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| 8110888538 | Akbar: | also known as shah Anshan or Akbar the great (ruled from 1556-1605), was the third Mughal emperor by the end of his regain the 1605 the Mughal empire covered most of the northern and central India | 0 | |
| 8110888539 | Aurangzeb: | son and successor of Shah Jahan; pushed extent of Mughal control in India, the empire reached its greatest extent; reversed previous policies to purify Islam of Hindu influences; incessant warfare depleted the empire's resources; died in 1707. | 1 | |
| 8110888540 | Columbian Exchange | The Columbian exchange was a dramatically widespread exchange of goods, cultures and human population aka (Africa Slaves between old and the new world) | 2 | |
| 8110888541 | Conquistadores | The term conquistador mostly refers to Spanish or Portuguese adventurers who were going to conquer lands in America. The leaders of these expeditions were called conquistadores. This name referred to the Reconquista (711-1492) the reconquest of the territories of the Iberian Peninsula occupied by Muslims | 3 | |
| 8110888542 | Constantinople | the eastern roman empire after the fall of the western empire in and (Modern Turkish/ Istanbul) was the capital of the Eastern Roman Empire (Byzantine Empire), the Latin, and the Ottoman empires. It was founded (AD 330) at ancient Byzantium as the new capital of the Roman Empire by Constantine, after whom it was named | 4 | |
| 8110888543 | Creoles | Spaniards born in the Americas | 5 | |
| 8110888544 | Devshirme | The tribute of boy children that the Ottoman Turks levied from their Christian subjects in the Balkans; the Ottomans raised the boys for service in the civil administration or in the elite Janissary infantry corps. | 6 | |
| 8110888545 | Fixed Winds | The prevailing winds of the Atlantic, which blow steadily in the same direction; an understanding of these winds made European exploration and colonization of the Americas possible. | 7 | |
| 8110888546 | "Great Dying" | Term used to describe the devastating demographic impact of European-borne academic diseases on the Americas. | 8 | |
| 8110888547 | Jizya | Special tax levied on non-Muslims in Islamic state; the Mughal Empire was notable for abolishing the Jizya for a time. | 9 | |
| 8110888548 | Mercantilism | An economic theory that argues that governments best serve their stats' economic interests by encouraging exports and accumulating bullion. | 10 | |
| 8110888549 | Mestizos | Literally, "mixed," A term used to describe the mixed-race population of Spanish colonial societies in the Americas. | 11 | |
| 8110888550 | Mughal Empire | One of the most successful empires of India, a state founded by Muslim Turks who invaded India in 1526; their rule was noted for efforts to create partnerships between Hindus and Muslims. | 12 | |
| 8110888551 | Mulattoes | Term commonly used for people of mixed African and European blood. | 13 | |
| 8110888552 | Ottoman Empire | Major Islamic state centered on Anatolia that came to include the Balkans, the Near East, and much of North Africa | 14 | |
| 8110888553 | Peninsulares | In the Spanish Colonies of Latin America, the term used to refer to people who had been born in Spain; they claimed superiority over Spaniards born in the Americas. | 15 | |
| 8110888554 | Plantation complex | Agricultural system based on African slavery that was used in Brazil, the Caribbean, and the southern colonies of North America. | 16 | |
| 8110888555 | Qing Dynasty | Ruling dynasty of China from 1644 to 1912; the Qing rulers were originally from Manchuria; which had conquered China | 17 | |
| 8110888556 | Settler Colonies | Colonies in which the colonizing people settled in large numbers, rather than simply sending relatively small numbers to exploit the region, particularly noteworthy in the case of British colonies in North America. | 18 | |
| 8110888557 | Siberia | Russia's great frontier region, a vast territory of what is not central and eastern Russia, most of it unsuited to agriculture but rich in mineral resources and fur-bearing animals. | 19 | |
| 8110888558 | Yasak | Tribute that Russian rulers demanded from the native peoples of Siberia, most often in the form of furs. | 20 | |
| 8110888559 | Zunghars | Western Mongol group that created a substantial state (1671-1760): the Zunghar threat provoked Qing expansion into Central Asia | 21 |
