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Industrial revolution |
- 1760 to 1840 - transition to new manufacturing processes - Water power, steam engines, factory system, assembly line - Began in the United Kingdom |
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The Forbidden City |
- 1420 to 1912 - Chinese imperial palace from the Ming dynasty to the end of the Qing dynasty - Built by Yongle Emperor Zhu Di (also 24 the Emperors) - Currently a UNESCO world heritage site due to Chinese architecture |
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Mughal Empire |
- started in 1526 - Babur's victory over Ibrahim Lodi considered the starting point - Eastern part of Islamic Empire (india, Pakistan, Afghanistan) |
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Janissaries |
- Sultan Murad I created the force in 1383 - Consisted of captured Christian boys - Extremely disciplined - they were the elite fighting force - Sophisticated fighting style - Depicted the powerof the Safavid Empire |
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Qing Dynasty |
- 1616-1912 - Manchus originally pastoral nomads, north of Great Wall - Chieftan Nurchaci unifies tribes into state, develops laws, military - Establishes control over Korea, Mongolia, China - Manchus forbid intermarriage, study of Manchu language by Chinese, force Manchu hairstyles as sign of loyalty - Last dynasty before the modern Republic of China |
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Maximilien Robespierre |
- Influential figure in the Reign of Terror - "the incorruptible" leader of "committee of public safety" - Leader of Jacobin party in the French Revolution (1789 until 1799) - Believed in the philosophies of the Enlightenment IE Rousseau, Montisque |
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American Civil War |
- 1861 - 1865 - War between north and south - Abraham lincoln opposed slavery - Drastically changed laws and economic structure of both the north and the south - Gettysburg, Antietam, Shiloh -- largest loss of human life |
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Sugar Industry |
- Growing popularity of sugar in European markets - Prices are rising through the 1500s - Sugar Industry is developed in Brazil and Caribbean - Financed by European capitalists - Supported by slave trade |
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Enlightenment |
-Period of revolutionary ideas coming out of Europe during the 1800s - The principle goals of Enlightenment thinkers were Liberty, Progress, Reason, Tolerance, and ending abuses of the church state - Paved the way for American and French Revolutions - Famous thinkers: Rouseau, Descartes, Locke, Hobbes |
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Slave Trade |
- Supported by triangular Trade and middle passage - 16th through 19th century - Slave bought or kidnapped from Africa - Companies like the Royal African Company based out of London responsible for majority of the trade - Slaves sold as property in South America, Caribbean and north America |
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John Locke |
- Famous enlightenment thinker - "father of classic Liberalism" - Created the concept of the "social contract" - Dealt with "natural rights of man" - born in 17 hundreds - |
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Scientific Revolution |
-"On the Revolutions of the heavenly Spheres" by Nicolas Copernicus considered the start of the scientific revolution 1543 - Developments in mathematics, physics, astronomy biology - Paved the way for enlightenment and industrial revolution |
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Columbian Exchange |
-Widespread transfer of animals, plants, culture, disease, human populations, technology and ideas between the Americas, Europe and Africa - Started with Columbus in 1492 - One of the early signs of greater globalization |
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Age of Exploation |
- Loosely defined European historical period from the 15th century to the 18th century - Dutch, english, Spanish, French, Portuguese colonists travelled to trade and take over foreign lands - Byproduct of invesetor funding and technological advances - Areas such as the Americas,Africa, and India were travelled to by the Europeans - IE columbus |
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Absolute Monarchy |
-An absolute monarch wields unrestriced political power over the sovereign state and its people - Power passed on through family - "divine right of kings" god put the kings in power - Exammple louis the 14th - "i am the state" - He built Versailiess - Enlightenment was opposed to these concepts |
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Martin Luther |
- Seminal figure in the protestant revolution - Initially an Augustian friar - Nailed "95 thesis's" to the door of a church proclaiming the problems with the catholic church - First large split in thinking from the catholic church |
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Reformation |
- Started by martin luthers 95 thesis's - split from the catholic church - Min point was to oppose the selling of Indulgences/ foundation of saints is not evident in the bible - 16th century |
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Ottoman Empire |
-1299 by Oghuz Turks under Osman I -controlled vast territories in Europe and middle east - Murad 1st created Islamic caliphate - Murad and Suleiman the Magnificent most famous sultans - ended in 1922 |
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Karl Marx |
- German philosopher, economist, sociologist, journalist and revolutionary socialist. - Wrote Communist Manifesto - born in 1818 |
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Declaration of Independence |
-Created June–July 1776 - Document stating independence from British Empire |
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Napoleon Bonaparte |
-1769 – 5 May 1821 - French military and political leader who rose to prominence during the French Revolution - Emporer from 1804 until 1814 |
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Colonial Economy in the Americas |
- Commodity based economy (furs, tobacco, cotton, indigo) |
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Britain in South Asia |
- Colonized Philipines and India - East india Company |
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Nationalism |
- The strong belief that the interests of a particular nation-state are of primary importance. |
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Popular Racism |
- when people were put in Zoos |
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Berlin West Africa Conference |
- The general act of the Conference of Berlin declared the Congo River basin to be neutral (a fact that in no way deterred the Allies from extending the war into that area in World War I); guaranteed freedom for trade and shipping for all states in the basin |
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Archduke Ferdinand |
- His assassination in Sarajevo precipitated Austria-Hungary's declaration of war against Serbia. - Started first world war |
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Central Powers/Triple Entente |
- Alliance between Russia, France, and England during the first world war |
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Treaty Of Versailles |
-one of the peace treaties at the end of World War I. It ended the state of war between Germany and the Allied Powers. It was signed on 28 June 1919, exactly five years after the assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand. |
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Russian Revolution |
- Bolsheviks vs Tsar Nicholas (1917) |
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Influenza Pandemic of 1918 |
- killed between 20 and 40 million people. It has been cited as the most devastating epidemic in recorded world history. |
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League of Nations/United Nations |
- coalition of nations to protect against world wars - league of nations created in January 1920 as a result of the Paris Peace Conference - UN was established on 24 October 1945 after World War II in order to prevent another world war |
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Lost Generation |
-The "Lost Generation" was the generation that came of age during World War I. The term was popularized by Ernest Hemingway, who used it as one of two contrasting epigraphs for his novel, The Sun Also Rises |
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The Great Depression |
- took place during the 1930s -longest, deepest, and most widespread depression of the 20th century |
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The New Deal |
- The New Deal was a series of domestic programs enacted in the United States between 1933 and 1938 by FDR - created to bolster economic activity and get out of the Great depression |
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Communism |
- a social, political, and economic ideology and movement whose ultimate goal is the establishment of the communist society, which is a socioeconomic order structured upon the common ownership of the means of production and goods |
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Stalin |
- leader of the Soviet Union from the mid-1920s until his death in 1953. |
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Fascism |
- an authoritarian and nationalistic right-wing system of government and social organization |
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Rape of Nanjing |
- December of 1937, the Japanese Imperial Army marched into China's capital city of Nanking and proceeded to murder 300,000 out of 600,000 civilians and soldiers in the city - 20,000 women were raped |
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Munich Conference of Sept. 1938 |
- Munich Agreement was a settlement permitting Nazi Germany's annexation of portions of Czechoslovakia along the country's borders -September 1938 |
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Holocaust |
- mass genocide of jewish peoples during nazi germany |
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Pearl Harbor |
- a surprise military strike by the Imperial Japanese Navy against the United States naval base atPearl Harbor, in the United States Territory of Hawaii, on the morning of December 7, 1941 |
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Japanese Internment Camps |
- forced relocation and incarceration during World War II of between 110,000 and 120,000[2] people of Japanese ancestry who lived on the Pacific coast in camps in the interior of the country. |
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Hiroshima |
- On Monday, August 6, 1945, at 8:15 a.m., the nuclear bomb "Little Boy" was dropped on Hiroshima |
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Nato/Warsaw Pact |
-In 1949, the prospect of further Communist expansion prompted the United States and 11 other Western nations to form the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO). The Soviet Union and its affiliated Communist nations in Eastern Europe founded a rival alliance, the Warsaw Pact, in 1955. |
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Cold War |
- 1947–91 - Non-violent conflict between united states and russia |
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Gandhi |
- 1869 – 30 January 1948 - preeminent leader of the Indian independence movement in British-ruled India. Employing nonviolent civil disobedience, Gandhi led India to independence and inspired movements for civil rights and freedom across the world. |
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Decolonization |
- the undoing of colonialism, where a nation establishes and maintains its domination over dependent territories. - associated with european powers |
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Berlin Wall |
- Wall between western and eastern Germany - 1961 to 1989 |
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Globalization |
- a process of interaction and integration among the people, companies, and governments of different nations, a process driven by international trade and investment and aided by information technology. |
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Iraq war |
- armed conflict that began with the 2003 invasion of Iraq by a United States-led coalition. The invasion regime toppled the government of Saddam Hussein. |
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Osama Bin Laden |
- the founder of al-Qaeda, the organization that claimed responsibility for the September 11 attacks on the United States |
