Midterm 1 people Flashcards
Charles V
Habsburg emperor in Spain, held the Valladoid debate, butt heads with Martin Luther
Zheng He
Chinese explorer, went as far as Egypt, purpose was diplomacy for ming dynasty, huge ships, 7 voyages/ 2 year expeditions, stopped exploration due to internal probs
Henry the Navigator
Portuguese prince, naval innovation and education
Vasco de Gama
Portuguese sailor on mission to reach India and open sea route from Europe to east
Babur
Mughal leader
Sultan Mehmet II
ruler of Otoomans when in 1453 when they conquered Constantinople
Suleiman
extended Ottoman dominion to its widest geographical extent, struck alliance with Francis I against a Habsburg domination of Europe, authority flowed from him as sultan to servants, wife was Hurrem
Hurrem
wife of Suleiman, not just another concubine, she was involved in politics and was a great philanthropist and diplomat
Babur
Mughal ruler that captured Kabul and won at Panipat with only 12,000 soldiers
Akbar
Mughal, grandson of Babur, very powerful army, developed an administrative bureaucracy centered on four co-equal ministers
Shah Jahan
Mughal, Son of Akbar, built the Taj Mahal
Aurangzeb
Mughal, non-muslim subjects unhappy with his islamic zealotry
Martin Luther
Butt heads with Charles V, believed salvation comes through God alone and that every repentent christian can be forgiven
Jan Hus
Desired equal access to sacraments and wanted a translation of the Bible for common people, prophesied of Martin Luther
William Tyndale
fled to translate the Bible into english
Louis XIV
French king, believed authority based in the divine right of kings
Jean-Baptiste Colbert
France general of finance. Applied mercantilism to France.
Copernicus
theorized the sun was at the center of the universe
brahe
charted the night sky for years, noticed new star
Kepler
hypothesized an elliptiacal orbit of the planets
Galileo
law of inertia, natural state of an object is in motion
Newton
used mathematics to discover gravity
Bacon
empirical research important! experiment and observe - empiricism
Descartes
helped with bacon to develop the modern scientific method
John Locke
wrote concerning Human Understanding, human knowledge gained through sensation to, all ideas are derived from experiences
Moses Mendelssohn
led the Enlightenment movement Haskalah
Sor Juana Ines de la Cruz
woman who actively participated in the Enlightenment.Cross-dressed to sneak into lessons. Joined a convent, published her writings which sparked religious thought in Mexico.
Leo Africanus
known for his writings about Africa
