Unit 16 People and Such

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Taj Mahal
Built by Shah Jahan in honor of his wife Mumtaz Mahal when she died. Considered to be the most perfect building
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Babur
Claiming to be of Genghis Khan and Timur the Lame descent. Was a great military leader that unified more than 100 mil people when he conquered India.
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Akbar
Muslim turk that was great at cultural blending. Very tolerant and was a good leader (taxed fairly, made good relationships with all the religious groups and other countries)
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Jahangir
Akbar’s son who really didn’t do much., His wife did most of the ruling
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Aurangzeb
Took over India and expanded India to its biggest size but didn’t do a good job leading. Oppressed non-muslims
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Fatephur Sikri
Example of Cultural blending through architecture
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Marco Polo
Italian merchant that travelled the Silk Road through Asia. Inspired travel and trade
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Prince Henry
Portuguese Prince that took an interest in exploration. Founded a navigation school
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Bernal Diaz del Castillo
Spanish exploreer who wanted to serve God and spread Christianity, but also become rich from exploration
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Bartolomeu Dias
Portuguese Sailor that went around Africa tip, however didn’t have enough food and had to return
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Vasco de Gama
1497 explored the east African coast, and discovered a direct sea route to India
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Treaty of Tordesillas
Treaty that Spain and Portugal signed to honor the Line of Demarcation
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Ming Dyntasy
Lasted from 1368-1644. Powerful navy, but eventually went into isolation. Overtaken by Manchus after bad leaders
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Hongwu
First Ming Dynasty emperor. United the people after the Mongolian dynasty and brought back traditional Confucian values.
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Yonglo
Hongwu’s son and next leader of China
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Zheng He
Led the 7 great explorations that were meant to show power of the Chinese people. Got many countries to send tribute
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Kangxi
First Manchu/Qing dynasty ruler. Allowed intellectuals to have positions of power
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Qian-long
Expanded China to its biggest size, forced trading countries to kowtow to him
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Cao Zhan
author of “Dream of the Red Chamber” which was about life under Manchu rule
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Oda Nobunaga
Gained control of Kyoto, didn’t unite Japan, comitted samurai suicide
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Toyotomi Hideyoshi
Controlled most of Japan and invaded Korea
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Tokugawa Ieyasu
United the people, moved capital from Edo (later TOkyo)
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Tokugawa Shogunate
Under the shogun (military leader), military government. Brought back order
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Amerigo Vespucci
Came up with the idea that the Americas was not Asia, but a new continent
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Hernando Cortes
Spanish conqueror who conquered the Aztecs.
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Montezuma II
Aztec Leader
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Francisco Pizzaro
Spanish conqueror who conquered the Incans. Ambushed their leader, and killed him even after they were given a ransom of gold,
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Atahualpa
Incan Leader
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Giovanni Verrazzano
Found the present day NY harbor while looking for India
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Jacques Cartier
FOund the St. Lawrence River and the island Mont Real. Helped New France become a thing
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Pilgrims and Puritans
Groups looking for religous freedom. Fled from England to the Americas for a better life.
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Metacom
King Philip who lead King Phillip’s war that almost drove out colonists in Massachussetts.