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4510664358Dates0
4510664359Tang Dynasty618-690 & 705-9071
4510665956Han Dynasty202 B.C.E.- 400 years later2
4510670177Qin Dynasty221 B.C.E. - 207 B.C.E.3
4510673034Ming Dynasty1368-16444
4510676592Mongol Conquest of China...5
4510677631Japanese Conquest of ManchuriaAugust 8th 1931-February 27th 19326
4510679801Olmec Civilization1400- 400 B.C.E.7
4510680788Aztec Civilization...8
4510681934Norman Invasion10669
4510682253War of Roses1455-148510
4510682771Battle of BritainJuly 10th 1940 - Octobe 31 194011
4510684354Fall of ConstantinopleApril 6th 1453 - May 29th 145312
4510687265Battle of ToursOctober 10 732 AD13
451068793030 years war1618-164814
4510688657Magna CartaJune 15th 121515
4510689213King Louis XIV`Birth/Death: September 5th 1638 - September 1 1715 Rule: 1643 - 171516
4510692499CharlemagneBirth/Death: April 2 747 - January 28th 814 Rule: King of Franks 768-814, King of Lombards 774-814, First Emperor of Romans 800-81417
4510724365King Henry VIIIBirth/Death: June 28 1491 - January 28th 1547 Rule: April 21 1509 - January 28th 154718
4510727095Napoleonic CodeMarch 21st 180419
4510727509Justinian Code529-565 A.D.20
4510728843Treaty of VersaillesJune 28 191921
4510730303Russian RevolutionMarch 8 1917 (Don't know if this is accurate)22
4510733413French Revolution1789-179923
4510734001Chinese RevolutionOctober 10th 1911 - February 12th 191224
4510736439Vocabulary25
4510737031Neolithic RevolutionThe succession of technological innovations and changes in human organization that led to the development of agriculture 8500- 3500 B.C.26
4510755079DaoismA chinese philosophy based on the writings of Lao-tzu advocating humility and religious piety.27
4510767623Confucianisma system of philosophical and ethical teachings founded by Confucius and developed by Mencius28
4510771332Hinduisma major religious and cultural tradition of South Asia developed from Verdic religion29
4510792935Buddhisma religion of Eastern and Central Asia growing out of teachings of Gautama Buddha that suffering in life and that one can be liberated from it by mental and moral self purification30
451079684412 Tablesearliest code of Roman civil, criminal, and religious law 451-450 B.C31
4510828171Justinian Codethe body of Roman law that was codified and promulgated under Justinian32
4510830118Islam 5 Pillars of FaithFramework of Muslim life, testimony of faith, prayer, support of the needy, fasting during the month of Ramadan and pilgrimage to Makkah once in lifetime for those who are able.33
4510837988BedouinsNomadic pastoralists of the Arabian peninsula; culture based on camel and goat nomadism; early converts to Islam.34
4510846590Seljuk Turksnomadic invaders from central asia via persia; staunch sunnis ruled in name of abbasid caliphs from mid 11th century35
4510848885Ottoman EmpireA dynasty established beginning in the 13th century by Turkish peoples from central asia. though most of their empire's early territory was in Asia minor, the Ottomans eventually captured Constantinople and made it the capital of an empire that spanned three continents and lasted over 600 years36
4510854732Satithe practiced followed by small minorities usually upper caste of Indians of burning windows on the funeral pyres of their deceased husbands.37
4510878288Ethiopia Christian Kingdom38
4510880314Songhaysuccessor state to Mali; dominated middle reaches of Niger valley; formed as independent kingdom under a Berber dynasty; capital at Gao; reached imperial status under Sunni Ali. R. 1464-149239
4510895930griotsprofessional oral historians who served as keepers of traditions and advisors to kings within the mali empire.40
4510899127iconartistic representation usually a religious figure41
4510900020relican object surviving an earlier time or a part of a deceased holy person's body or belongings kept as an object of reverence42
4510907620Magna Cartagreat charter issued by king john of England in 1215; confirmed feudal rights against monarchical claims; represented principle of mutual limits and obligations between rulers and feudal aristocracy43
4511265443feudalismthe dominant social system in medieval Europe, in which the nobility held lands from the Crown in exchange for military service, and vassals were in turn tenants of the nobles, while the peasants (villeins or serfs) were obliged to live on their lord's land and give him homage, labor, and a share of the produce, notionally in exchange for military protection.44
4511270157manorialismthe name for the organization of the economy in the Middle Ages. describes how land was distributed and who profited from the land.45
4511272056flying moneypaper currency of the Tang dynasty in China and can be considered the first banknote.46
4511272705seppukuritual suicide by self-disembowelment on a sword; practiced by samurai in the traditional Japanese society.47
4511274005samuraia member of a powerful military caste in feudal Japan, especially a member of the class of military retainers of the daimyos.48
4511275110ethnocentrismevaluation of other cultures according to preconceptions originating in the standards and customs of one's own culture.49
4511275998humanisman outlook or system of thought attaching prime importance to human rather than divine or supernatural matters. Humanist beliefs stress the potential value and goodness of human beings, emphasize common human needs, and seek solely rational ways of solving human problems.50
4511277486calvinismthe Protestant theological system of John Calvin and his successors, which develops Luther's doctrine of justification by faith alone and emphasizes the grace of God and the doctrine of predestination.51
45168111497 years warfought both in continental Europe and also in overseas between 1756-1763; resulted in Prussia seizures of land from Australia, English seizures of colonies in India and North America52
4517090936encomiendasGrant of Indians laborers made to Spanish conquerors and settlers in mesoamerica and south america53
4517095906peninsularespeople living in the New World Spanish colonies but born in spain54
4517098425mestizospeople mixed European and Indian ancestry in mesoamerica and south america; particularly prevalent in areas colonized by Spain often part of forced labor systems.55
4517106294janissariesottoman infantry divisions that dominated ottoman armies; forcibly conscripted as boys in conquered areas of Balkans; legally slaves; translated military service into political influence particularly after 15th century.56
4517113811triangular tradecommerce linking Africa; New world colonies and Europe; slaves carried to America for sugar and tobacco transported to Europe.57
4517120959columbian exchangea period of cultural and biological exchanges between the New and Old Wars. Exchange of plants and animals and diseases and technology transformed European and Native American ways to life58
4517125851indies pieceterm used within the complex exchange system by the Spanish for African trade; referred to the value of an adult male slave59
4517128559Manchusa member of a people originally living in manchuria who formed the last imperial dynasty of China (1644-1912)60
4517132366sepoystroops that served the British East India Company; recruited mainly from various warlike peoples in India61
4517157902gauchosa cowboy of the south america pampas62
4517158633Opium Warfought between the British and Qing China begining in 1839; fought to protect British trade in opium; resulted in British victory; opening for Hong Kong as British port of trade.63
4517163902Taiping RebellionBroke out in South China in the 1850's and early 1860's; led by Hong Xiuguah; a semi Christianized prophet; sought to overthrow Qing Dynasty and Confucian basis of scholar gentry64
4517172011BolsheviksLiterally the majoirty party; the most radical branch of the Russian Marxist movement; led by V.I. Lenin and dedicated to his concept of social revolution;65
4517192077Zaibatsuhuge industrial combines created in Japan in the 1890's as part of the processes of industrialization66
4517193777Treaty of VersailesPeace treaty at the end of World War I; it ended the state war between Germany and the Allied powers. it was signed on June 28th 1919; exactly 5 years after the assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand67
4517198084League of Nationsinternational diplomatic and peace organization created in the treaty of versailles that ended world war I; one of the chief goals of President woodrow wilson of the us in the peace negotiations; the US was never a member68
4517228401totalitarian statesa new kind of government in the 20th century that exercised massive direct control over virtually all the activities of its subject; existed in Germany, Italy, and the Soviet Union69
4517232425Asian economic tigersthe four asian tigers or four asain dragons is a term used in refrence to the highly free market and developed economies of Hong Kong, Singapore, South Korea, and Taiwan.70
4517235246Satyagraha"truth force"; strategy of nonviolent protest developed by mohandas Gandhi and his followers of India; later deployed throughout the colonized world and us.71
4517239650zionismmovement originating in eastern europe during the 1860's and 70's whose leaders argued that the Jews must return to a middle Eastern holy land; eventually identified with settlement of palestine.72
4517243435Great Leap ForwardEconomic policy of Mao Zedong introduced in 1958; proposed industrialization of small scale projects integrated into peasant communities led to economic disaster ended in 196073
4517246562Cultural Revolutionmovement initiated in 1965 by Mao Zedong to restore his dominance over pragmatists; used mob to ridicule Mao's political rivals; campaign was called off in 196874
4517250830People75
4517281746Zheng HeA muslim from western china who improved compass and excellent maps and huge vessels that were good for trade. He commanded series of Indian Ocean, Persian Gulf, and Red Sea trade expeditions under 3rd ming emperor Yunglo between 1405 and 143376
4517295175Euclidproduced what was long the world's greatest widely used compendium of geometry77
4517304268PericlesAn Athenian political leader in the 5th century who was also an aristocrat but part of a democratic political structure. Ruled through wise influence and negotiation and not through official position and helped restrain some of the more aggressive views of the Athenian democrats and couldn't prevent the next war.78

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