Write about the people: Who they were, what they did, events: Causes & Effects and the vocabulary: definitions Monotheistic Religions Moses Old Testament Jesus New Testament Mohammed Islam Gunpowder Empires Late Middle Ages: Charlemagne Feudalism Magna Carta
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