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![Islamic Caliphates](https://www.worldhistory.org/img/c/p/360x202/11459.jpg?v=1720986365)
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Islamic Caliphates
Caliphate (“Khilafat” in Arabic) was a semi-religious political system of governance in Islam, in which the territories of the Islamic empire in the Middle East and North Africa and the people within were ruled by a supreme leader called...
![The English and Dutch East India Companies' Invasions of India](https://www.worldhistory.org/img/c/p/360x202/16196.png?v=1707756903)
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The English and Dutch East India Companies' Invasions of India
In the early 17th century, the Dutch and English East India Companies turned their eyes towards India, as part of their grand schemes to develop extensive trade networks across the Indian and China Seas. They were faced with two significant...
![Estado da India](https://www.worldhistory.org/img/c/p/360x202/14366.png?v=1707756786)
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Estado da India
The Estado da India (1505-1961) was the name the Portuguese gave to that part of their empire which stretched from India to East Asia. However, in its widest sense, the name includes all Portuguese colonies east of the Cape of Good Hope and...
![Ancient India](https://www.worldhistory.org/img/c/p/360x202/311.jpg?v=1721854983)
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Ancient India
India is a country in South Asia whose name comes from the Indus River. The name 'Bharata' is used as a designation for the country in their constitution referencing the ancient mythological emperor, Bharata, whose story is told, in part...
![Napoleon's Invasion of Russia](https://www.worldhistory.org/img/c/p/360x202/17796.jpg?v=1717489451)
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Napoleon's Invasion of Russia
Napoleon's invasion of Russia, also known as the Second Polish War or, in Russia, as the Patriotic War of 1812, was a campaign undertaken by French Emperor Napoleon I (r. 1804-1814; 1815) and his 615,000-man Grande Armée against the Russian...
![East India Company](https://www.worldhistory.org/img/c/p/360x202/16414.png?v=1704912123)
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East India Company
The English East India Company (EIC or EEIC), later to become the British East India Company, was founded in 1600 as a trading company. With a massive private army and the backing of the British government, the EIC looted the Indian subcontinent...
![Cultural Links between India & the Greco-Roman World](https://www.worldhistory.org/img/c/p/360x202/14368.png?v=1719362463)
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Cultural Links between India & the Greco-Roman World
Cyrus the Great (558-530 BCE) built the first universal empire, stretching from Greece to the Indus River. This was the famous Achaemenid Empire of Persia. An inscription at Naqsh-i-Rustam, the tomb of his able successor Darius I (521-486...
![Fall of the East India Company](https://www.worldhistory.org/img/c/p/360x202/16585.png?v=1709126463)
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Fall of the East India Company
The British East India Company (1600-1874) was the largest and most successful private enterprise ever created. All-powerful wherever it colonised, the EIC's use of its own private army and increasing territorial control, particularly in...
![Muhammad Ghori](https://www.worldhistory.org/img/c/p/360x202/11441.jpg?v=1701208746)
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Muhammad Ghori
Shihab al-Din (also Muʿizz al-Din Muhammad ibn Sam), popularly known as Muhammad Ghori (r. 1173-1206 CE), was the Muslim ruler who laid the foundation for the subsequent Islamic ruling dynasties of India which saw its pinnacle later in the...
![The Japanese Invasion of Korea, 1592-8 CE](https://www.worldhistory.org/img/c/p/360x202/10906.jpg?v=1714889827)
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The Japanese Invasion of Korea, 1592-8 CE
The two Japanese invasions of Korea between 1592 and 1598 CE, otherwise known as the 'Imjin Wars', saw Toyotomi Hideyoshi (1537-1598 CE), the Japanese military leader, put into reality his long-held plan to invade China through Korea. The...