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9898009694Renaissance1400-16000
9898009695American Revolution1775-17831
9898009696Reign of Akbar1556-16052
9898009697Beginning of Atlantic slave trade14413
9898009698Brazil runaway slave community16904
9898009699British/Dutch East India Company1600-16025
9898009700Heliocentral view15436
9898009701Jamestown16077
9898009702Mughal Empire1526-17078
9898009703Protestant reformation15179
9898009704Russian expansion into Siberia155010
9898009705Safavid Empire1501-172211
9898009706Songhai Empire1464-159112
9898009707Spanish conquest of Aztecs1519-152113
9898009708Spanish conquest of Incas1532-154014
9898009709Thirty Years' War1618-164815
9898009710Tokugawa Japan160316
9898009711African diasporaThe spreading of Africans to many other parts of the world,17
9898009712Akbarthe grandson of Babur, who brought the height of the Mughal empire. Also expanded his empire to control much of the subcontinent.18
9898009713Aurangzebcommonly known as Aurangzeb Alamgir and by his imperial title Alamgir and simply referred to as Aurangzeb was the sixth Mughal Emperor and ruled over most of the Indian subcontinent during some parts of his reign. His reign lasted for 49 years from 1658 until his death in 1707.19
9898009714BeninNot really a significant player in the slave trade - relied on traditional products, such as ivory, textiles, and their unique bronze castings20
9898009715Bhakti"attachment, participation, devotion to, fondness for, homage, faith or love, worship, piety to (as a religious principle or means of salvation)". Bhakti, in Hinduism, refers to devotion and the love of a personal god or a representational god by a devotee.21
9898009716cartaza naval trade license or pass issued by the Portuguese in the Indian ocean during the sixteenth century (circa 1502-1750), under the rule of the Portuguese empire. It shared similarities with the British navicert system of 1939-45. Its name derives from the portugueses cartas mesinha letter.22
9898009717Catholic Counter-Reformationthe church's actions to revive their reputation and membership roles in 1545 (regained control of most of southern Europe, Austria, Poland, and much of Hungary)23
9898009718Columbian exchangethe global diffusion of crops, other plants, human beings, animals, and distance that took place after the European exploring voyages of the New World24
9898009719conquistadoreswent to search for gold and convert the natives to Christianity in the interior of Mexico25
9898009720Council of TrentThe Council of Trent, held between 1545 and 1563 in Trento and Bologna, northern Italy, was one of the Roman Catholic Church's most important ecumenical councils. Prompted by the Protestant Reformation, it has been described as the embodiment of the Counter-Reformation. Four hundred years later, when Pope John XXIII initiated preparations for the Second Vatican Council, he affirmed the decrees it had issued: "What was, still is."26
9898009721creolescomposed of those born in the new world; a quickly growing class27
9898009722Dahomeya kingdom that used firearms to create its powerbase, in Contrast to the Asante, the Dahomey leaders were authoritarian, and often brutal in forcing compliance to the royal court28
9898009723Daimyopower territorial lords, who held local control of areas. Some Daimyos had more influence than others, but each maintained his own governments and had his own samurai29
9898009724Darwin, Charlesan English naturalist and geologist, best known for his contributions to evolutionary theory. He established that all species of life have descended over time from common ancestors, and in a joint publication with Alfred Russel Wallace introduced his scientific theory that this branching pattern of evolution resulted from a process that he called natural selection, in which the struggle for existence has a similar effect to the artificial selection involved in selective breeding.30
9898009725deismGod built the universe and let it run. Clockmaker theory31
9898009726devshirmea system that required Christian's of the area to contribute young boys to be the sultans slaves32
9898009727Edict of NantesThe granting of tolerance to Protestants through this, which was later revoked by King Louis XIV33
9898009728European Enlightenmentthe emphasis on human abilities and accomplishments and the importance of independent and rational thought34
9898009729Freud, Sigmundan Austrian neurologist and the father of psychoanalysis, a clinical method for treating psychopathology through dialogue between a patient and a psychoanalyst35
9898009730Galilei, Galileoused the first telescope during the Renaissance in 1609, where he made many large discoveries in the solar system, until he was put under house arrest for spreading conflicting ideas36
9898009731Huguenotsa member of a French Protestant denomination with origins in the 16th or 17th centuries. Historically, Huguenots were French Protestants inspired by the writings of John Calvin in the 1530s, who became known by that originally derisive designation by the end of the 16th century. The majority of Huguenots endorsed the Reformed tradition of Protestantism.37
9898009732Jesuits in Chinaa religious order converting people to return to the church (went to Asia + Americas in 1500's)38
9898009733Little Ice Agea period of cooling that occurred after the Medieval Warm Period. While it was not a true ice age, the term was introduced into the scientific literature by François E. Matthes in 1939.39
9898009734Luther, Martina German monk who wrote the 95 theses in 1517, which were 95 propositions that criticized the Catholic Church40
9898009735Manilaships that traveled across the pacific ocean picking up and trading goods, like Asian luxury goods, and silver41
9898009736Karl Marxwas a journalist who wrote on revolutionary socialism and wrote "The Communist Manifesto"42
9898009737mestizocomposed of European and Amerindian children, part of the castas43
9898009738Middle Passagethe first leg of the atlantic circuit, where ships took slaves to the new world44
9898009739Mulattoescomposed of European and African children, also part of the castas45
9898009740Ninety-five Thesesthe theses of Luther against the sale of indulgences in the Roman Catholic Church, posted by him on the door of a church in Wittenberg, October 31, 1517.46
9898009741peninsularesa fading social class in the new world, composed of the people born in the old world47
9898009742Protestant Reformationa religious movement of the 16th century that began as an attempt to reform the Roman Catholic Church and resulted in the creation of Protestant churches48
9898009743Scientific Revolutiona new vision of science developed during the renaissance in the 17th + 18th century49
9898009744settler coloniesa form of colonial formation whereby foreign people move into a region. An imperial power oversees the immigration of these settlers who consent, often only temporarily, to government by that authority.50
9898009745shoguna hereditary commander-in-chief in feudal Japan. Because of the military power concentrated in his hands and the consequent weakness of the nominal head of state (the mikado or emperor), the shogun was generally the real ruler of the country until feudalism was abolished in 1867.51
9898009746Sikhismstarted by Nanuk, who became the first Guru of Sikhism. Sikhism was a following of people who formed a community free of caste divisions52
9898009747silver drainthe concept of how most of the silver in late 1500's to early 1600's ended up in China. The main sources of silver came from the Americas, specifically from Potosi, a mountain containing vastly immense deposits of silver. The Spanish controled Potosi and made many Native American slaves mine the silver for them. From Potosi, the silver was sold to European countries. From there, the silver was then sold to China. China was in desparate need of silver because they had to pay their taxes in silver. Since China was in need for the silver so badly, the price of silver skyrocketed. The Europeans and Japanese would trade the silver in return recieve expensive silks and porcelains. The silver was also used as the standard Spanish coin, also known as a "piece of eight". This series of exchanges is important because it created a global network of exchange.53
9898009752soft gold54
9898009748Thirty Years' WarWar within the Holy Roman Empire between German Protestants and their allies (Sweden, Denmark, France) and the emperor and his ally, Spain; ended in 1648 after great destruction with Treaty of Westphalia55
9898009749trading post empireTrading-post empires are those empires in the earlier centuries (13-15th) which traded vast goods and set up trading posts. Trading posts were built by European traders along the coasts of Africa and Asia as a base for trade with the interior. Trading posts (or 'Factories') were islands of European law and sovereignty, but European authority seldom extended very fat beyond the fortified post.56
9898009750Voltairewrote witty criticisms of the French monarchy and the Roman Catholic Church. He believed both institutions to be despotic and intolerant, limiting freedoms57
9898009753Wahhabi Islam58
9898009751yasaka Turkic word for "tribute" that was used in Imperial Russia to designate fur tribute exacted from the indigenous peoples of Siberia.59

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