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13041904665AyanThe welathy landed elite that emerged in the early decades of Abbasid rule0
13041904666Selim IIISultan who ruled Ottoman Empire from 1789 to 1807; aimed at improving administrative efficiency and building a new army and navy; toppled by Janissaries in 18071
13041904667Mahmud II(1785-1839) Ottoman sultan; built a private professional army; for enter revolution of Janissaries and crushed them with private army; destroyed power of Janissaries and their religious allies; initiated reform of Ottoman Empire on Western precedents2
13041904668Tanzimat reformsSeries of reforms in Ottoman Empire between 1839 and 1876; established Western style university, state postal system, railways, extensive legal reforms; resulted in creation of new constitution in 18763
13041904669Abdul HamidOttoman sultan who attempted to return to despotic absolutism during reign from 1878 to 1908; nullified constitution and restricted civil liberties; deposed in coup in 19084
13041904670Ottoman Society for Union and ProgressOrganization of political agitators in opposition to rule of Abdul Hamid; also called "Young Turks"; desired to restore 1876 constitution5
13041904671Murad(1790-1820) head of the coalition of Mamluk rulers in Egypt; opposed Napoleonic invasion of Egypt and suffered devastating defeat; failure destroyed Mamluk government in Egypt and revealed vulnerability of Muslim core6
13041904672Muhammad AliWon power struggle in Egypt following fall of the Mamluks; established mastery of all Egypt by 1811; introduced effective army based on Western tactics and supply and a variety of other reforms; by 1830s was able to challenge Ottoman government in Constantinople; died in 18487
13041904673KhedivesDescendants of Muhammad Ali in Egypt after 1867; formal rulers of Egypt despite French and English intervention until overthrown by military coup in 19528
13041904674Suez CanalBuilt across Isthmus of Suez to connect Mediterranean Sea with Red Sea in 1869; financed by European investors; with increasing indebtedness of khedives, permitted intervention of British into Egyptian politics to protect their investment9
13041904675Jamal al-Din al-AfghaniMuslim thinker at the end of the 19th century; stressed need for adoption of Western scientific learning and technology; recognized importance of tradition of rational inquiry10
13041904676Muhammad AbduhDisciple of al-Afghani; Muslim thinker at the end of the 19th century; stressed need for adoption of Western scientific learning and technology11
13041904677Ahmad Arabi(1841-1911) Egyptian military officer who led a revolt against Turkic dominance in the army in 1882, which forced the khedival regime to call in British forced for support12
13041904678KhartoumRiver town that was administrative center of Egyptian authority in Sudan13
13041904679Muhammad AhmadHead of a Sudanic Sufi brotherhood; claimed descent from prophet Muhammad; proclaimed both Egyptians and British as infidels; launched revolt to purge Islam of impurities; took Khartoum in 1883; also known as the Mahdi14
13041904680MahdiIn Sufi belief system, a promised deliverer; also name given to Muhammad Ahmad p, leader of late 19th century revolt against Egyptians and British in the Sudan15
13041904681Khalifa AbdallahiSuccessor of Muhammad Ahmad as leader of Mahdists in Sudan; established state in Sudan; defeated by British General Kitchener in 189816
13041904682Nurhaci(1559-1626) Architect of Manchu unity; created distinctive Manchu banner armies; controlled most of Manchuria; adopted Chinese bureaucracy and most ceremonies in Manchuria; entered China and successfully captured Ming capital at Beijing17
13041904683Banner armiesEight of the Manchu tribes identified by separate flags; created by Nurhaci in early 17th century; utilized to defeat Ming emperor and establish Qing dynasty18
13041904684QingManchu dynasty that seized control of China in mid 17th century after decline of Ming; forced submission of nomadic peoples far to the west and compelled tribute from Vietnam and Burma to the south19
13041904685KangxiConfucian scholar and Manchu emperor of Qing dynasty from 1661 to 1772; established Hugh degree of Sinification among the Manchus20
13041904686CompradorsWealthy new group of Chinese merchants under the Qing dynasty; specialized in the import-export trade on China's south coast; one of the major links between China and the outside world21
13041904687Opium WarFought between the British and the Qing China beginning in 1839; fought to protect British trade in opium; resulted in resounding British victory, opening of Hong Kong as British port of trade22
13041904688Lin Zexu(1785-1850) Distinguished Chinese official charged with stamping out opium trade in southern China; ordered blockade of European trading areas in Canton and confiscation of opium; sent into exile following the Opium War23
13041904689Taiping RebellionBroke out in south China in the 1850s and early 1860s; led by Hong Xiuquan, a semi Christianized prophet; sought to overthrow Qing dynasty and Confucian basis of scholar gentry24
13041904690Hong Xiuquan(1812-1864) leader of the Taiping Rebellion; converted to specifically Chinese form of Christianity; attacked traditional Confucian teachings of Chinese elite25
13041904691Zheng GuofanOne of the ablest scholar gentry officials in the last half of the 19th century. Advocated the introduction of Western technologies and military reforms, and proved to be one of the staunchest defenders of the Qing dynasty26
13041904692Self-strengthening movementLate 19th century movement in China to counter the challenge from the West; led by provincial leaders27
13041904693CixiUltra conservative dowager empress who dominated the last decades of the Qing dynasty; supported Boxer Rebellion in 1898 as a means of driving out Westerners28
13041904694Boxer RebellionPopular outburst in 1898 aimed at expelling foreigners from China; failed because of intervention of armies of Western powers in China; defeat of Chinese enhanced control by Europeans and the power of provincial officials29
13041904695Sun Yat-senHead of Revolutionary Alliance, organization that led 1911 revolt against Qing dynasty in China; briefly elected president in 1911, but yielded in favor of Yuan Shikai in 1912; created Nationalist party of China (Guomindang) in 1919; died in 192530
13041904696PuyiLast emperor of China; deposed as emperor while still a small boy in 191231

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