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16. Signing of the Magna Carta & Genghis Khan’s Capture of Beijing

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According to history, the Magna Carta was signed in the year 1215, which was a charter agreed to by King John of England. At the same time, Beijing was captured and burned to the ground by the Mongols who were led by Genghis Khan. It seems while one part of the world was celebrating, another was doomed. Oh, history, you’re so unfair at times.

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