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| 2405483872 | absolute monarchy | Concept of gov. developed during rise of nation-states in western Europe during the 17th century; featured monarchs who passed laws w/o parliaments, appointed professionalized armies and bureaucracies, established state churches, imposed state economic policies | 0 | |
| 2405485523 | age of revolution | period of political upheaval beginning roughly w/ the American Rev. in 1775 and continuing through the French rev of 1789 and other movements for change up to 1848 | 1 | |
| 2405486668 | al-Afghani | Muslim thinker at the end of the 19th century; stressed need for adoption of Western scientific learning and tech; recognized importance of tradition of rational inquiry | 2 | |
| 2405487962 | American Civil War | Fought from 1861 to 1865; first application of Industrial Revolution to warfare; resulted in abolition of slavery in the US and reunification of North and South | 3 | |
| 2405488465 | American Revolution | Rebellion of English American colonies along Atlantic seaboard between 1775 and 1783; resulted in independence for former British colonies and eventual formation of USA | 4 | |
| 2405489553 | amigos del pais | clubs and associations dedicated to improvements and reform in Spanish colonies; flourished during the 18th century; material improvements rather than political reform | 5 | |
| 2405490851 | Anglican church | form of Protestantism set up in England after 1534; established by Henry VIII with himself as head, to obtain a divorce from his first wife; became increasingly Protestant following Henry's death | 6 | |
| 2405492372 | Anglo-Boer War | Fought between 1899 and 1902 over the continued independence of Boer republics; resulted in British victory but began the process of decolonization for whites in South Africa | 7 | |
| 2405493319 | Armenian genocide | assault carried out by mainly Turkish military forces in Anatolia in 1915; over a million perished and thousands fled to Russsia and the Middle East | 8 | |
| 2405494559 | Asante Empire | established in Gold Coast among Akan people settled around Kumasi; many clans linked under Osei Tutu after 1650; dominated by Oyoko clan | 9 | |
| 2405495465 | Asian sea trading network | prior to intervention of Europeans, consisted of 3 zones: Arab zone based on glass, carpets, and tapestries; India based on cotton textiles; China based on paper, porcelain, and silks | 10 | |
| 2405496728 | Balfour Declaration | British minister Lord Balfour's promise of support for the establishment of Jewish settlement in Palestine issued in 1917 | 11 | |
| 2405497670 | Balkan nationalism | movements to create independent nations within the Balkan possessions of the ottoman empire; provoked a series of crises within the European alliance system; eventually led to WWI | 12 | |
| 2405498763 | Boers | Dutch settlers in Cape Colony, in southern Africa | 13 | |
| 2405499299 | Bolsheviks | the majority party; the most radical branch of the Russian Marxist movement; led by Lenin and dedicated to his concept of social revolution; actually a minority in the Russian Marxist political scheme until its triumph in the 1917 rev. | 14 | |
| 2405500559 | Boxer Rebellion | popular outburst in 1898 aimed at expelling foreigners from China; failed b/c of intervention of armies of western powers in china; defeat of Chinese enhanced control by Europeans and the power of provincial officials | 15 |
