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responsible for the early development of European exploration and maritime trade with other continents
explore the coast of Africa
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widespread exchange of animals, plants, culture, human populations (including slaves), communicable diseases, and ideas between the Eastern and Western hemispheres (Old World) and New World). It was one of the most significant events concerning ecology, agriculture, and culture in all of human history.
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Portuguese explorer, one of the most successful in the Age of Discovery and the commander of the first ships to sail directly from Europe to India
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was one of the most significant ruling dynasties of Iran. They ruled one of the greatest Persian empires since the Muslim conquest of Persia. Shia islamas official religion of iran.
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European Christian reform movement that established Protestantism as a branch of Christianity.
led by Martin Luther, John Calvin.
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Spanish conquistador who led an expedition that caused the fall of the Aztec Empire and brought large portions of mainland Mexico under the rule of the King of Castile
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first expedition to sail from the Atlantic Ocean into the Pacific Ocean
first to cross the Pacific
completed the first circumnavigation of the Earth
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military adventurer from Central Asia who rose to power at Kabul. built an army and conquered nearby regions, laid basis for the Mughal Empire.
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imperial power in South Asia ruled a large portion of the Indian subcontinent. invaded and ruled most of India by the late 17th ended in the mid-19th century. was the dominant power in the Indian subcontinent between the mid-16th century and the early 18th century. it was supplanted by the British Raj.
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was an Italian Jesuit priest, and one of the founding figures of the Jesuit China Mission
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carrying slaves, cash crops, and manufactured goods between West Africa, Caribbean or American colonies and the European colonial powers, with the northern colonies of British North America, especially New England, sometimes taking over the role of Europe
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Italian physicist, mathematician, astronomer and philosopher who played a major role in the Scientific Revolution.
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-astronomical observations.
father of modern observational astronomy",
the "father of modern physics"
the "father of science", and
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feudal regime of Japan established by Tokugawa Ieyasu and ruled by the shoguns of the Tokugawa family. This period is known as the Edo period The Tokugawa shogunate ruled untill1868, when it was abolished during the Meiji Restoration.
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British Colony 1607 Jamestown and they left fo religious freedom gold and glory
spain and protugal wanted more land and what-not
all the other countries wanted to expand also
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one of the most destructive conflicts in European history. fought primarily in Germany Naval warfare also reached overseas and shaped the colonial formation of future nations. religious conflict between Protestants and Catholics in the Holy Roman Empire,
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was the last ruling dynasty of China It was preceded by the Ming Dynasty and followed by the Republic of China. The dynasty was founded by the Manchu clan Aisin Gioro highly intergrated with Chinese culture. height during 18th cen during both territory and population increased.
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ruled Russia and later the Russian Empire. He carried out a policy of modernization and expansion that transformed the Tsardom of Russia into a 3-billion acre Russian Empire, a major European power.
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The Scientific Revolution was a period when new ideas in physics, astronomy, biology, human anatomy, chemistry, and other sciences led to a rejection of doctrines that had prevailed starting in Ancient Greece and continuing through the Middle Ages, and laid the foundation of modern science
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era in Western philosophy, intellectual, scientific and cultural life, centered upon the 18th century. critical questioning of traditional institutions, customs, and morals, and a strong belief in rationality and science.
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between Great Britain and France in North America. fought primarily along the frontiers between the British colonies began with a dispute over the confluence of the Allegheny and Monongahela Rivers
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Empress of Russia after the assassination of her husband, Peter III, just after the end of the Seven Years' War. Under her the Russian Empire expanded, improved its administration, and continued to modernize along Western European lines. Russia grew stronger than ever and became recognized as one of the great powers of Europe.
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The American Revolution was a political upheaval
the thirteen colonies in North America joined together to break free from the British Empire, became the United States of America. first rejected authority of Parliament to govern them from overseas without representation, and then expelled all royal officials. end with the declaration of independence. stamp act, tea party etc -
Louis XVI- king of france. Suspended/arrested as part of the insurrection during the French Revolution, found guilty of high treason, and executed by guillotine in 1793.
Marie Antoinette- Archduchess of Austria and the Queen of France and of Navarre. convicted of treason, and executed by guillotine in 1793 during french revolution. -
was a period of radical social and political upheaval absolute monarchy collapsed in three years. French society underwent a transformation as feudal, Old ideas about hierarchy and tradition succumbed to new Enlightenment principles and inalienable rights.
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fundamental document of the French Revolution, defining the individual and collective rights of all the estates of the realm as universal. Influenced by the doctrine of natural right, the rights of man are universal: valid at all times and in every place, pertaining to human nature itself.
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During the reign of Louis XVI, France faced a major economic crisis People were hungry and mad so they stormed Bastille in protest. The storming of the Bastille was the opening stage of the revolution.
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was a period of conflict in the French colony of Saint-Domingue, which aculminated in the elimination of slavery there and the founding of the Haitian republic. The Haitian Revolution is regarded as a defining moment in the history of Africans in the New World.
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military and political leader during the latter stages of the French Revolution. emperor of the french. Defeated at Waterloo
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conference of ambassadors of European states was an attempt to forge a peaceful balance of power in Europe, served as a model for organizations such as the League of Nations and United Nations.
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fought near Waterloo Imperial French army under the command of Emperor Napoleon was defeated by combined armies of the 17th Coalition, an Anglo-Allied army
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explorer, colonizer, and navigator
completed four voyages across the Atlantic Ocean that led to general European awareness of the American continents in the Western Hemisphere
efforts to establish permanent settlements in the island of Hispaniola, initiated the process of Spanish colonization
