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6476138012Renaissance1400-16000
6476138013American Revolution1775-17831
6476138014Reign of Akbar1556-16052
6476138015Beginning of Atlantic slave trade14413
6476138016Brazil runaway slave community16904
6476138017British/Dutch East India Company1600-16025
6476138018Heliocentral view15436
6476138019Jamestown16077
6476138020Mughal Empire1526-17078
6476138021Protestant reformation15179
6476138022Russian expansion into Siberia155010
6476138023Safavid Empire1501-172211
6476138024Songhai Empire1464-159112
6476138025Spanish conquest of Aztecs1519-152113
6476138026Spanish conquest of Incas1532-154014
6476138027Thirty Years' War1618-164815
6476138028Tokugawa Japan160316
6476138029African diasporaThe spreading of Africans to many other parts of the world,17
6476138030Akbarthe grandson of Babur, who brought the height of the Mughal empire. Also expanded his empire to control much of the subcontinent.18
6476138031Aurangzebcommonly 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
6476138032BeninNot really a significant player in the slave trade - relied on traditional products, such as ivory, textiles, and their unique bronze castings20
6476138033Bhakti"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
6476138034cartaza 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
6476138035Catholic 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
6476138036Columbian exchangethe global diffusion of crops, other plants, human beings, animals, and distance that took place after the European exploring voyages of the New World24
6476138037conquistadoreswent to search for gold and convert the natives to Christianity in the interior of Mexico25
6476138038Council 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
6476138039creolescomposed of those born in the new world; a quickly growing class27
6476138040Dahomeya 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
6476138041Daimyopower 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
6476138042Darwin, 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
6476138043deismGod built the universe and let it run. Clockmaker theory31
6476138044devshirmea system that required Christian's of the area to contribute young boys to be the sultans slaves32
6476138045Edict of NantesThe granting of tolerance to Protestants through this, which was later revoked by King Louis XIV33
6476138046European Enlightenmentthe emphasis on human abilities and accomplishments and the importance of independent and rational thought34
6476138047Freud, Sigmundan Austrian neurologist and the father of psychoanalysis, a clinical method for treating psychopathology through dialogue between a patient and a psychoanalyst35
6476138048Galilei, 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
6476138049Huguenotsa 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
6476138050Jesuits in Chinaa religious order converting people to return to the church (went to Asia + Americas in 1500's)38
6476138051Little 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
6476138052Luther, Martina German monk who wrote the 95 theses in 1517, which were 95 propositions that criticized the Catholic Church40
6476138053Manilaships that traveled across the pacific ocean picking up and trading goods, like Asian luxury goods, and silver41
6476138054Karl Marxwas a journalist who wrote on revolutionary socialism and wrote "The Communist Manifesto"42
6476138055mestizocomposed of European and Amerindian children, part of the castas43
6476138056Middle Passagethe first leg of the atlantic circuit, where ships took slaves to the new world44
6476138057Mulattoescomposed of European and African children, also part of the castas45
6476138058Ninety-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
6476138059peninsularesa fading social class in the new world, composed of the people born in the old world47
6476138060Protestant 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
6476138061Scientific Revolutiona new vision of science developed during the renaissance in the 17th + 18th century49
6476138062settler 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
6476138063shoguna 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
6476138064Sikhismstarted by Nanuk, who became the first Guru of Sikhism. Sikhism was a following of people who formed a community free of caste divisions52
6476138065silver 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
6476138066soft gold54
6476138067Thirty 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
6476138068trading 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
6476138069Voltairewrote witty criticisms of the French monarchy and the Roman Catholic Church. He believed both institutions to be despotic and intolerant, limiting freedoms57
6476138070Wahhabi Islam58
6476138071yasaka 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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