East Asia, South Asia, Europe, Middle East, Americas, and Worldwide Events

Tokugawa Shogunate

  • Refers to the period of Japanese history when the Tokugawa clan ruled.

Ming Dynasty

  • A major dynasty in China that preceded the Manchu/Qing Dynasty.

Manchu/Qing Dynasty

  • The last imperial dynasty of China, ruled by the Manchu people.

Mughals

  • An empire in South Asia, primarily in India, known for its cultural achievements.

English Civil War-Glorious Revolution

  • A period of conflict in England, leading to the establishment of a constitutional monarchy.

Russian Empire

  • An empire ruled by Tsars, expanding across Eastern Europe and Asia.

Absolute Monarchy

  • A form of government where the monarch holds supreme autocratic authority.

Protestant Reformation

  • A 16th-century religious and political movement that challenged papal authority and resulted in the creation of Protestant churches.

Catholic Counter Reformation

  • The Catholic Church's response to the Protestant Reformation, aimed at reforming the Church and combating heresy.

Commercial Revolution

  • A period of European economic expansion, colonialism, and mercantilism.

Scientific Revolution

  • A period of rapid scientific advancements that transformed the way people thought about the world.

Enlightenment

  • An intellectual and philosophical movement that emphasized reason and individualism.

European Explorers

  • European explorers navigated the world, leading to increased globalization and colonialism.

Trans-Atlantic Slave Trade

  • The transportation of enslaved African people to the Americas.

Songhay Empire

  • A major West African empire that thrived in the 15th and 16th centuries.

Ottoman Empire

  • A powerful empire that controlled much of Southeast Europe, Western Asia, and North Africa.

Saffavids

  • A Shia Islamic empire that ruled Persia (modern-day Iran).

Fall of the Aztec

  • The collapse of the Aztec Empire due to Spanish conquest.

Fall of the Inca

  • The collapse of the Inca Empire due to Spanish conquest.

European conquest of the Caribbean

  • European powers colonized various islands in the Caribbean.

Treaty of Tordesillas-Colonization

  • A treaty dividing newly discovered lands between Spain and Portugal, leading to widespread colonization.

Spanish American Society

  • The social structure in Spanish colonies in the Americas, often based on race and origin.

Worldwide

  • Events that had impacts across the globe.

Mercantilism

  • An economic theory that promotes governmental regulation of a nation's economy to increase state power at the expense of rival nations.

Capitalism

  • An economic system based on private ownership of the means of production and their operation for profit.

Columbian Exchange

  • The transfer of plants, animals, culture, human populations, technology, diseases, and ideas between the Americas, West Africa, and the Old World in the 15th and 16th centuries.

International Silver Trade

  • The global trade of silver, driven by European demand for Asian goods, particularly in China.