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- Age of Piracy
- After the middle ages
- Many European religion wars started
- The renaissance took place in Europe
- Britain and Russia became world powers as the Ottoman Turkey, Mugal India, and Qing China started to fade.
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- Empires that rose in the Islamic world
- handguns were created
- fighting on land became more common
- the ottoman empire was the first to effectively use gunpowder
- Reduced the importance of Calvary
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- Age of spying
- Armies began sending spies behind enemy lines for information
- Allies were formed
- spies who were found were executed
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- Economic history
- started the Industrial and the Great Divergence
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The industrial revolution marked the point when the world economy began in England
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up until these developments the economy was flat
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no improvement of living was noted before
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- The death of Native Americans
- They were dying from European diseases
- The Europeans did not realize why the natives were dying
- 90% of the population died
- They died from smallpox and other diseases
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- Originated in Turco- Mongol
- Describes a political entity ruled by a Khan
- A ruler
- Example of A Khanate is the Empire of the Great khan
- There were four great Khanates
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- The Mongols took over much of Eurasia.
- they established different dynasties like the Yuan in China.
- the Mughals are decendents of the Mongols.
- The Mughals were sait to have come about when the Mongol army invaded Iran and South Asia
- The tartars lived in present day Russia and Kazakstan
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- Technology that is made specifically for the sea.
- Ships and compasses
- China was big on all things Maritime
- China's ships could be made for any type of sea travel
- Many places used their technology to further advance
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- conducted trade between countries
- Established by European countries
- Aided in setteling colonies
- Increased the demand for many different goods.
- Increased the need for workers
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- Dominant countries
- contribute to the world economy
- Many different countries are dependent on them
- Control the global market
- In the 16th century European countries became core nations
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- government controlled foreign trade
- Forbid colonies from trading with other nations
- promoted finding gold and silver
- built trade over seas through the colonies
- motivated colonial expansion
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- An economic system
- includes private ownership and means of production
- goods that were created for the purpose of bringing in money
- Became dominant in the Western world
- Came about after feudalism
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- Have unmoveable boundaries
- Economic unity is promoted within
- more centralized
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- A monarchical form of government
- Monarchs have full power of the country
- Constitutions do not hold the monarchs back
- If a country has a parliment it is very weak
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- decisions that become centered in one place or a group
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- also known as occidentalization
- a process in which societies adopt Western culture
- Things like law, technology, and life styles are absorbed
- Clothes and language are also exchanged
- The culture of a country may become altered by Westernization
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- European economic expansion
- colonialism
- mercantilism
- lated from the 16th century to the early 18th century
- Began with the Crusades
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- a coporation or partnership that involves two or more individuals that own stocks
- These people own shares in a company
- People had shares in trading comapnies
- Some in the Americas were the London comapny and the Plymouth company
- Individuals can sell their share of the stocks independently
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- People bega marrying at an older age
- They had less children
- The concept of "love" came about
- Children were not punished as harshly as before
- Due to the advancement in production and trade families could spen more time at home
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- Primarily in between the 16th and 17th centuries
- New ideas and knowledge was introduced
- Aristotle's theory that everything was made up of the elements is proved wrong
- The Earth is no longer the center of the universe
- Ideas about anatomy, biology, and medicine changed
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- A type of legislature
- Democratic
- Started out in England as the King's advisors
- Parliaments are elected by the people
- Found in Europe
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- A cultural movement
- Sparked by philosophers
- Distributed by the printing press
- Intellectuals wanted to reform society and advance knowledge
- Flourished until 1800
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- Art forms like dance, literature, music and theater
- Usually recieved through urban culture
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- In Europe many reformations took place agains the Catholic Church
- Many new religions were created to fit the needs of the people
- The English reformation was the Church of England breaking away form the Catholic Church and the Pope
- the Protestant reformation was started by Martin Luther
- The Catholic reformation was used to refine the relihion during the Protestant reformation
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- Voodoo
- A religion found in West Africa
- A traditional animistic eligion
- Centered around spirits and other divine essences
- Recognizes one God
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- A follower of Sikhism
- Originated in South Asia
- Means discipl, student or instruction
- A disciple of a Guru
- The Basis of the reigion is the union of soul with God
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- Major grouping within Christianity
- Was created as a reaction against Roman Catholic doctrines
- Martin Luther wrote a letter to Pope Leo about the Catholic Church
- Started in Germany
- Have conservative and liberal theological strands within them
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- Going from religious values to nonreligios values
- Happens within societies
- the belief that religion loses its authority due to progress
- Secularization has many levels of maening
- It is a theory and a historical process
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