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51711392JanissariesOttoman infantry divisions that dominated Ottoman armies; forcibly conscripted as boys in conquered areas of Balkans, legally slaves; translated military service into political influence, particularly after 15th century.0
51711393Devshirmein the Ottoman Empire, the policy of taking children from conquered Christian Peoples to be trained as Muslim Soldiers1
51711394ShahKing, title of the Mughal rulers2
51711395VizierHead of the Ottoman bureaucracy; after the 15th century often more powerful than the sultan.3
51711396Sati, suttea ritual that required a woman to throw herself on her late husband's funeral pyre or burn herself. This was done gladly and if a woman didn't comply with this she would be disgraced.4
51711397tsar, czarThe Russian emperor5
51711398boyarsLand owning aristocracy in early Russia.6
51711399Cossackspeasants recruited to migrate to newly seized lands in Russia, particularly in south; combined agriculture with military conquests; spurred additional frontier conquests and settlements.7
51711400Westernizationthe effort, especially in Peter the Great's Russia, to make society and social customs resemble counterparts in western Europe, especially France, Britain, and the Dutch Republic8
51711401Multinational Statean empire composed of many nations, nationalities, ethnic groups, cultures, religions, etc. e.g. Russia, Ottoman Empire9
51711402triangular tradethe transatlantic trading network along which slaves and other goods were carried between Africa, England, Europe, the West Indies, and the colonies in the Americas10
51711403middle passagethe journey of slaves from Africa to the Americas, so called because it was the middle portion of the triangular trade route11
51711404Chattel slaveryconcept of believing that slaves were merely objects, not humans12
51711405salt-water slavesAfrican-born slaves13
51711406Creole slavesAmerican born descendants of salt-water slaves14
51711407Diasporathe scattering of people can be forced or voluntary15

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