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Three related shifts must occur to mark a new period in
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Powerful civilizations must divide in new ways, altering
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world map.
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New contacts must be established among civilizations.
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Similarities must arise in the patterns displayed by major
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civilizations.
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The fall of the great empires meets the requirements.
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Cultural and political boundaries shifted in India and
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Mediterranean world.
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Buddhism, Christianity, and Islam spread widely.
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The Islamic world replaced India as the most expansive
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civilization.
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