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1508| 1100–1532 | South America [administration] | The Inca empire dominates the Andes region of South America. Its population numbers as many as 12 million. Incan society is based on a strict hierarchy, with an emperor who rules with absolute power. Their religion is based on sun-worship, and they are skilled builders who create a system of roads and irrigation. | | 1508 | Anatolia, Ottoman Empire [churches and temples] | The mosque of Beyazit in Constantinople, Ottoman Empire, the city's earliest surviving imperial mosque, is completed. Its features include the earliest fully developed Ottoman minarets. | | 6 February 1508 | Holy Roman Empire [political events] | The Holy Roman Emperor Maximilian I proclaims, in the cathedral of Trento (Trent) in northern Italy, that he will no longer seek coronation, but will adopt, with Pope Julius II's consent, the title ‘Emperor Elect’ (Latin imperator electus, German erwählter Kaiser). |
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