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A king or queen with inherited, unregulated power
Absolute Monarch
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The Church’s official attempt a religious reform occurred at this meeting during the Counter Reformation
Council of Trent
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Idea that there is limited amount of wealth in the world
Mercantilism
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Group of people in 3rd Estate sought political power in status during the french revolution
Bourgeoisie
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Walled capital city built in Beijing under the rule of the Yongle Emperor
Forbidden City
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A shift in focus from God and the afterlife towards earthly human achievement.
Humanism
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Belief that the power of the monarch is given by God and lasts for life.
Divine Right Of Kings
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Belief that an emperor is granted power from heaven and can be removed due to lack of virtue.
Mandate Of Heaven
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Chinese Dynasty that was ruled by the Mongols.
Yuan Dynasty
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This city is considered to be where the Renaissance first began.
Florence
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Series of holy wars by Christian knights to reclaim Jerusalem from the Muslims of the Abbasids.
Crusades
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Legal code instituted under Genghis Khan.
Jasagh
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This is the English translation of the Chinese term for China, Zhong Guo.
Middle Kingdom
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Social Class in 1800's Latin America where a person is of European descent but was born in America.
Creoles
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Martin Luther’s list of problems with the Catholic Church
95 Theses
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Assembly of French citizens separated into three classes by social status.

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30\. Period of relative peace and safety across Mongolia during the rule of Genghis Khan.
Estate General
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Law that made Lutheranism legal in the Holy Roman Empire.
Peace Of Augsburg
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City that was the center of knowledge during the Islamic Golden Age.
Baghdad
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Meeting that asked Martin Luther to formally reject his 95 Theses.
Diet of the Worms
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The first phase of this movement led to the first successful slave revolt in World History.
Haitian Revolution
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System of trading with foreigners that involved an exchange of gifts to acknowledge Chinese superiority.
Tributary System
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This part of the Estates General was made up of the peasants and the bourgeoisie.
Third Estate
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This is something sold to Christians to supposedly give them automatic entrance into Heaven.
Indulgences
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Period of time when Muslim knowledge thrived; it eventually helped to cause the Renaissance.
Islamic Golden Age
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The clergy in France were members of this part of the Estates General.
First Estate
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During the Ming Voyages, the Chinese ships brought back giraffes, which they labeled
“Fabled” Unicorns
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This is the new governing body formed after the Third Estate separated from the Estates General in 1789.
The national Assembly
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Document of ideas and values published by in 1789 by the Third Estate demanding equality and freedom.
The Declaration Of The Rights Of Man
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Chinese Dynasty characterized by a series of famous tribute voyages
Ming Dynasty
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Period of relative peace and safety across Mongolia during the rule of Genghis Khan.
Pax Mongolica
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Ruled Largest Maritime empire, primarily an isolationist nation, tolerant of most religions
Traits of Mongol Empire
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Difference between Genghis and Kublai Khan
Genghis preferred to conquer. Kublai Khan was interested in governing
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Not a factor that lead to European Age of Exploration.
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Islamic Golden Age reached its peak
under the abbasid caliphate
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Extending grand canal
Kublai Khan achieved under his reign
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Access to gunpowder
Not a reason why renaissance began in Italy
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1453
Year of the fall of Constantinople
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Themes in the Renaissance
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The Catholics movement to stop the Protestantism
Counter Reformation
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Haitian revolutionary responsible for engineering first slave revolt
Toussaint L’ouverture
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Engineer in Florence (Il duomo)
Brunelleschi
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Life, Liberty, Property
John Locke
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Venezuelan born figure who was important in independence movement for many Central American countries
Simon Bolivar
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LEader of Holy Roman Empire during Protestant Reformation ordered Diet Of The Worms
Emperor Charles V
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Admiral on famous Chinese treasure fleet
Zheng He
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United Mongols
Genghis Khan
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Built Palace of Versailles
King Louis XVI (16th)
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King of England that ignored the petition of Rights
Charles I
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Led chinese dynasty and met Marco polo
Kublai Khan
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Leader of France during revolution (guillotined)
Maximilien Robespierre
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Enlightenment thinker who was an aggressive support of freedom of speech and religion
Voltaire
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NEO CONFUSICAN idea implemented into Ming Dynasty governemtn
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Ming dynasty’s attitude toward the import of American silver
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Relationship between Enlightenment and Atlantic Revolutions
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Influence that the Frech Revolution had on the Haitian Revoltuion
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Not an effect that Napolean’s rule had on the Atlantic Revolutions
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Absolute monarch most willing to share power
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