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an islamic russian empire that expanded deep into russia. was an amazing millitary force.
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portuguese prince who was responsible for some of the early european exploration. he started to explore the african coast wich was unknown to the europeans at the time.
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portuguese capture 12 slaves and that begins the whole atlantic slave trade. portuguese started it many years before the others joined in
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was sultan of ottoman empire twice. he conquered constantinople at age 21
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started the protestant reformation. made 95 thesis thing that listed changes for the church. believed you could still connect to god even when alone by reading the bible
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headed along the west coast of africa. the voyage lasted 16 months.
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gold glory and god. three things most explorers columbus included searched for. he discovered the americas and called the natives indians thinking himself in india
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french theologian and pastor during the protestant reformation. formed calvinism.
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longest reigning sultan of the ottoman empire. he headed over the military and personally led them into battle.
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ruled most of india. founded by a turkic prince. lasted till around the mid 19th century
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founded by an ingured man in 1534. the men were called jesuits.
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council of the catholic church. helped revise the church and make peace with protestants
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was only 14 years old when he suceeded his father. he was a noble and ambitous commander, who built the largest army in the entire history of the mughal empire
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famous scientist in the enlightenment. invented the telescope, and discovered mountains onn the moon. discovered sunspots.
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the emporer of the ming dynasty who acended the throne at age nine. for the first ten years of his life he had help from a man called zhang. after zhang died wanli took total control of the government and stopped many conflicts.
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english philosopher. regarded as the father of classical liberalism.
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aka the manchu dynasty. an enormous project of imperial expansion. surprisingly a foriegn and nomadic origin of itself
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a series of peace treaties that ended the thirty year war. the signing of the treaties lasted till october 1648
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the british were the first to establish a colony on this slightly ignored continent. it started out as a colony for banished convicts.
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slave revolt in french colony. culminated the end of slavery there
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an act of parliment abolished slave trade, but not slavery itself. many thought that slavery would die out with the act. it was not until 26 years later that it finally ended