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| 1632 |
| | | Shah Jahan begins building the Taj Mahal as a memorial for his wife, Mumtaz Mahal | |
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| 1641 |
| | | The Dutch expel the Portuguese from their trading posts in Malacca | |
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| 1642 |
| | | The Mongols depose the ruling dynasty of Tibet and offer the country to the Dalai Lama, to be ruled by him with Mongol military support | |
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| 1644 |
| | | The British East India Company completes the construction of Fort St George in Madras | |
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| 1644 |
| | | The last Ming emperor hangs himself, and China acquires a new and final dynasty - the Qing | |
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| 1646 |
| | | A young Hindu prince, Shivaji, captures Bijapur in a campaign against Muslim rulers that will result in his establishing a Maratha empire | |
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| 1649 |
| | | The Russian empire, expanding eastwards through Siberia, reaches the Pacific coast | |
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| c. 1650 |
| | | The pleasure districts of Edo and Kyoto provide the delights of ukiyo-e, the 'floating world' | |
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| c. 1650 |
| | | Hindu princes and brahmin priests withdraw from Java to Bali, turning the island into the last outpost of Hinduism in southeast Asia | |
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| c. 1650 |
| | | Japan's popular theatre, kabuki, develops as a form of café entertainment | |
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