Ap 2 Ch15 The West And The Changing World Balance_Vocabulary

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Ottoman Turks

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Turkic people who advanced from strongholds in Asia Minor during 1350s; conquered large part of Balkans; unified under Mehmed I; captured Constantinople in 1453; established empire from Balkans that included most of Arab world.

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Ibn-Rushd

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Famous muslim philosopher who set out to tell the world of his philosophies

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Destruction of Philosophy

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THe time period whenphilosophy was stagnate

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Ming Dynasty

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Succeeded Mongol Yuan dynasty in China in 1368; lasted until 1644; initially mounted huge trade expeditions to southern Asia and elsewhere, but later concentrated efforts on internal development within China

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Cheng Ho

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Admiral (a Moslim Chinese) who commanded the great Indian Ocean expeditions, between 1405 and 1433.

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Beijing

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Disputed area during this time period now a part of modern day china

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Black Death

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Plague that struck Europe in 14th century; significantly reduced Europe's population; affected social structure.

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Hundred Years' war

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Conflict between England and France from 1337 to 1453; fought over lands England possessed in France and feudal rights versus the emerging claims of national states.

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Ottoman Empire

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urkic empire established in Asia Minor and eventually extending throughout Middle East; responsible for conquest of Constantinople and end of Byzantine Empire in 1453; succeeded Seljuk Turks following retreat of Mongols.

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Renissance

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Cultural and political movement in western Europe; began in Italy c. 1400; rested on urban vitality and expanding commerce; featured a literature and art with distinctly more secular priorities than those of the Middle Ages.

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Francesco Petrarch

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One of the major literary figures of the Western Renaissance; an Italian author and humanist.

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Giotto

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Famous Italian Painter

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Christopher Columbus

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Genoese captain in service of king and queen of Castile and Aragon; successfully sailed to New World and returned in 1492; initiated European discoveries in Americas.

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Iberian Peninsula

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Peninsula on which spain and portugal are located

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Inquisition

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A question

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Vivaldis

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Two Genoese brothers who attempted to find a Western route to the "Indies"; disappeared in 1291; precursors of thrust into southern Atlantic.