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bourbons
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a french royal family. the first king from this family was henryIV and were most powerful under louis XIV
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henry IV
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french king who founded the bourbon dynasty. he issued the edict of nantes and kept france and peace and improved the country before he was murdered
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Louis XIII
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king of france after his farther henry IV. his mother ruled for him until he grew up. then his minister Cardinal Richelieu helped him maintain power.
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Richelieu
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french cardinal and statesmen. chief minister to louis XIII and established the academic franchise.
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louis XIV
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french ruler called sun king. longest ruler in european history and believed in the divine right of kings. he revoked the Edict of nantes
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versailles
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palace in france built by king louis XIV. he moved his court there and required all nobles part of the year there so he could see what was going on
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revocation of the edict of nantes
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new law by louis XIV that took away the huguenots rights and destroyed their churches
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fronde
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a series of civil wars in france.
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intendants
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commissioners for Frances 32 administrative districts.
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10 stuarts
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a dynasty of kings in england.claimed the divine rights of kings and refused to give parailment power. Favored Catholics and be absolutist, lead to the English civil war.
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James 1
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Cousin of Elizabeth who became king of England because she didint have a heir. He believed god gave him power to rule and he didn't have to answer parliament
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Charles II
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King of England who tried to rule without paraliment and brought the country to a crisis. Lost to Crowell in the English civil war.
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James II
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King of England who was forced out by nobles who were tryin to keep catholic absolutism from returning. GLORIOUS REVOLUTION
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Oliver Crowell
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He led the parliamentary forces against the kings forces during the English civil war. When he won he made himself a dictator called lord protector.
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English civil war
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Led by Oliver Crowell. The position of monoarch was abolished
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Trace italienne
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Star shaped defensive forts built in Europe.
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20 bombards
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A medieval cannon used in sieges
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Military revolution
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Military changes in strategy And tactics that changed governments and led to a need for paraliment armies
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Mehmet the conquer
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Mehmet was responsible for the fall of Constantinople
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Suleiman the magnificent
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• In the 16th century the Ottoman empire grows substantially
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Janissaries
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Soldiers of Ottoman Empire
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Vizier
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Minister
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Koprulus
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• One family started to dominate the position, Koprulus family – they were very good at being in charge
• They started to put the empire back together again and then they started expanding again
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John Sobieski
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rescued the city of Vienna from Ottoman expansion – they were once again at the gates
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Encomienda
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System of forced labor. Basically, X number of Indians would be assigned to a Spaniard to work in the mines, etc…
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Hacienda
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Plantation. Had workers but only could shop at the plantation owners store.
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Castas
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Mixed raced people
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Mestizos
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people of European and Amerindian descent. This formed the castas. Because of racial mixing, hierarchy was extremely complicated. Europeans à Mestizos à Amerindian was the general hierarchy.
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Mulattos
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A mixed race of blacks and Europeans
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Creoles
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Creoles are people from Europe who were born in the America. tend to look at them as hicks or rednecks. They see them as less educated, etc… So there is this tension between Creoles and Peninsulares.
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Peninsulares
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Peninsulares are Europeans who came over themselves. these folks coming over from Portugal and Spain, who tend to look down on the Creoles
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Absolutism
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The acceptance of of or belief in principles.
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Mazarin
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French statesmen and clergy man
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Constitutionalism
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Complex of ideas, attitude, and patterns of behavior elaborating the principle.
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Long paraliment triannial act
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To prevent kings from ruling without parliament.
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Puritans
Definition
Member of a English paraliment group.
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Transatlantic slave trade.
Definition
The vast majority of slaves transported to the New World were Africans from the central and western parts of the continent, sold by Africans to European slave traders who then transported them to North and South America.
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Natural law
Definition
A body of unchanging moral principles regarded as a basis for all human conduct.
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Olympe de gouges
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a French playwright and political activist whose feminist and abolitionist writings reached a large audience.
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Siege warfare
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When a defender is trapped in a position while the attacker bombs from the outside.
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Aztecs
Definition
Native Americans who had advanced technology.
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Incas
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A empire in Peru. They controlled using unification.
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Quipu
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Knot. A record keeping system.
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Cortes
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A Spanish conquistador who led unauthorized expedition on the Aztecs. Defeated the, in 1519 and took Mexico
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Bourbon reforms
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Economic a political reform put in place by bourbon kings to improve technology and modernize Spain.
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Ghana
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Place in Africa called LAND OF GOLD. The camel made trading easy and they grew rich from salt and gold in the land.
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30 Mali
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The successor state of Ghana. Known for having horse warriors, who help them get power and had two of Africa's largest cities. JENNE AND TIMBUKTU
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Shonghai
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A kingdom in west Africa that dominated the Niger region in the Sudan after Ghana and Mali
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Sundiata
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The fonder of the Mali empire who set up,his capital in Nian and made it an important trading center and expanded his territories through military victories.
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Triangular trade
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Trade linking Africa, the new world colonies, and Europe.
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Diaspora
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The desperation of Africans, in the trans Atlantic slave trade.
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Toussaint L Ouverture
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Leader of the Haitians revolution that established Haiti as an independent state and made all slaves free people
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Sung dynasty
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A dynasty in china that had the first government to issue paper money establish a permanent navy and use gunpowder
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Ming dynasty
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The Chinese dynasty that ended the rule of the the Mongols. They built the Great Wall, moved the capital to Beijing, and built the forbidding city
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Hung Wu
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The founder and first emperor of theming dynasty. He led a army that took over china and forced Mongols to retreat.
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Foot binding
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The practice of binding the feet of girls with long strips of cloth to keep them from growing
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40 Chang ho
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A Chinese sailor and explorer who commanded voyages around Asia and east Africa
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Matteo Ricci
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Italian priest who was part of the Jesuit society. A founding member of the Jesuit china mission where he worked to convert china people
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Copernicus
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A polish astronomer who was first to produce a workable model of the solar system with the sun in the center.
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Heliocentric
Definition
The belief that the sun was at the center of the universe and the earth revolves around the sun
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Geocentric
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Earth is the center of the universe and the earth revolves around it
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Epicycle
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A geometric model of circles used to explain the motion of the moon sun and planets
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Tyco Brahe
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