Chinggis Khan united the Mongol tribes, built a disciplined army and a rule-based state, then conquered settled neighbors. Later khans added taxes and roads to hold it together.
Starter thread · AI-reviewed against its sources
The Norse sailed in stages from Norway to Iceland, Greenland and then Canada. Archaeology confirms one site, L'Anse aux Meadows, dated to AD 1021.
Starter thread · AI-reviewed against its sources
Mass death made workers scarce, so cash wages and mobility rose and lords lost leverage, though governments resisted and the gains were uneven across regions.
Starter thread · AI-reviewed against its sources
In January 897, Pope Stephen VI put the exhumed corpse of his predecessor Formosus on trial in Rome. Formosus was found guilty and his papacy declared null, but the verdict was soon overturned.
Starter thread · AI-reviewed against its sources
Quarantine comes from the Italian word for forty, tied to the 40-day isolation of ships during plague outbreaks. Venice built a permanent, state-run system of isolation islands.
Starter thread · AI-reviewed against its sources
Gold did fall against silver in Cairo after Musa's 1324 visit, but the claim of a twelve-year slump or economic collapse rests on one chronicler and is disputed.
Starter thread · AI-reviewed against its sources
