The West and the Changing World Balance
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| 264570100 | Ottoman Empire | Turkic empire established in Asia Minor and eventually extending through the Middle East and the Balkans; conquered Constantinople in 1453 and ended the Byzantine Empire. | 0 | |
| 264570101 | Ibn-Rushd (Averroes) | Iberian Muslim philosopher; studied Greek rationalism; ignored among Muslims but influential in Europe. | 1 | |
| 264570102 | Ming Dynasty | replaced Mongol Yuan dynasty in China in 1368; lasted until 1644; initially mounted large trade expeditions to southern Asia and Africa; later concentrated on internal development within China. | 2 | |
| 264570103 | Cheng Ho | Muslim Chinese seaman; commanded ecpeditions throughout the Indian Ocean. | 3 | |
| 264570104 | Black Death | 14th century bubonic plague epidemic; decimated populations in Asia and Europe. | 4 | |
| 264570105 | Renaissance | cultural and political elite mevement beginning in Italy ca. 1400; rested on urban vitality and expanding commernce. "Rebirth". | 5 | |
| 264570106 | Portugal, Castile and Aragon | regional Iberian kingdoms; participated in reconquest of peninsula from Muslims; developed a vigorous military and religious agenda. | 6 | |
| 264570107 | Francesco Petrarch | Italian author and humanist; a major literary figure of the Renaissance. | 7 | |
| 264570108 | Vivaldi bothers | Genoan explorers who attempted to find a western route to the "Indies" ; precursors of Europe thrust into southern Atlantic. | 8 | |
| 264570109 | Henry that Navigator | Portuguese prince; sponsored Atlantic voyages; reflected the forces present in late postclassical Europe. | 9 | |
| 264570110 | ethnocentrism | judging foreigners by the standards of one's own group; leads to problems in interpreting world history. ("my society is best". Found a lot of in West Europe, and even more in China with the Mandate of Heaven). | 10 |
