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15937283786Ottoman EmpireRise: Group of Turks that sacked Constantinople Fall: Rulers killed off all good airs to the throne in order to keep their power for longer S: Janissaries P: Sultanate, Suliman the Great R: Sunni Islam I: Architecture T: Navy, gunpowder, military E: depended on the military Other: Modern Day Turkey, rivalry with Safavids0
15937368431Safavid EmpireRise: a group of Sufis Fall: combination of internal strife and outside invasions S: Pyramid style social structure P: Theocratic, Shah Abbas the Great R: Shi'a Islam I: Strong bureaucracy, city of Isfahan T: Gunpowder E: Stable until fall Other: Modern Day Iran, rivalry with Ottomans1
16007823698MughalRise: Babur took land in northern India Fall: Slow collapse due to internal revolts and expansive territory S: Used Hindu caste system P: Sultanate, Akbar the Great R: Islamic government, Hindu majority I: military, arts and architecture T: gunpowder E: Stable until after the rule of Aurangzeb Other:2
16007828058Romanov/RussiaRise: Out of the Kingdom of Moscow after period of anarchy Fall: Russian Revolution in 20th century S: Surf/Boyars/Tsars P: Ivan the Great, Ivan the Terrable, Peter the Great, Catherine the Great R: Eastern Orthodox/Russian Orthodox I: Away from Mongol traditions, westernization T: westernization and western allies E: highly dependent on expansion Other: Lots of small internal rebellion (Pugachev Rebellion), lots of trade with the west put strain on Surfs3
16007828059Ming ChinaRise: Started by Zhu Yuanzhang Fall: Internal revolts S: Public humiliation of bureaucrats who committed crimes, scholar gentry, no more Mongols P: Emperors often came from humble upbringing, monarchy R: Confucianism I: Rise in the Arts T: ships and navigation E: good while they dominated Indian ocean trade, bad after self-isolation Other: Sudden stop of all trade basically killed the dynasty politically and economically4
16007831423Qing ChinaRise: Out of the fall of Ming Dynasty Fall: Opium wars Contributions: Fine arts, openness to trade and other belifs5
16007839012RenaissanceCauses: Split of Rome, Abbasid Golden Age, European dark ages (plague) ended, Holy Roman Empire Effects: Merchant class got money and power, secular authority, new styles of art, literature, and science, challenging of the church Characteristics: honored classical Greece and Rome, modern definition of architecture, ninja turtle artists, Brunelleschi, started in Florance6
16007854990Colombian ExchangeCauses: Exploration and discovery of the new world Effects: disease killed off majority of native population, plants and animals from both sides traded, coerced labor, slavery Characteristics: triangle trade, economic prosperity (europe), spread of catholothism, demolition of native american civilizations7
16007858804Atlantic Slave TradeCauses: plantation system in americas, labor needed to mine for gold and silver in the new world Effects: large slave population in new world, slavery became staple labor system in the americas Characteristics: ships overpacked with slaves, mistreatment, became cultural standard8
16007867717Demographic ChangesAmericas: most natives died from disease, slave trade brought Africans, europeans started to inhabit all of Americas Europe: population began to grow after the end of the black death Middle East and Asia: held fairly steady9
16007872173Social, Political, and Economic Changes of Exploration and ExchangeSocial: slavery, European domination of Americas, coerced labor involving surviving native Americans, spread of christianity Political: European bureaucratic systems took over American civilizations, expansion of European powers Economic: Gold, silver, land, American plants and other goods10
16007889733Portuguese Exploration and ExchangeBrazil: gold/silver, lots of slaves, some american goods back to Portugal Africa: first to exploit slave trade, first to sail around the cape of good hope, traded with coast of west Africa and east Africa Southeast Asia: After sailing around the cape of good hope they traded with India and other southeast asian ports11
16007889734Spanish Exploration and ExchangeAmericas: colonized all of central America and most of South America, strong hierarchical system within bureaucracy in Americas, first to discover Americas, spread christianity Africa: participated in the slave trade with West Africa, sailed around the cape of good hope Southeast Asia: colonized and largely converted the Philippines to christianity12
16007895571Dutch Exploration and ExchangeAmericas: small colonies in North America, largest trade item was furs Africa: colonized South Africa but were killed by African disease when they tried to move north Southeast Asia: colonized much of Indonesia, most trade happened there13
16007899164French Exploration and ExchangeAmericas: only large colony (Quebec), mostly traded for furs, spread Christianity14
16007903444British Exploration and ExchangeAmericas: Colonized the majority of the eastern coast of North America, took Dutch colonies in North America so they had the whole northeastern seaboard, tried to control all trade in and out of the colonies15
16007912326Martin LutherCauses: was a monk of the Catholic Church, saw issues with the Church (corruption and need for money as well as the pope getting too much power) Effects: posted 95 problems with the church, started to gain followers, lutheran church created, other Protestant churches followed Characteristics: he was a monk from Germany, posted 95 reasons to the door of a church, the catholic church tried to prove him wrong but they couldn't so they excommunicated him16
16007915387Holy Roman EmpireCauses: Rome collapsed, pope needed to protect his land Effects: kept power with the church, created political alliances Characteristics: unified much of Europe, started by Charlemagne ended with the Habsburgs of Austria17
1600791912795 ThesesCauses: the church was getting more and more corrupt in order to get more money, Martin Luther saw this and wrote a list of 95 things wrong with the Catholic Church Effects: Martin Luther was excommunicated and the Protestant reformation began to become more popular Characteristics:18
16007926196Henry XII and Anglican ChurchCauses: Henry XII wanted to get a divorce but the Pope wouldn't grant him one (he wanted a male hier, he created the Anglican Church (Church of England), Henry then had 6 wives and converted England to the Anglican Church Effects: Bloody Mary (first daughter) who tried to convert England back to Christianity by killing all protestants, Elizabeth I (second daughter) changed the official religion back to the Anglican Church but was open to Catholics living in England Important People: King Henry XII, 6 wives (divorced, beheaded, died, divorced, beheaded, survived), Bloody Mary, Elizabeth I, Mary Queen of Scots19
16007944706Ulrich ZwingliCreated a protestant theocracy in Switzerland20
16007944707John CalvinStarted Calvinism in southern France21
16007969896Mit'aMandatory public service in Inca society, exploited by Spanish colonists22
16007973955EncomiendaSpanish labor system in the American colonies which allowed the colonists to demand labor from the native peoples23
16007977634HaciendaSystem of plantations owned and run by Spanish colonists for profit24
16007977635Chattel SlaveryAfrican people being traded for, brought to a new place, treated as property rather then human25
16007985509New TechnologiesNavigational: Compass brought west from China, improved boats fit for crossing oceans, other navigational tools Practical: Printing Press Arts: New understanding of Roman engineering techniques, renaissance painting techniques26
16007989259Tokugawa ShogunateCulture: Military focused, powerful within Japan but lacked success in other places Isolation and Influence: Dutch (and some other Europeans) traded with Japan, 100,000+ Japanese converted to Christianity, self isolation & any Christians killed, trade with Dutch and Chinese continued but in limited capacity27

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