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Spanish Conquest of Manila

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Control of the port of Manila ensured direct access to Chinese products, especially silk, and a link to Spanish America and Spain saw both commercial and religious opportunities

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Commercial Revolution

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Period of time from 1450-1750 that was marked by the changing nature of trade and business

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Agricultural Diffusion

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Period of 600-1450 where new foods and commercial crops were introduced or brought back to countries

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Development of Pacific Islands

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Trade networks did not easily develop allowing for only limited contact with other societies, so there was only some cultural diffusion

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Gupta Dynasty

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Founded by Chandra Gupta and this dynasty brought stability and prosperity by not imposing uniform laws

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Achaemenid Administration

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Government relied on a balance between central administration and locally appointed governors and consisted of 23 satrapies

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Achaemenid Empire

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Includes the Medes and the Persians, both people of sizable military power and equestrian skills and was founded by Cyrus and later expanded by his son Darius

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Bantu Migrations

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movement of Africans across the continent of Africa

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Vedas

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means “wisdom” or “knowledge” and is a collection of hymns, songs, prayers, and rituals honoring various Aryan gods

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Neolithic Era- Culture

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Village life encouraged the development of specialized labor- everyone was no longer dedicated to food production

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Paleolithic Era- Society

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Social groups: families grew into clans; clans mixed with neighboring groups to form tribes with sophisticated organization, including chiefs, leaders, and religious figures

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Neolithic Era- Origins

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Called New Stone Age, the origins of agricultural society

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Paleolithic Era- Economy

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Called Old Stone Age where humans were nomadic hunters and gatherers

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Frankish Empire

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Society based on agriculture in northern region of Europe (France, Germany, and Low Countries) and oversaw the development of decentralized political institutions in those areas

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Justinian’s Code

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A codified Roman law that keeps the legal principles of ancient Rome and was published “Corpus iuris civilis”

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Germanic Invasions

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ended imperial Roman power in western Europe and led to decentralized rule and to the establishment of the feudal system

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Hellenistic Philosophies (1)

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individual needs could be met through reflection and also pleasure is greatest good

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Hellenistic Philosophies (2)

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Skeptics taught that people should abandon their search for certain answers and find an inner peace; Stoics believed human beings were part of a universal family

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Education and Religion in the European Middle Ages

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Basic education was occasionally provided to the elite and their children in schools by monasteries or political leaders who brought scholars to their courts

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Hanseatic League (Hansa)

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trade network that developed in the Baltic and North Sea; encompassed the commercial centers of Poland, northern Germany, and Scandinavia

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Decline of Carolingian Empire

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When Louis the Pious died, the successor of Charlemagne, Louis’s three sons each got an equal portion of the new dissolved empire via the Treaty of Verdun

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Carolingian Empire

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empire in which Charlemagne established a new group of imperial officials in an effort to increase control of central government

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Development in Oceania

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aboriginal peoples of Australia, isolated from other societies, created trade and exchanged networks with other hunting and gathering societies as far away as 1,000 miles

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Medieval Colonization

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once regional states emerged to protect Europe, Vikings looked to colonize elsewhere

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Songhay Empire

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an Islamic empire established in the 1400s and lasting until the 1600s

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Repartimiento System (mita system in Peru)

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system that forced native Indians to work several months a year, generally on Spanish-owned plantations, mines, or public works projects

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Haciendas

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large agricultural estates in colonial Latin America

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Liberalism in Europe

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A political ideology asserting that individuals possess certain rights such as liberty and equality and that the purpose of government is to protect these rights

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Conservatism in Europe

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A political philosophy that sought to return things to the way they were prior to the political revolutions that spread across Europe in the 19th Century and to maintain traditional ways

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Congress of Vienna

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A meeting held from 1814 to 1815 in Vienna and attended by representatives of the nations that had defeated Napoléon Bonparte; the goal of this meeting was to restore Europe in the way it was prior to the French Revolution

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American Revolution: Impact

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The colonists forced the British to surrender in 1781 and following the end of the war, the newly formed USA emerged as a federal republic with a government based on popular sovereignty

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American Revolution: Causes

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the 13 British colonies in North America resented legislation passed by British Parliament levying taxes and infringing on their rights

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Westernization

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Occurs as societies are influenced by Western culture and assimilate and/or adopt Western ideas

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Millet System

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Legally protected religious communities of non-Muslims that were permitted to maintain their own traditional religious beliefs

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Single Whip Tax System

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A policy put forth by the Ming in the 1570s, requiring a single national tax and that all taxes be paid in the form of silver, including those taxes paid by tributary states

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Ming Economic Growth

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An increase in commercial activity, as well as an increase in population, led to an overall expansion of the economy

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Ming Dynasty: Social and Cultural Changes

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Revival of the civil service exams encouraged the creation of an extensive scholar-bureaucrat class and the restoration of Confucian traditions encouraged the subordination of women

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Matteo Ricci

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A Jesuit scholar from Europe who journeyed to the Ming Court in hopes of missionaries winning the approval of the Chinese emperors

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Deism

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A belief system that recognizes that a powerful god played a role in the creation of the universe but asserts that God simply oversees the world and allows it to function on the basis of natural laws

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King Henry VIII of England

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King who established the Church of England, thus voiding the pope’s authority in the country

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Mohandas Gandhi: Indian Nationalist

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Popular leader among the ordinary citizens of India, and the support of an extensive segment of the population made the Non-Cooperation and the Civil Disobedience movements largely successful

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Mohandas Gandhi: Early Years

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Attended law school in London, adopted the practice of nonviolence (ahimsa) and passive resistance (sataygraha) in South America, and found the Indian National Congress in India

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Indian National Congress (INC): In Action

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Partnered with the Muslim League to lead a mass movement to gain self-rule from Great Britain for the Indian subcontinent

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Age of Anxiety

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Period after WWI when doubt was cast upon previously existing ways of life and feelings of uncertainty were reflected in science, art, architecture, and psychology

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Mexican Revolution: Causes

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Discontent after decades of social reform led Mexicans to demand change

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Mexican Revolution: Results

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In 1917 Mexico adopted a new constitution that established land reform and granted rights to workers and women; education and healthcare were improved; universal suffrage was granted; mexican nationalism encouraged the government to take control of industry and discouraged foreign-owned businesses

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Armenian Genocide

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Massive and deliberate killing of Armenian civilians by the Ottoman Turks

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Bloody Sunday

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In 1905 a peaceful demonstration at the Russian czar’s winter palace in St. Petersburg turned violent when the czar’s guards opened fire on the unarmed crowd who wanted to present a petition to Czar Nicholas II asking for a representative assembly

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Monroe Doctrine

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Articulated in 1823 as part of US foreign policy, it sought to limit European interference in the Americas

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Self-Strengthening Movement

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Following the signing of unequal treaties and a number of internal rebellions in the 19th century, the Qing enacted a series of reforms that focused on the introduction of Western technology in the hopes of modernizing the nation

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