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Portuguese factory established in 1520's south of Kongo; became basis for Portuguese colony of Angola.
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Luanda
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Russian claim to be successor state to Roman and Byzantine empires; based in part on continuity of Orthodox xhurch in Russia following the fall of Constantinople in 1453
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third rome
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Conflict from 1640 to 1660; featured religious disputes mixed with constitutional issues concerning the powers of the monarchy; ended with restoration of the monarchy in 1660 following execution of previous king.
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English Civil War
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Mine located in upper Peru 9modern Bolivia0; largest of New World silver mines; produced 80% of all Peruvian silver
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Potos'
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Slave voyage from Africa to the Americas; generally a traumatic experience for black slaves, although it failed to strip them of their culture
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Middle Passage
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British states man/ reformer; leader of abolitionist movement in English parliamant that led to end of English slave trade in 1807
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Wilberforce, William
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Also known as Ivan the Great; prince of dutchy of moscow; descent from rurik; freed russia from mongols
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Ivan III
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Most important of early Portuguese trading factories in forest zone of Africa
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El Mina
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spanish enlightened monarch ruled 1759-1788; instituted fiscal, administrative, and military reforms in Spain and its empire
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Charles III
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signed in 1494 between castille and portugal; clairified spheres of influence and rights of posession in New World
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Treaty of Tordesillas
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Kindon of Runaway slaves with a population of 8,000 to 10,00 people; located in Brazil during the 17th century; leadership was Angolan
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Palmares
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Englis scientist during the 17th century; author of Prinicpia; drew the various astronomical and physical observations and wider theories together in a neat framework
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Newton, Isaac
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People living in new world colonies born in spain
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peninsulares
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Wife of Jahangir; amassed power in court and created faction of male relatives who dominated Mughal empire
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Nur Jahan
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Spanish colonial possesions in Mesoamerica: included most of central Mexico; based on imperial system of Aztecs
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New Spain
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Location of greatest seposit of mercury in South America; aided in silver production
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Huancavelica
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Form of Protestantism set up in England after 1534; established by Henry VIII with himself as head
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Anglican church
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Portuguese leadr of an expedition to India; blown of coarse in 500; landed in Brazil
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Pedro Alvares Cabral
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Founder of Mughal dynasty in India; descended from Turkic warriors; died in 1530
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Babur
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Biological and ecological exchange that took place following Spanish establishment of colonies in New World; animals, plants and diseases were transferred
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Columbian Exchange
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Led expedition of 600 to coast of Mexico in 1519; conquistador responsible for defeat of Aztec Empire; captured Tenochtitlan
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Hernan Cortez
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established importance of skaptical review of all recieved wisdom
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Rene Descartes
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Body within Castilian government that issued all laws and advised kings on all matters dealing with the spanish colonies of the new world
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Council of the Indies
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Slender, long hulled vessels utilized by portuguese; key to development of trade w/ Asia
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caravels
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French monarch of late 17th century; absolute monarchy
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Louis XIV
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War within Holy Roman Empire between german protestants and their allies vs. Spain; ended in 1648 after great destruction with treaty of Westphalia
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Thirty Years War
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Dominican friar who supported peaceful conversion of Native American population of the Spanich colonies
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Bartolome de Las Casas
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Restatemant of tradional Catholic beliefs in response to Protestant Reformation
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Catholic Reformation
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University-trained lawyers from Spain in the New World
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letrados
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Safavid ruler from 1587-1629; extended Safavid domain to greatest extent
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Abbas the Great
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German monk; initiated Protestant Reformation in 1517 by nailing 95 theses to the door of Wittenberg church
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Martin Luther
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French Colonies in North America
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New France
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Spanish Jesuit missionary
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Francis Xavier
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Concept of god during the scientific revolution; role of divinity was set to natural laws in motion, not to regulate once process was begun
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Deism
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Cultural and intellectual movemant of northern Europe; after Italian Renaissance; France/low countries/England/Germany
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Northern Renaissance
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Merchant Guild of Seville; monopoly of goods shipped to America
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consulado
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Dynasty elected in 1613 at the end of Time of Troubles; ruled Russia untill 1917
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Romanov Dynasty
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Enlightenment feminist thinker in England; argued that new political rights should extend to women
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Mary Wollstonecraft
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Local mosque officials and prayer leaders within the Safavid Empire; converters
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mullahs
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marriage to Ferdinand united Spain
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Isabella of Castile
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Joint stock company that obtained government monopoly over trade in Asia; acted as virtually independant government in regions it claimed
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Dutch East India Company
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Grants of Indian laborors made to Spanish conquerors and settlers in Mesoamerica and South America
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encomienda
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English overthrow of James II in 1688; result: affirmation of parliament's authority over the king
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Glorious Revolution
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Establishe by Europeans by the 16th century; based on control of the seas
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World Economy
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Revolt against Spanish colonial rule in New Granada in 1781
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Comunero Revolt
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Pastoral people of western Sudan; adopted purifying Sufi variant of Islam
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Fulani
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Strips of land along Brazilian coast granted to minor Portuguese nobles for developmenst
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capitaincies
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Second Romanov tsar; abolished assemblies of nobles; gained new powers over Russian Orthodox church
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Alexis Romanov
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Ottoman infantry divisions that dominated Ottoman armies; forcibly conscripted a baoys; slaves; political influence
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Janissaries
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