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80 Cards in this Set
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Francisco de Paula Santander
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Vice president of Gran Colombia, (1792-1840)
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Sinan Pasha
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Architect of Suleymaniye at Istanbul, (1489-1588)
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Matteo Ricci
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Italian Jesuit Missionary to Ming China, (1552-1612)
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Klemens von Metternich
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Austrian foreign minister, leader of Congress of Vienna, (1773-1858)
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Frederich Engels
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Co-author of Communist Manifesto, (1820-1895)
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Karl Marx
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Co-author of Communist Manifesto, (1818-1883)
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George Stephenson
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Inventor of the Rocket, (1781-1848)
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Prince Albert
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England, Encouraged parliament to allow Crystal Palace, (1819-1861)
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Galileo Galilei
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Tuscan astronomer, physicist, and philosopher, proponent of heliocentric theory, (1564-1642)
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Simon Bolivar
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Libertador de Sur America, President of Gran Colombia, (1783-1830)
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Antonio Lopez de Santa Ana
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Mexican Caudillo, (1794-1876)
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Augustin de Iturbide
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Creole General, Liberator of Mexico, (1783-1824)
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Juan Facundo Quiroga
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Argentine Caudillo, (1788-1835)
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Juan Miguel de Rosas
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Argentine Caudillo, Machiavelli & Nero, (1793-1877)
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Pedro Alvares Cabral
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Discovered Brasil, (1467-1520)
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Bartolome de las Casas
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Spanish advocate for the protection of indigenous peoples, (1484-1566)
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Francisco Pizarro
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Spanish conquistador, conqueror of the Incas, established Lima, Peru, (1475-1541)
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Hernando Cortes
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Spanish conquistador, conqueror of the Aztecs, (1485-1547)
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Qianlong
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Chinese emperor during the Qing "pure" dynasty, philosopher, (1736-1795)
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Yongle
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Ming emperor, exploration, (R. 1403-1424)
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Zheng He
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aka Cheng Ho and Ma Sabao, Chinese Muslim eunuch admiral, seven maritime expeditions, (1371-1453)
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Wanli
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Ming Emperor of China, religious tolerance, (1563-1620)
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Suleyman the Magnificent
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"Lawgiver" Ottoman Emperor, led empire to its zenith, (R. 1520-1566)
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Shah Jahan
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Mughal emperor, built Taj Mahal, (1592-1666)
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Shah Abbas the Great
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Safavid emperor, moved capital from Tabriz to Isfahan, (R. 1588-1629)
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Safi al-Din
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Leader of Sufi religious order, Shah Ismail claimed descent from his line, (1252-1334)
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Osman
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founder of Ottoman empire, founder of Ghazi, (1258-1326)
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Ismail
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founder of Safavid empire, leader of Qizilbash, 12er shiism, (R. 1501-1524)
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Babur
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aka Zahir al-Din Muhammad, "the tiger", founder of Mughal ("mongol") empire, (1483-1530)
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Akbar
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grandson of Babur, "Divine Faith", Fatehpur Sikri, (1542-1605)
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King Pedro IV
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Kind of Kongo during Antonian Rebelion, (R. 1694-1710)
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Dona Beatriz
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leader of the Antonian cult in the Kongo, (1684-1706)
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Sunni Ali
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consolidated the Songhay empire, (R. 1464-1493)
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Queen Nzinga
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Queen of Angola, fought off colonists, (R. 1625-1665)
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Francois Dominique Toussaint
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"Louverture" leader of Haitian slave rebellion, (1744-1803)
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Songhay Empire
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15th-16th centuries, consolodated by Sunni Ali
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Volta do Mar
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mid 15th century, "return through the sea"
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Fatehpur Sikri
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1569-1585, Akbar
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Taj Mahal
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1632-1649, Shah Jahan
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Capitulations
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started 16th century, reached height in 19th century
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Arawaks move from Orinoco River Valley to Carribean
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900 BC
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Civil War between whites and gens de couleur begins
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may 1791
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Haitian slave rebellion begins
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august 1791
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Haiti formed
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late 1803
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Haiti named
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January 1, 1804
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Constitution of Gran Colombia
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1821
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Gran Colombia disbanded
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1830
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decline of Tainos
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c. 1518
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Tready of Tordesillas
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June 7, 1494
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Cabral discovers Brasil
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1500
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"New Laws" against brutality
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1542
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Congress of Vienna
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October 1, 1814-June 9, 1815
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Peace of Paris
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May 30, 1814
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Communist Manifesto
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1848
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French Revolution
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1789-1799
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Storming of the Bastille
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June 14, 1789
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Louis XIV comes to the throne
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1661
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Edict of Fontainebleu
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1685
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The Rocket
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1829
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Crystal Palace
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1851
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Crystal Palace moved
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1852
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Crystal Palace burned down
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1936
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Dialogue off blacklist
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1822
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100 years war
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1337-1453
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Ismail begins raids on Ottoman lands
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1507
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Ismail conquers Tabriz
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1501
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Battle of Chaldiran
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1514
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Mahmud orders massacre of Janissaries
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1826
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1st wall of China
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208 BC, Qin dynasty
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2nd wall of China
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1st century BC, Han dynasty
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3rd wall of China
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1138-1198, 5 dynasties and 10 kingdoms period
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4th wall of China
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1368-1620, Ming Dynasty
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6 Records of a Floating Life
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1809
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1st plantation society established @ Haiti
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1516
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Haitian Constitution
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1801
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Angolan Independence
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1975
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Moroccan army invades Songhay empire with guns
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1591
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King Pedro has Dona Beatriz burned at the stake for heresy
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1706
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Antonian Rebellion
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1708
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Taj Mahal
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1632-1649, Shah Jahan
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