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A. Ruled Ottoman Empire for 46 years and when it was at its height
B. Spread the empire, many cultural interests, and expanded military.
Suleyman
A. Rivals of the Ottomans
B. Practiced Shia Islam and was active in military conquest.
Safavids
A. Muslim rulers over india
B. combined Hindu and Muslim, brought India to the peak of its political empire
Mughals
A. Most illustrious sultan of the Mughal Empire
B. expanded the empire and pursued a policy of concilation with Hindus.
Akbar I
A. Huge tomb
B. Built by the Mughal ruler Shah Jahan to honor his wife.
Taj Mahal
A. Last imperial dynasty of China
B. Ruled by the Manchu people
Qing Dynasty
A. Military government of Japan during the Edo period.
B. Strove to isolate it from foreign influences
Tokugawa Shogunate
A. Russian family that came to power in 1613
B. ruled for three centuries.
Romanovs
A. Czar of Russia
B. Introduced ideas from western Europe to reform the government
Peter I
A. Empress of Russia
B. Greatly increased the territory of the empire
Catherine II
A. Longest ruling european king.
B. Issued costly wars and several economic policies.
Louis XIV [16]
A. King of England, Scotland, and Ireland (1625-1649).
B. . Tried for treason and beheaded in 1649
Charles I
A. English general and statesman
B. Led the parliamentary army in the English Civil War
Oliver Cromwell
A. The overthrow of English King James II in 1688
B. Replaced by William and Mary [daughter & her husband]
Glorius Revolution
A. Humanist studying astronomy
B. first to challenge the old ways of thinking in astronomy
N. Copernicus
A. Italian astronomer and mathematician
B. First to use a telescope to study the stars
Galileo Galilei
A. 17t century French philosopher.
B. Famously known for writing “cogito ergo sum” (“I think, therefore I am”).
René Descartes
A. British scientist
B. Defined the laws of motion, discovered gravity
Issac Newton
A. movement in the 18th century
B. Advocated the use of reason in the reappraisal of accepted ideas and social institutions.
Enlightenment
A. 17th century English philosopher
B. Opposed the Divine Right of Kings and who asserted that people have a natural right to life, liberty, and property.
John Locke
A. Voluntary agreement among individuals
B. Agreed to secure their rights and welfare by creating a government and abiding by its rules.
Social Contract
A. French political philosopher
B. Advocated the separation of executive and legislative and judicial powers.
Montesquieu
A. French philosopher.
B. Believed that freedom of speech was the best weapon against bad government.
Voltaire
A. English writer and early feminist
B. Denied male supremacy and advocated equal education for women
Mary Wollstonecraft
A. Scottish economist
B. Wrote the Wealth of Nations a precursor to modern Capitalism.
Adam Smith
A. Clergy, Nobles, Peasants
B. Wanted greater representation and greater political power to address issues of inequality.
3 estates
A. King of France during the French Revolution
B. Executed by the guillotine
Louis XVI (16th)
A. Queen of France (as wife of Louis XVI)
B. Guilotined with her husband.
Marie Antoinette
A. French Revolutionary assembly (1789-1791).
B. Called first as the Estates General, the three estates came together and demanded radical change.
National Assembly
A. Human civil rights document
B. Declared that men are born and remain free and equal in rights.
Declaration of the Rights of Man and of the Citizen
A. Radical republicans during the French Revolution.
B. Led by Maximilien Robespierre from 1793 to 1794.
Jacobins
A. Lead revolution and Comittee of Public Safety
B. Blamed for Reign of Terror, Executed
Robspierre
A. Period in France where Robespierre ruled and used revolutionary terror to solidify the home front.
B. Rebels were all judged severely and most were executed.
Reign of Terror
A. French emperor & Leader of the French Army during French Revolution
B. First emperor of France.
Napolean Bonaparte
