to the left and looking at a partially built leaning tower of Pisa with scaffolding around it. Caption. You just gotta lean a little to the left.

Man holding a wooden bucket. Caption: helped spread a terrible plague

Wide shot of an English castle with several turrets on a hillside. Caption. First, protecting the safety of the people inside the castle.