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== Europe monarchies/ empires == | == Europe monarchies/ empires == | ||
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|Holy Roman Empire | |||
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* from origins under Charlemagne who was crowned "Holy Roman Emperor" in 800 by Pope Leo III | |||
** Charlemagne thus gained Church legitimacy in exchange for vassalhood to the Church | |||
* "Holy Roman" = representing the Roman Church | |||
* Empire = power inherited from ancient Roman emperors | |||
|800-1806 | |||
(962 alternative start date) | |||
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|Austrian Empire | |||
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* "House of Hapsburg" from Habsburg Castle, a fortress built in in early 1000s in modern day Switzerland | |||
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|Timurid Empire | |||
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* also called "Gurkani" empire, its Persian name for "son-in-law" | |||
* the title was for founder Tamerlane (Timur), who married a descendent of Ghengis Khan, but was not himself a direct descendant | |||
* Timurid means "sign of Timur": a symbol of the empire with three concentric, equal circles which represented different parts of the empire | |||
** Tamerland was also called "Sahib-Qiran" for "ruler of three benevolent planets" | |||
|1370–1507 | |||
|Persia (Iran), central Aisa, northern India | |||
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* [[wikipedia:Timurid_Empire#Names_of_the_state|Timurid Empire (wikipedia)]] | |||
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|Mughal Empire | |||
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* "Mughal" is Persian for "Mongol" | |||
* founded by Babur, a warrior chief from central Asia a descendant of Tamerlane (Timur) and also of Genghis Khan | |||
* also called the Timurid Empire, from Tamerlane's Turco-Mongol empire | |||
* Babur was from Moghulistan, an independent central Asian Khanate (from Mongol empire), but he was kicked out, which led him to invade India | |||
|1526–1857 | |||
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