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was a holy war fought between christians in europe and muslims in the middle east
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was a series of conflicts starting at 1337 it was a war because kingdoms wanted control of the latter kingdom
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was the ruling dynasty of china for 276 years followed by a collapse.
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The ships of Zheng's armada were as astonishing as its reach.
Zheng He was born Ma He to a Muslim family in the far southwest in today's Yunnan province. -
was a catholic and one of the worlds most famous military leaders
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The capital of the Eastern Roman Empire.
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arrived in europe by sea
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was in command of three ships and they were the Pinta,Niña, and the Santa María.
he never beleived he foughnt something new and he didnt stop till his dying day. -
Most Spanish Jews chose exile rather than the renunciation of their religion.
The Moors, the Gitanos and the Jews were all persecuted. -
sailed from Lisbon around the Cape of Good Hope and anchored at Malindi on the east coast of Africa
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The term Renaissance literally means rebirth. And is the period in European civilization immediately following the Middle Ages.
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it is used for one of the names of western hemispehere
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as one of the most significant ruling dynasties of Persia.
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is a oil painting on a popular wood panel painted by the famous artist
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Michelangelo at first refused protesting that he was a sculptor, not a painter. However, Pope Julius insisted and finally prevailed.
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his theses propounded two central beleifs.
in his theses he proclaims that humans can only reach salvation by there faith not by the deeds they do -
Magellan's voyage was the first to circle the globe. Sadly Magellan did not live to see his success.
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Took place across the Atlantic Ocean from the 16 through to the 19 centuries.
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begun in the sixth century in england
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Pizarro showed the idea of individualism by conquering the Inca Empire.
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Trento and Bologna northern Italy was one of the Roman Catholic Churchs most important ecumenical councils.
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often found his authority over ruled by local assemblies
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Elizabeth's first policy toward Scotland was to oppose the French presence there.
She was only the third queen to rule England in her own right. -
Nicolaus Copernicus was a Polish astronomer who put forth the theory that the Sun is at rest near the center of the Universe and that the Earth spinning on its axis once daily revolves annually around the Sun. This is called the heliocentric or Sun-centered system.
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presses could produce up to 240 impressions per hour.
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intellectual movement that began in the seventeenth century
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The journey to Virginia began on three ships.
America's first permanent English colony. -
He became king at the age of four on the death of his father.
known as the Sun King. -
was the last great dynastic empire to rule the region.
started with great emperors were very capable and intelligent. -
one of the most famous characters in history
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Moral and Political Philosophy.
Was an English philosopher in the 17 century -
skillful diplomat who abolished Russia's archaic form
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During the reign of Muhammad Shah the empire began to break up.
India's Mughal Empire ruled the subcontinent. -
Catherinian Era, is often considered the Golden Age of the Russian Empire.
was one of history's most unlikely rulers. -
It took 10 months for the first nine states to approve the Constitution.
The first state to ratify was Delaware. -
A watershed event in modern European history
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was a period of violence that occurred after the onset of the French Revolution.
incited by conflict between two rival political factions. -
this man conquered much of Europe in the early 19th century. he rose through the ranks of the French army.
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was the last feudal Japanese military government which existed between 1603 and 1868.
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saw himself as the savior of Europe
