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7810095943Renaissance1400-16000
7810095944American Revolution1775-17831
7810095945Reign of Akbar1556-16052
7810095946Beginning of Atlantic slave trade14413
7810095947Brazil runaway slave community16904
7810095948British/Dutch East India Company1600-16025
7810095949Heliocentral view15436
7810095950Jamestown16077
7810095951Mughal Empire1526-17078
7810095952Protestant reformation15179
7810095953Russian expansion into Siberia155010
7810095954Safavid Empire1501-172211
7810095955Songhai Empire1464-159112
7810095956Spanish conquest of Aztecs1519-152113
7810095957Spanish conquest of Incas1532-154014
7810095958Thirty Years' War1618-164815
7810095959Tokugawa Japan160316
7810095960African diasporaThe spreading of Africans to many other parts of the world,17
7810095961Akbarthe grandson of Babur, who brought the height of the Mughal empire. Also expanded his empire to control much of the subcontinent.18
7810095962Aurangzebcommonly 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
7810095963BeninNot really a significant player in the slave trade - relied on traditional products, such as ivory, textiles, and their unique bronze castings20
7810095964Bhakti"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
7810095965cartaza 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
7810095966Catholic 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
7810095967Columbian exchangethe global diffusion of crops, other plants, human beings, animals, and distance that took place after the European exploring voyages of the New World24
7810095968conquistadoreswent to search for gold and convert the natives to Christianity in the interior of Mexico25
7810095969Council 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
7810095970creolescomposed of those born in the new world; a quickly growing class27
7810095971Dahomeya 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
7810095972Daimyopower 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
7810095973Darwin, 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
7810095974deismGod built the universe and let it run. Clockmaker theory31
7810095975devshirmea system that required Christian's of the area to contribute young boys to be the sultans slaves32
7810095976Edict of NantesThe granting of tolerance to Protestants through this, which was later revoked by King Louis XIV33
7810095977European Enlightenmentthe emphasis on human abilities and accomplishments and the importance of independent and rational thought34
7810095978Freud, Sigmundan Austrian neurologist and the father of psychoanalysis, a clinical method for treating psychopathology through dialogue between a patient and a psychoanalyst35
7810095979Galilei, 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
7810095980Huguenotsa 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
7810095981Jesuits in Chinaa religious order converting people to return to the church (went to Asia + Americas in 1500's)38
7810095982Little 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
7810095983Luther, Martina German monk who wrote the 95 theses in 1517, which were 95 propositions that criticized the Catholic Church40
7810095984Manilaships that traveled across the pacific ocean picking up and trading goods, like Asian luxury goods, and silver41
7810095985Karl Marxwas a journalist who wrote on revolutionary socialism and wrote "The Communist Manifesto"42
7810095986mestizocomposed of European and Amerindian children, part of the castas43
7810095987Middle Passagethe first leg of the atlantic circuit, where ships took slaves to the new world44
7810095988Mulattoescomposed of European and African children, also part of the castas45
7810095989Ninety-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
7810095990peninsularesa fading social class in the new world, composed of the people born in the old world47
7810095991Protestant 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
7810095992Scientific Revolutiona new vision of science developed during the renaissance in the 17th + 18th century49
7810095993settler 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
7810095994shoguna 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
7810095995Sikhismstarted by Nanuk, who became the first Guru of Sikhism. Sikhism was a following of people who formed a community free of caste divisions52
7810095996silver 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
7810095997soft gold54
7810095998Thirty 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
7810095999trading 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
7810096000Voltairewrote witty criticisms of the French monarchy and the Roman Catholic Church. He believed both institutions to be despotic and intolerant, limiting freedoms57
7810096001Wahhabi Islam58
7810096002yasaka 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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