Earth history Flashcards

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John Calvin

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John Calvin - he believed that the law of god conserved as the bases of civil order

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Francis Xavier

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Francis Xavier - he was a bask jesuit priest who evangelized asians

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Laozi

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Laozi - he founded taoism

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Martin Luther

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Martin Luther - he posted the 95 thesis

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Roger Bacon

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Roger Bacon - identified a formula for gunpowder and developed a process to make it

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Renaissance

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Renaissance - it emphasized, original sources and everything is a calling from God

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League of Mayapan

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League of Mayapan - it was a confederation of mayan tribes

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Jesuits

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Jesuits - they opposed the reformation

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Slave Trade

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Slave Trade - the passage across the atlantic was called the middlle passage

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Tokugawa Ieyasu

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Tokugawa Ieyasu - they were very hostile to foreigners and christians

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Prester John

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Prester John - mythical christian king who fought the muslims

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Jakob Fugger

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Jakob Fugger - controlled a vast banking empire

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Johannes Gutenberg

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Johannes Gutenberg - INVENTOR OF PRINTING PREss

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Hernan Cortes

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Hernan Cortes - spanish conquistador

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Kush

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Kush - empire in the nile river valley africa

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Technology

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Technology - the application of science toward a practical purpose

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Safavid

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Safavid - he was a sect of islam

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Tajghh mihal

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Tajghh mihal - an example of Mughal

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Babur -

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Babur - founded a great islamic empire

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Dutch role in the Slave Trade

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the Dutch transported about half a million Africans across the Atlantic.

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Syncretism -

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Syncretism - the merging of different beliefs

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Calvinism

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Calvinism - aim of calvinism was to bring the glory of god to every endeavor

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Age of Exploration

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Age of Exploration - improvement of ship building and navigation, development of new weapons, the desire to spread roman catholicism

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Christopher Columbus

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Christopher Columbus - he was an italian explorer