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9080064901ZuluA people of modern South Africa whom King Shaka united in 1818. 25.7140
9080067178Sokoto CaliphateA large Muslim state founded in 1809 in what is now northern Nigeria. 25.7151
9080070859ModernizationThe process of reforming political, military, economic, social, and cultural traditions in imitation of the early success of Western societies, often with regard for accommodating local traditions in non-Western societies. 25.7152
9080073350Muhammad AliLeader of Egyptian modernization in the early nineteenth century. He ruled Egypt as an Ottoman governor but had imperial ambitions. His descendants ruled Egypt until overthrown in 1952. 25.7163
9080074905"Legitimate" TradeExports from Africa in the nineteenth century that did not include the newly outlawed slave trade. 25.7184
9080074907RecaptivesAfricans rescued by Britain's Royal Navy from the illegal slave trade of the nineteenth century and restored to free status. 25.7195
9080076977NawabA Muslim prince allied to British India; technically, a semi-autonomous deputy of the Mughal emperor. 25.7216
9080078885SepoyA soldier in South Asia, especially in the service of the British. 25.7217
9080078888British RajThe rule over much of South Asia between 1765 and 1947 by the East India Company and then by a British government. 25.7228
9080080708Sepoy RebellionThe revolt of Indian soldiers in 1857 against certain practices that violated religious customs; also known as the Sepoy Mutiny. 25.7239
9080083163DurbarAn elaborate display of political power and wealth in British India in the nineteenth century, ostensibly in imitation of the pageantry of the Mughal Empire. 25.72310
9080085236Indian Civil ServiceThe elite professional class of officials who administered the government of British India. Originally composed exclusively of well-educated British men, it gradually added qualified Indians. 25.72311
9080085239Indian National CongressA movement and political party founded in 1885 to demand greater Indian participation in government. Its membership was middle class, and its demands were modest until World War I. Led after 1920 by Mohandas K. Gandhi, it appealed increasingly to the poor, and it organized mass protests demand- ing self-government and independence. 25.72612
9080087559Clipper ShipLarge, fast, streamlined sailing vessel, often American built, of the mid-to-late nineteenth cen- tury rigged with vast canvas sails hung from tall masts. 25.73113
9080091280Contract of IndentureA voluntary agreement binding a person to work for a specified period of years in return for free passage to an overseas destination. Before 1800 most indentured servants were Europeans; after 1800 most indentured laborers were Asians. 25.73314

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