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1. Muslims recapture the Holy Land
2. Minamoto family wins a civil war in Japan
3. New European universities founded
4. European churches built in startling new style
5. Angkor Wat completed in Khmer kingdom
6. Shona people build splendid city
7. Anasazi erect immense communal houses
8. Western European philosophers debate ideas of Aristotle

4. European churches built in startling new style

Church leaders across France and other European countries are glorifying God–and enhancing their prestige–by building grand cathedrals in a new style of architecture. This style combines pointed arches, thin walls, slender pillars, curved wall supports called flying buttresses, and large windows to create awesome spaces. The new cathedrals, with their lofty spires, seem to strive toward heaven. Notre Dame in Paris, which is still under construction, promises to be one of the most important of these cathedrals.

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