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| 6362848356 | Catholic Counter-Reformation | An international reform of the Catholic Church in the sixteenth century; thanks especially to the work of the Council of Trent (1545-1563), Catholic leaders clarified doctrine, corrected abuses and corruption, and put a new emphasis on education and accountability. |  | 0 |
| 6362848357 | Condorcet and the idea of progress | The Marquis de Condorcet (1743-1794) was a French philosopher and political scientist who argued that human affairs were moving into an era of near-infinite improbability, with slavery, racism, tyranny and other human trials swept abay by the triumph of reason |  | 1 |
| 6362848358 | Nicolaus Copernicus | (1473-1543) Polish mathematician and astronomer who was the first to argue for the existence of heliocentric cosmos. |  | 2 |
| 6362848359 | European Enlightenment | European intellectual movement of the eighteenth century that applied the lessons of the Scientific Revolution to human affairs and was noted for its commitment to open-mindedness and inquiry and the belief that knowledge could transform human society |  | 3 |
| 6362848360 | Jesuits in China | Series of Jesusit missionaries in the late sixteenth and seventeenth centuries who, inspired by the work of Matteo Ricci, made extraordinary efforts to undertand and become a part of Chinese culture in their efforts to convert the Chinese elite, although with limited success |  | 4 |
| 6362848361 | kaozheng | Literally, "research based on evidence", Chinese intellectual movement whose practitioners emphasized the importance of evidence and analysis, applied especially to historical documents. |  | 5 |
| 6362848362 | Mirabai | (1498-1547) One of India's most believed bhakti poets; she helped breakdown the barriers of caste and tradition |  | 6 |
| 6362848363 | Isaac Newton | (1645-1727) English natural scientist whose formulation of the laws of Motion and mechanics is regarded as the culmination of the Scientific Revolution |  | 7 |
| 6362848364 | Protestant Reformation | Massive schism within Christianity that had its formal beginning in 1517 with the German priest Martin Luther; While the leaders of the movement claimed that they sought to "reform" a Church that had fallen from biblical practice, in reality the movement was radically innovated in its challenge to church authority and its endorsement of Salvation "by faith alone." |  | 8 |
| 6362848365 | Sikhism | religious tradition of northern India founded by Guru Nanak(about 1500) combines elements of Hinduism and Islam and proclaims the brotherhood of all humans and the equality of men and women |  | 9 |
| 6362848366 | Taki Onqoy | Literally, "dancing sickness"; a religious revival movement in central Peru in the 1560s whose members preached the immanent destruction of Christianity and of the Europeans in favor of a renewed Andean golden age |  | 10 |
| 6362848367 | Ursula de Jesus | (1606-1666)Slave and later religions Laywomen at the Peruvian Convent of Santa Clara, a lucky escape inspired her to peruse a pious life of mortification and good works gaining a reputation as a woman of extraordinary devotion and humility as well as a visionary and mystic |  | 11 |
| 6362848368 | Voltaire | (1694-1778) Pen name of the French philosopher Francios-Marie Arouet; wrote wok is often taken as a model of Enlightenment questioning of traditional values and attitudes; noted for his deism and his criticism of traditional religion |  | 12 |
| 6362848369 | Yahhabi Islam | Major Islamic movement led by the muslim theologian Abd al-ahhab(1703-1792) that ad vacated an austere lifestyle and strict adherence to Islamic law |  | 13 |
| 6362848370 | bhakti | Hindu devotional movement that flourished in the early modern era, emphasizing music dance, poetry, and ritual as means by which to achieve direct union with the divine |  | 14 |
| 6362848371 | Council of Trent | (1545-1563) the main instrument of the Catholic Counter-Reformation, at which the Catholic Church clarified doctrine and corrected abuses |  | 15 |
| 6362848372 | Charles Darwin | (1809-1882) highly influential English biologist whose theory of natural selection continues to be seen by many as a threat to revealed religious truth |  | 16 |
| 6362848373 | deism | belief in a divine being who created the cosmos but who does not intervene directly in human affairs |  | 17 |
| 6362848374 | Edict of Nates | 1598 edict issued by French king Henry IV that granted considerable religious toleration to French Protestants and ended the French wars of Religion |  | 18 |
| 6362848375 | Sigmund Freud | (1856-1939) Austrian doctor and the father of psychoanalysis; his theories about the operation of the human mind and emotions remain influental today |  | 19 |
| 6362848376 | Galileo Galilei | (1564-1642) Italian astronomer who further developed the ideas of Copernicus and whose work was eventually suppressed by the Catholic church |  | 20 |
| 6362848377 | huacas | local goas of the Andes |  | 21 |
| 6362848378 | Huguenots | the Protestant minority in France |  | 22 |
| 6362848379 | Martin Luther | (1483-1546) German priest and theologian who inaugurated the Protestant Reformation movement in Europe |  | 23 |
| 6362848380 | Guru Nanak | (1469-1539) founder of Shikhism |  | 24 |
| 6362848381 | Ninety-five Theses | List of 95 debating points about the abuses of the church, posted by Martin Luther on the door of a Church in Wittenberg in 1517 the church's strong reaction eventually drove Luther to separate from Catholic Christianity |  | 25 |
| 6362848382 | Matto Ricci | the most famous Jesuit Missionary in China in the early modem period; active in China from 1582 to 1610 |  | 26 |
| 6362848383 | Scientific Revolution | great European intellectual and cultural transformation that was based on the principles of the scientific method |  | 27 |
| 6362848384 | Society of Jesus | Also called "Jesuits"; this Catholic religious society was founded to encourage the renewal of Catholicism through education and preaching; it soon became a leading Catholic missionary order beyond the borders of Europe |  | 28 |
| 6362848385 | Thirty Years War | (1618-l648) Highly destructive war that eventually included most of Europe; fought for the most part between Protestants and Catholics, the conflict chided with the Peace of Westphalia in 1648 |  | 29 |
| 6362848386 | Wang Yangmin | (1472-1529) Prominent Chinese philosopher who argued that it was possible to achieve a virtuous life by introspection, without the education of traditional Confucianism |  | 30 |
