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Christopher Columbus practiced a form of politics to a certain degree because he persuaded the king of Spain to fund his clueless exploration to the 'indies" which in reality was the Americas. He also bent the will of the native americans to his will by enslaving them to mine for gold and forced them to also teach him and his troops how to grow food in their land. He is also thought to be the first person to enslave a people during his era.

The siege of constantinople was the fall of the eastern Roman (Byzantine) Empire by the Ottoman Empire. The fall of constantinople is a form of politics because this event led to the Ottoman empire commiting genecides and becoming one of the most powerful western civilizations. The fall of Constantinople and general encroachment of the Turks in that region also severed the main overland trade link between Europe and Asia, and as a result more Europeans began to seriously consider the possibility of reaching Asia by sea. We can see that in the case of Christopher Columbus.

The Battle of Castillo is an example of politics because, that battle marked the end of the Hundred Years' War between the french and the english as a result of this battle the english lost all ties to France that they had. During the 15th century Th english had takn over most of the parts of France that were relatively close to them but once King Charles VII was in power for the french he wanted to change that the french soon took over Bourdeaux but the English took, later though the french took it back killingall of theenglish troops. This battle is said to have been the first battle in European history where cannons were a major factor in deciding the battle.

The founding of the inca empire was founded in 1438 by pachacuti from the sapa inca, the founding of the inca empire is a form of politics because since the inca empire later went on to expand to countries like columbia, exuador, argentina, and peru those countries had native languages but when the inca empire was founded the new language was Quechua. Later in their empire the inca went on to build on of the 7 wonders of the world known as Machu Picchu.

Jan Hus is considered as the first church reformer, because he before Luther and Calvin. The reason that he is included in here is because he since he exercised a position of power in a time when big empires were dying out and places like the churches were becoming educaation centers and where the answers were he influenced a lot of people. Another imapct Jan Hus had on his era was that the followers of Hus's religious teachings (known as Hussites) rebelled against their Roman Catholic rulers and defeated five consecutive papal crusades between 1420 and 1431 in what became known as the Hussite Wars.

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