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| Sumeria is among the first six ancient civilizations, it is made of fertile valleys lying between the Tigris and Euphrates. |
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| Egypt is among the first six ancient civilizations, most of the Egyptians thrive off the Nile River, it has the Giza Pyramids and Great Sphynx, built during the Old Kingdom. |
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| India is among the first six ancient civilizations, first settlements developed into Indus Valley Civilisation in 3300 BCE |
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| China is among the first six ancient civilizations, ruled by man different Dynasties, the Chinese started along the Yellow River in the east. |
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| Genoese navigator, colonizer and explorer whose voyages across the Atlantic Ocean in 1492—funded by Queen Isabella of Spain—led to general European awareness of the American continents in the Western Hemisphere |
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| Led expedition of 5 ships funded by the Spanish King to search for the size of the world going east around Africa. Realizes pacific ocean is bigger than atlantic and ends up in the phillipines. Only 1 of 5 ships make it. |
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| Portuguese explorer, one of the most successful in the European Age of Discovery and the commander of the first ships to sail directly from Europe to India. |
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| 2 islands called Moluccas, clothes and nutmeg came from their. |
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| A Spanish conquistador who led an expedition that caused the fall of the Aztec empire and brought large portions of mainland Mexico under the King of Castile, in the early 16th century. Cortés was part of the generation of Spanish colonizers that began the first phase of the Spanish colonization of the Americas |
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| Central Mexico, spoke the Nahuatl language and who achieved political and military dominance over large parts of Mesoamerica in the 14th, 15th and 16th centuries |
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| Was an absolute ruler and the fifth Aztec emperor. During his reign the Aztec Empire was consolidated, major expansion was undertaken and Tenochtitlan started becoming the dominant partner of the Aztec Triple Alliance |
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| group of related languages of the Central Americans (Aztecs) |
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| the city-state of the growing Aztec empire in the 15th century, until being defeated in 1521 by Cortes |
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| A Spanish conquistador, conqueror of the Incan Empire and founder of Lima, the modern-day capital of Peru. |
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| largest empire in pre-Columbian America. The administrative, political and military center of the empire was located in Cusco in modern-day Peru. The Inca Empire arose from the highlands of Peru sometime in early 13th century. |
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| related Native American languages in South America, with approximately 46 dialects, grouped in at least seven languages, spoken by Incas |
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| recording devices used in the Inca Empire usually consisted of colored spun and plied thread or strings from llama or alpaca hair. It also consisted of cotton cords with numeric and other values encoded by knots in a base ten positional system |
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| was the last sovereign emperor of the Inca Empire. He became emperor upon defeating his older half-brother Huáscar in a civil war sparked by the death of their father from small pox. Francisco Pizarro captured Atahualpa, and used him to control the Inca empire |
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| The historic capital of the Inca Empire |
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| labour system that was employed by the Spanish crown during the Spanish colonization of the Americas. the crown granted a person a specified number of natives of whom they were to take responsibility |
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| A city in Bolivia, lies beneath a mountain popularly conceived of as being "made of" silver ore |
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| a legend, of a city of gold, that began with the story of a South American tribal chief who covered himself with gold dust and would dive into a lake of pure mountain water. |
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| (1618-1648) one of the most destructive conflicts in European history. The war was fought primarily in Germany and at various points involved most of the countries of Europe |
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| an important royal house of Europe and is best known as supplying all of the formally elected Holy Roman Emperors between 1452 and 1740, as well as rulers of and the Austrian Empire and Spain. Charles V big ruler. |
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| Great Power in Europe pre-WWI. Maria Theresa, Archduchess of Austria, wanted to centralize the government, abolish torture, and bring Enlightenment. She found education important. |
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| Great Power in Europe pre-WWI. King Frederick the Great was a great general with absolute power and the best army. Started '7 years war' by attacking Austria |
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| Great Power in Europe pre-WWI. Czar Peter the Great was absolute ruler. No democracy, not economically advanced, hardly traded, most people illiterate, no roads, big army and fought Sweden. |
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| Great Power in Europe pre-WWI. Had best navy and was very wealthy. |
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| Great Power in Europe pre-WWI. King Louis XIV takes power from central government. Strong military. Competing for world trade with Britain. |
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| an empire that lasted from 1299 to 1922. At the height of its power, 16th–17th century, it spanned three continents, controlling much of Southeastern Europe, Western Asia and North Africa. |
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| King of France (1642-1715). Takes power away from central government. |
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| King of Prussia (1740–1786) from the Hohenzollern dynasty. Was a great general and had a very strong army. |
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| Ruled Russia and later the Russian Empire (1682-1725). Big army, no democracy. |
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| was the Archduchess of Austria, Queen of Hungary, Queen of Bohemia, Grand Duchess of Tuscany and a Holy Roman Empress by marriage to Francis of Lorraine and was technically the last member of the House of Habsburg. |
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| (1756-1763) Involved all of the major European powers of the period. |
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| a powerful west African Kingdom from the Viceroy of Ouidah. |
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| slave port in the Kingdom of Dahomey |
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| Language spoken by people in Benin |
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| Benin was known as Dahomey until 1975. |
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| abolitionist, and became a leading campaigner against the slave trade in the British Empire. |
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| was one of the first British campaigners for the abolition of the slave trade. He also involved himself in trying to correct other social injustices. (Defended a slave who was left behind by owner because of injuries, then when better, owner wanted slave back) |
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| was an Englishman, Anglican clergyman and former slave-ship captain. He was the author of many hymns, including Amazing Grace |
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| was a British politician, a philanthropist and a leader of the movement to abolish the slave trade |
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| was one of the most prominent people from Africa involved in the British debate for the abolition of the slave trade. His autobiography depicted the horrors of slavery and helped influence British lawmakers to abolish the slave trade through the Slave Trade Act of 1807. Despite his enslavement as a young man, he purchased his freedom and worked as a seaman, merchant and explorer |
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| in 1807 Britain ended slave trade in the Atlantic Ocean |
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| Slavery abolished in British Empire |
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| Haiti - St. Dominique - Santo Domingo |
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| 1804 Haiti claimed independence from whites. 1790 Haiti populace was whites, gens de couleur, and blacks. |
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| decree passed by King Louis XIV in 1685 giving gens de couleurs rights |
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| 1758 slaves revolt in Haiti and flee throughout the country. |
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| 1702-1786 Group of slaves who ran away in Haiti and made their own 'Kingdom' |
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| 1791 started in northern plains of Haiti, and leaders came out of it. |
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| led enslaved Africans to victory over Europeans in Haiti, abolished slavery, and secured native control over the colony in 1797 |
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| 1798 British invasion fails because of yellow fever, yellow fever happened because British invaded... owned. |
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| System that forces people to work plantations for the economy |
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| 1802 French invades Haiti, led by General Leclerc, yellow fever strikes again! HAHA |
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| French general and husband to Pauline Bonaparte, sister to Napoleon Bonaparte |
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| Succeeds L'ouverture, was autocratic in his rule and crowned himself Emperor of Haiti in 1805 |
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| rules 1806-1820 as first King of Haiti |
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| late 18th and early 19th centuries when major changes in agriculture, manufacturing, mining, and transportation occured. |
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| invented the steam engine |
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| a Scottish inventor and mechanical engineer who made improvements to the steam engine |
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| Invents first locomotive (can go 30 mph) |
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| Machines replace human skill sets, increases unemployment. |
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| Middle class is educated and has power, but no wealth. Working Class is overworked with not enough pay. |
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| comes from the middle or merchant classes, whose status or power came from employment, education, and wealth |
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| Lower social class, people with no wealth or skills |
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was a German philosopher, political economist, historian, political theorist, sociologist, communist and revolutionary credited as the founder of communism. |
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| published in 1848 it is one of the world's most influential political manuscripts written by Karl Marx and Friedrich Engels |
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| Rose to power in 17th century after they conquered the Ming Dynasty and founded the Qing Dynasty, which ruled China until the Xinhai Revolution of 1911 |
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| Chinese government officials who helped keep country together. (Must pass examination to be one) |
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| Admiral of treasure fleets under Ming Dynasty (300 ships) from story When China Ruled the Seas - 'The Treasure Fleet' |
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| Raped Asia for centuries mainly located in Mongolia, China, and Russia. |
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| from the teachings of the Chinese philosopher Confucius it focuses on human morality and wrong action |
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| Chinese official sent to stop opium trade |
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| area under the effective jurisdiction of the Republic of China since the Chinese Civil War in 1949 |
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| First emperor to unite China. |
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| was the founder, ruler, and emperor of the Mongol Empire, the largest contiguous empire in history. |
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| leader of the People’s Republic of China aka Mao Zedong |
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| Internal rebellion and response to foreigners in China |
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| Spontaneous start, killed European missionaries and christians |
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| was a political and military leader of 20th century China who attempted to eradicate the communists, failed, and retreated to Taiwan |
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| ruled as King of France, found guilty of treason, and executed by guillotine. |
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| Naval Battle - Britain stops French navy |
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| was a military and political leader of France whose actions shaped European politics in the early 19th century. |
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| Duke of Wellington defeats Napoleon Bonaparte. |
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| one of the leading military and political figures of the nineteenth century. Defeats Napoleon Bonaparte |
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| 1815 evened out powers in Europe after the defeat of Napoleon Bonaparte |
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| he oversaw the unification of Germany and was a Chancellor. |
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| fought between the British Empire and the two independent Boer republics |
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| the leader of the Witbooi's... that's it. |
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| a violent African resistance to colonial rule in the German colony of Tanganyika |
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| climax of imperial territorial disputes between Britain and France in Eastern Africa. It brought Britain and France to the verge of war but ended in a diplomatic victory for Britain |
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| tension sparked by the deployment of the German gunboat Panther, to the Moroccan port of Agadir in 1911 |
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| was King of the Belgians, had independent country take over Congo. |
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| was a meeting of the European Great Powers' and the Ottoman Empire's leading statesmen in Berlin in 1878 to reorganize the Balkan lands. |
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