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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.

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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