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8525172379Charles vmember of the Hapsburg family, king of spain, and Holy Roman Emperor0
8525172380Phillip II of SpainCatholic King, enemy of England1
8525172381Act of Supremacy (1534)Declared the king the supreme head of the Church of England.2
8525172382Elizabeth I of EnglandDaughter of Henry VIII and Anne Boleyn; Queen of England 1533-1603.3
8525172383British East India CompanyA joint stock company that controlled most of India during the period of imperialism.4
8525172384James I of EnglandHe believed in divine right and that rebellion was the worst of all crimes. (549)5
8525172385English Civil War1642-1649 supporters and opponents of King Charles. King vs. Parliament6
8525172386Glorious Revolution1688 overthrow of King James in England7
8525172387English Bill of Rights1689 laws protecting the rights of English subjects and Parliament8
8531246605HuguenotsFrench Protestants9
8531246606Edict of Nantes1598 - Granted the Huguenots liberty of conscience and worship.10
8531246607Louis XIVking of France from 1643 to 171511
8531246608War of Spanish Succession1701-171412
8531246609Holy Roman Empireempire of west central Europe from 962 to 1806, comprising present-day Germany and neighboring lands13
8531246610Thirty Years' WarConflict over religion, territory, and power among European ruling families14
8531246611Peace of Westphaliathe peace treaty that ended the Thirty Years' War in 164815
8531246612Mongol Yokethe name for the Mongolian rule over eastern Slavs for more than two hundred years.16
8531246613Ivan IV (the Terrible)First absolute tsar of Russia who crushed the boyars, giving him a nasty reputation17
8531246614Romanov DynastyDynasty elected in 1613 at end of Time of Troubles; ruled Russia until 191718
8531246615SerfsA person who lived on and farmed a lords land in feudal times19
8531246616Peter the GreatThis was the tsar of Russia that Westernized Russia and built up a massive Russian army.20
8531246617Catherine the GreatEmpress of Russia who greatly increased the territory of the empire (1729-1796)21
8584130459Ottoman EmpireA Muslim empire based in Turkey that lasted from the 1300's to 1922.22
8584130460Osman BeyFounder of the Ottoman Empire23
8584464260Janissariesa member of the Turkish infantry forming the Sultan's guard between the 14th and 19th centuries.24
8584464261Sulieman the MagnificentThe sultan who presided over a "golden age" and the greatest Ottoman assault on Christian Europe was25
8584464262IstanbulCapital of the Ottoman Empire; named this after 1453 and the sack of Constantinople.26
8584464263DevshirmeOttoman policy of taking boys from Christian peoples to be trained as Muslim soldiers27
8584464264Safavid EmpireIranian kingdom (1502-1722) established by Ismail Safavi, who declared Iran a Shi'ite state.28
8584464265Mughal Empirea period of Muslim rule of India from the 1500s to the 1700s29
8584464266BaburFounder of the Mughal Empire30
8584464267AkbarMughal ruler with a genius for cultural blending, military conquest, and art31
8584464268JizyaPoll tax that non-Muslims had to pay when living within a Muslim empire32
8584464269Sihkismcommanality between islam and Hinduism33
8584464270Shah JahanMughal ruler who built Taj Mahal34
8584464271Taj MahalA beautiful tomb built by the Mughal ruler Shah Jahan to honor his wife.35
8584464272AurangzebMughal emperor who succeeded Shah Jajan known for his religious zealotry36
8584464273Songhai EmpireAn Islamic west African empire involved in the gold-salt trade37
8584464274Sunni AliFirst great ruler of Songhai, who established the empire38
8584464275TimbuktuMali trading city that became a center of wealth and learning39
8584464276KongoCentral African kingdom in the 1400s that engaged in warfare and slavery40
8584464277King Affonso IChanged state religion to Christianity; relationship with Portuguese41
8584464278AngolaSouthern Africa42
8584464279Queen NzingaLeader who ruled in Angola and spent almost 40 years battling Portuguese slave traders43
8649904177ManchusFederation of Northeast Asian (from Manchuria) peoples who founded the Qing Empire.44
8649904178Qing Dynastythe last imperial dynasty of China (from 1644 to 1912) which was overthrown by revolutionaries45
8649904179KangxiQing emperor (r. 1662-1722). He oversaw the greatest expansion of the Qing Empire.46
8649904180Qianlongruler that helped to secure Qing borders but ended up causing the downfall of the Qing Dynasty47
8649904181Tokugawa ShogunateJapanese ruling dynasty that strove to isolate it from foreign influences48
8649904182Edo PeriodJapan attempted to get the daimyo to settle in a major city by making cultural elements appealing.49
8649904183National Seclusion Policy (1635)prohibited Japanese from traveling abroad and from most foreigners from visiting Japan.50
8649904184Dutch Studiesstudies of Western science and technology; Japan51
8649904185Seppukuform of ceremonial suicide of defeated or disloyal samurai to avoid dishonor52
8649904186Kabukidrama aimed at farmers, merchants, and other common folk53

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