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| 8625467103 | Balkan Peninsula | triangular arm of land that juts from southeastern Europe into the Mediterranean |  | 0 |
| 8625467104 | Iberian Peninsula | Spain and Portugal |  | 1 |
| 8625467105 | Cape Colony | South African land settled by Dutch colonists called Boers in the 1600s and 1700s |  | 2 |
| 8625467106 | New France | French possessions in present-day Canada from the 1500s to 1763 |  | 3 |
| 8625467107 | Prussia | A former kingdom in north-central Europe including present-day northern Germany and northern Poland |  | 4 |
| 8625467108 | Cape of Good Hope | Southern tip of Africa |  | 5 |
| 8625467109 | Calcutta | British East India Company headquarters in Bengal |  | 6 |
| 8625467110 | St. Petersburg | Built by Peter the Great of Russia to attract Europeans and to get warm water ports |  | 7 |
| 8625467111 | Caribbean/West Indies | Cuba, Jamaica, Haiti, Dominican Republic |  | 8 |
| 8625467112 | Potosí | largest New World silver mine; located in Bolivia. |  | 9 |
| 8625467113 | Istanbul | capital city of the Ottoman Turks; located in present day Turkey |  | 10 |
| 8625467114 | Isfahan | Capital of the Safavid Empire. |  | 11 |
| 8625467115 | Delhi | Capital of the Mugal empire in Northern India |  | 12 |
| 8625467116 | Sahara | A huge desert stretching across most of North Africa |  | 13 |
| 8625467117 | Niger River | the longest river in West Africa, and a kind of trading highway in early times |  | 14 |
| 8625467118 | Congo River | A river in Central Africa that flows into the Atlantic Ocean |  | 15 |
| 8625467119 | Horn of Africa | A horn-shaped extension of land on the east coast of Africa. |  | 16 |
| 8625467120 | Henry the Navigator | Started a navigation school and wanted to find a water route around Africa (Prince of Portugal), European Led an attack against Muslims in Morocco and learned about the lucrative gold and slave trade coming across Africa->west Africa (gold coast) became the center of Portugal's slave and gold trade | 17 | |
| 8625467121 | Christopher Columbus | He mistakenly discovered the Americas in 1492 while searching for a faster route to India (Italian but went on an expedition for Spain), European | 18 | |
| 8625467122 | Ferdinand Magellan | Portuguese (European) navigator in the service of Spain, first to circumnavigate the earth | 19 | |
| 8625467123 | Hernán Cortés | Spanish (European) explorer and conquistador who conquered Mocteczuma II and the Aztecs of Mexico in 1519-1521 for Spain. | 20 | |
| 8625467124 | Francisco Pizarro | Spanish explorer who led the conquest of Atahulpa and the Inca Empire of Peru in 1531-1533 | 21 | |
| 8625467125 | Vasco da Gama | the first European to reach India by sea sailing around the tip of Africa, Portuguese | 22 | |
| 8625467126 | Niccolo Machiavelli | An Italian diplomat and writer, is considered the father of modern political science because of his influence book "the prince" , European | 23 | |
| 8625467127 | Johannes Gutenburg | German printer; in 1448 he invented a printing press that used movable type. European | 24 | |
| 8625467128 | Sir Isaac Newton | English mathematician who formulated the law of gravity and developed modern calculus, making him the most famous and influential man of his time, European | 25 | |
| 8625467129 | Frederick the Great | king of Prussia (European) from 1740 to 1786 Greatly enlarged Prussia's territories and made Prussia the foremost military power in Europe Enlightened absolute monarch, favored French language and arts | 26 | |
| 8625467130 | Martin Luther | German monk, theologian, and professor who objected to the corruption and excesses of the Catholic Church, especially the sale of indulgences. Issues 95 theses. European | 27 | |
| 8625467131 | Jean Calvin | French theologian who agreed with Luther's emphasis on faith over works, but believed in predestined (salvation is a gift of god to those who are chosen in advance) and that faith is reflected in a righteous life and a strong work ethic->creation of new Protestant denominations (Calvinist, Quaker, Reformed) that spread throughout Europe | 28 | |
| 8625467132 | Copernicus | Polish monk and mathematician who was the first European to place the sun in the center of the universe (heliocentrism) | 29 | |
| 8625467133 | Galileo | Italian who built a telescope allowing the first good look at planets->discovered that planets had craters, mountains, spots, and moons | 30 | |
| 8625467134 | René Descartes | French (European) philosopher and mathematician who proposed the need to search for provable knowledge | 31 | |
| 8625467135 | Louis XIV | French (European) ruler, role model of centralized power and absolutism in early modern Europe, built Versailles, revoked Edict of Nantes | 32 | |
| 8625467136 | Ivan III (the Great) | Organized a new centralized gov with a strong army in Russia Married the niece of the last byzantine emperor, first to use the title czar, and claimed Russia was the third Rome and now headquarters of the Orthodox church Rural peasants were forced into serfdom; many peasants fled to Siberia | 33 | |
| 8625467137 | Peter the Great | This was the tsar of Russia that Westernized Russia, reduced Russia's isolation, created first Russian navy and first professional army, European | 34 | |
| 8625467138 | Ivan IV (the Terrible) | Reduced power of the boyars, increased tsarist aristocracy, continued Russian expansion, and killed his own son and heir | 35 | |
| 8625467139 | Bartolomé de Las Casas | Spaniard (European) who fought against the enslavement and colonial abuse of native Americans. New Laws of 1542 outlawed Amerindian slavery and limited other forms of coercive labor practices | 36 | |
| 8625467140 | William Wilberforce | British (European) reformer who led the abolitionist movement that ended the British slave trade in 1807. | 37 | |
| 8625467141 | Abbas I (the Great) | Brought the Safavids to their height, Middle East Moved capital to Isfahan in 1598 Fought a series of wars with their greatest enemy, the Ottomans, from 1603-1629 bringing NW Iran, the Caucasus region, and Mesopotamia under Safavid rule | 38 | |
| 8625467142 | Babur | Founder of the Mughal Empire and descendant of Timur and Genghis Khan In 1526, invaded India from Central Asia and defeated the last Delhi sultan Importance: continued spread of islam and control by muslim rulers in India South Asia (India) | 39 | |
| 8625467143 | Aurangzeb | Mughal emperor who succeeded Shah Jahan, South Asia Reversed Akbar's policy of tolerance and sought to impose Islamic supremacy -forbade sati and entertainment -destroyed hindu temples and re-imposed jizya and sharia law Waged wars of expansion (led to constant tax increases), empire reached greatest extent | 40 | |
| 8625467144 | Mehmed II | "the Conqueror"; Ottoman sultan; attacked and captured Constantinople, 1453, and destroyed the Byzantine Empire and renamed the city Istanbul, Middle East | 41 | |
| 8625467145 | Nadir Shah | A warlord who had seized power in Iran after the fall of the Safavids, invaded and looted Delhi; although the Mughal Empire continued in name, it was powerless outside the north central region after Delhi fell, South Asia | 42 | |
| 8625467146 | Akbar (the Great) | Babur's grandson known for intelligence, religious tolerance, and charisma Expanded the empire by conquering Gujarat, Bengal, and parts of southern India Golden age of Mughal Empire Tried to ease muslim-hindu relations Created a "divine faith" religion South Asia | 43 | |
| 8625467147 | Suleiman (the Magnificent) | The most well-known Ottoman sultan; known as "the law giver" and ruled during the Ottoman golden age, Carried out the greatest assault on Christian Europe since the first Islamic Empire -conquered the rest of the balkans and defeated the king of hungary -besieged Vienna -became a major naval power and fought with Venice->Venice was forced to pay tribute | 44 | |
| 8625467148 | Shah Jahan | Architect of the Taj Mahal, the best example of the beautiful mix of Islamic and Indian art and architecture that developed under the Mughals, South Asia | 45 | |
| 8625467149 | Calvinists | strict Protestants who believed in predestination, followers of John Calvin, Europe, known as Huguenots, were accused of heresy against the Catholic gov and the established religion of Catholicism->a general edict was issued in 1536 calling for their extermination | 46 | |
| 8625467150 | Hugenots | French Protestants who followed the teachings of John Calvin, Europe | 47 | |
| 8625467151 | Boyars | Land owning aristocracy in early Russia, Europe | 48 | |
| 8625467152 | Boers | Dutch settlers in South Africa | 49 | |
| 8628467525 | Fulani | Pastoral people of western Sudan; adopted purifying Sufi variant of Islam Africa | 50 | |
| 8628467526 | Ottoman empire | Middle east, north africa, eastern europe | 51 | |
| 8628467527 | Mughal empire | India | 52 | |
| 8647263447 | Safavid Empire | Middle East | 53 |
