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| A former African American slave that became a leader of Freetown. |
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| Dominant Empire in the western grasslands of Africa during the fifteenth century. |
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| leader of Songhay Empire; Expanded the Songhay Empire |
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| Capital city of Songay Empire; 75000 residents |
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| Caused by Moroccan army in 1591 |
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| caused by Portuguese forces that disrupted trade patterns in the Swahili city-states |
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| In modern day Republic of Congo and Angola; fifteenth century African empire with abundant written statements. |
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| During the 16th century, it had grown from a small chiefdom to a powerful regional kingdom.Portuguese merchants had a colony there that they wanted to support large scale trading of slaves. |
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| Leader of Angola;Led a spirited resistance against the Portuguese. |
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| Massive, stone-fortified kingdom in 1300. |
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| Most popular religion in commercial centers of Africa.Most African Muslims blended Islam with traditional beliefs. |
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| African peoples who followed a strict form of Islam. |
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| Rulers followed European-style Christianity in public but in private, blended with African traditions. |
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| Syncretic cult in early 18th century when a woman claimed to be possessed by St. Anthony. She converted people to Christianity. |
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| The woman who started the Antonian movement. She cured the sick. She taught that Jesus was black, Heaven is for Africans, and Kongo was the true holy land of Christianity. |
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| 13th century missionary and popular teacher. He had died in Lisbon, and became the patron saint of Portugal. The Portuguese had introduced the Saint to Africa. |
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| Muslim merchants from north Africa, Arabia,and Persia bought Africans and distributed them in the Mediterranean basin, southwest Asia, India, and even southeast Asia after the 8th century |
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| name for Trans-Atlantic journey for African Slaves on filthy and crowded slave ships. |
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| dispersal of African people and their descendants from their homeland |
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| crops that were made on platations that were extremely valuable; Sugar, Tobacco, Rice, Indigo,coton, coffee |
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| slaves sometimes revolted against their owners as they far outnumred them. |
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| Current day Haiti; First Black Republic; Slave revolt caused slavery to be abolished. |
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| Published an autobiography talking about the terrible conditions of slavery. Strengthened the anti-slavery movement in England |
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| By the 1960s, slavery was illegal in the world. |
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| Catholic missionary that brought clocks to Emperor Wanli. |
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| Dynasty after the Yuan that restored native rule to China. |
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| Wall to protect China from outside nomadic forces. |
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| Revolts from peasants due to famine weakened the empire; Manchu forces from the north took over |
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| Dynasty in China after The Ming in which the Manchus ruled over China. |
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| Manchurian Confucian scholar that ruled China as part of the Qing Dynasty from 1661-1722 |
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| Ruler of China from 1736-1795 |
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| The Emperor of China was considered the "Son of Heaven"; he was designed be heaven to maintain order on earth. |
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| Appointed by the Emperor; Ran the day to day operations of the empire. |
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| exam that bureaucrats had to take to work in the gorverment |
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| Wealthy classes bound the feet of young girls and woman to show their status |
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| Schools taught Confucian values to promote Confucianism |
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| Tea shops, Wine shops, and novels |
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| Yongle Encyclopedia; Ming emperor supported it |
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| Less that 1% of Chinese converted to Christianity as they didn't like the exclusivity of it. |
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| Tokugawa Ieyasu established this military government in 1600 |
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| Military leader who ruled unified Japan from 1600 to 1616 |
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| Feudal lords that the Shogun sought to control |
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| In the 1630's the Shogun limited contact with foreign lands |
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| Confucianism in Japan; Zhu Xi |
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| Sources of entertainment in Japan; Centers of urban culture |
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| one of Japan's most prolific poets;1642-1693 |
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| "Books of the Floating World" |
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| New genre of prose literature created be Ihara Saikaku |
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| 1587 to 1639; several decrees against Christians and their Missionaries; Claimed tens of thousand of lives |
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