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337310016indian national congressa movement and political party founded in 185 to demand greater indian participation in government0
337310017indian civil servicethe elite professional class of officials who administered the government of british india1
337310018durbaran elaborate display of political power and wealth in british india in the 19th century. an imitation of the mughal empire2
337310019sepoy rebellionthe revolt of indian soldiers in 1857 against certain practices that violated religious customs (sepoy mutiny)3
337310020british rajthe rule over much of south asia by east india and the british government4
337310021sepoya soldier in south asia in the service of the british5
337310022nawaba muslim prince allied to british india; technically, a semi-automous deputy of the mughal emperor6
337310023recaptivesafricans rescued by britains royal navy from the illegal slave trade of the 19th century and restored to free status7
337310024legitimate tradeexports from africa in the 19th century that did not include the newly out lawed slave trade8
337310025modernizationthe process of reforming political, military, economic, social and cultural traditions in imitation of successful western societies with local traditions of non-western societies9
337310026sokoto caliphatea large muslim state founded in 1809 in modern-day nigeria10
337310027zulua people of modern south africa whom king shaka united in 1818 out of conflict for grazing and farming lands11
337310028taiping rebellionthe most destructive civil war before the 20th century. a christian-inspired rural rebellion, which threatened to topple the qing empire12
337310029most-favored-nation statusa clause in a commercial treaty that awards to any later signatories all the privileges previously granted to the original signatories13
337310030treaty portscities opened to foreign residents as a result of the forced treaties between the qing empire and foreign signatories14
337310031treaty of nankingthe treaty that concluded the opium war. it awarded britain a large indemnity from the qing empire, denied qing government tariff control over some of its own borders, opened additional ports to britains and ceded hong kong to britain15
337310032bannermenhereditary military servants of the qing empire. descendants of peoples of various origins who had fought for the founders of the empire16
337310033opium warwar between britain and qing empire that was occasioned by the qing governments refusal to permit the importation of opium into its territories17
337310034decembrist revoltan attempt by army officers to take control of the russian government upon the death of tsar alexander 1 in 182518
337310035pan-slavismmovement among russian intellectuals in the second half of the 19th century to identify culturally and politically with the slavic peoples of eastern europe19
337310036slavophilerussian intellectuals in the 19th century who favored resisting western european influences and taking pride in the traditional peasant values and institutions of the slavic people20
337310037young ottomansthe movement of young intellectuals to institute liberal reforms and build a feeling of national identity in the ottoman empire21
337310038extraterritorialitythe right of foreign residents in a country to live under the laws of their native country and disregard the laws of the host country22
337310039crimean warthe conflict between the russian and ottoman empires fought primarily on the crimean peninsula23
337310040tanzimat"restructuring" reforms by the 19th century ottoman rulers intended to move civil law away from control of religious elites and make military and bureaucracy more efficient24
337310041serbiathe ottoman province in the balkans that rose up against janissary control in the 1800s25
337310042janissariesinfantry originally of slave origin armed with fire arms and constituting the elite of the ottoman army from the 15th century until the corps was abolished in 182626
337310043muhammad alithe leader of the egyptian modernization in the 19th century. he ruled egypt as an ottoman governor, but had imperial ambitions27
337310044contract of indenturea voluntary agreement binding a person to work for a specified period of years in return for free passage to an overseas destination28
337310045clipper shipa large, fast, streamlined sailing vessel often american built of the mid to late 19th century rigged with cast canvas sails hung from tall masts29

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