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In 1290 King Edward I of England expelled Jews from his realm. In France several kings passed laws expelled Jews for long periods of time.

Dafydd Gruffudd Prince of Wales after being found guilty of treason, was the first person in British history to be hanged, drawn and quartered.

The invention of gunpowder in the west would in time come to be associated with the end of the Middle Ages.

Between the sixth and eleventh centuries much of the wisdom of the ancients was gradually lost to the Latin world

Marco Polo was a veteran adventurer from a family of merchants who had been farther around the world than almost anyone alive.

The Mongrols pioneered the administrative tools of global empire: a world class postal system, universal law codes, military reforms, and metropolitan city planning

A phenomenon known as the "great stirring" and later as "The First Crusade". Roving bands of Christian mobs stalked the streets, burning synagogues, beating and killing Jewish families and forcing Jews to convert to Christianity or commit suicide.