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Western Civ.
ch 14 and 15
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History
Undergraduate 2
11/27/2007

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Ibn Battuta
Definition
tirless traveler on his way back to Cairo- his mom was a victim of the plague.
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moral meterology
Definition
corrections of heaven, unleashed to restore the balance of nature disturbed by human wickedness
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little ice age
Definition
protracted period of relative cold from the 14th to 19th centuries
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millenarianism
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belief that the end of the world is about to occur- as foretold by the bibicial book of revelation.
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Sultan Muhammad Ibn Tughlug

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second sultan of the Tughlug dynasty-

extended the rule of the Delphi sultanate of northern India over most of the subcontinent.

-lost his authority because of his misguided admin. actions and severity toward opponents and his reign began to decline.

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Majaphahit
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ceneter of Java empire
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Hayan Wuruk
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king who launched Majaphit on its own imperial career in the mid 14th century-
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shogun
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a herefitary military ruler of Japan who exercised real power in the name o f the emperor- usually powerless

 

last one was removed from office in 1868.

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Godiago
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emperor who fought not only to exclude family competitors but also to take back the power of shoguns- but he found he couldnt have all the power.
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zen
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school oh mahayana buddhisim- person attaining enlightenment through meditation, self contemplation and intuation.
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