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Hongwu Emperor was first monarch -
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The revival of Confucianist views, norms and practices, starting in the Tang dynasty but proliferating in the Song and Ming dynasties -
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Zheng He was commander of maritime explorations in this period in China -
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Chinese imperial palace that existed during the Ming through the Qing dynasty -
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He also created a new type of ship, the caraval that allowed more African exploration and was used by Christopher Columbus -
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The link(s) between Africa, the Americas and Europe -
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1st king of Songhai Empire -
Historian, "founder of modern political science"
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First to develop heliocentric theory of the universe
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Intended to maintain orthodoxy of Catholics who converted from Islam and Judaism
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Conquistador who led an expedition that led to the fall of the Aztec empire
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The first European to reach this point in Africa
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Not trade so much as the exchange of animals, diseases, etc. -
colonization established
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Clearly, he didn't quite get where he thought he did
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The first to link Asia and Europe by an ocean route
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The forced and voluntary spreading of African people due to the slave trade. -
He was king until 1524
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Reigned during first contact of indigenous people of Mesoamerica and Europe -
Founder of Christianity subset known as "Calvinism"
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Ottomans beat the Safavid. Wooooo!
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Colonized and used for slavery and production of goods
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Longest reigning sultan of the Ottoman Empire
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Lead expeditions that conquered the Inca Empire, captured and held atahualpa
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Used as labor force to produce goods and crops -
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Last emperor of Inca empire before Spanish conquering -
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Loyola, a priest and theologian, established this Society of Jesus
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Prompted by the Protestant Reformation's impact on the Catholic Church -
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Prompted by the 30 year war between Hugenots and Catholics -
Key figure in the introduction of European ideas to China through the Jesuits
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He became the 3rd emperor of the Mughal Empire on Valentine's Day!
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A huge contributor to the Scientific Revolution
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Believed that the only effective government style was total monarchy
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From this point, the empire only remained static/got smaller -
a private trade company accounting for half of world's trade
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Feudal Japanese government lead by a shogun -
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Founder of Tokugawa Shogunate -
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Began with Jamestown -
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The first colony of England in the Americas
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Key figure in the Enlightenment movement, "father of liberalism", first to describe self as consciousness
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Also called "Rangaku," it's the knowledge developed in Japan through the Dutch in their trade post -
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Monarch of France -
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Led by Manchu people
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4th emperor of Qing Dynasty, Longest reigning emperor in Chinese history
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Those who did believe thought that if new scientific knowledge was applied, society could reach "Enlightenment." -
Writer, philosopher, advocated for freedom of religion and speech and the separation of Church and state.
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author, philosopher, composer
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Alaska used for furs -
6th emperor of Qing dynasty
Kangxi's grandson
Qing dyansty most prosperous under him -
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Oh my god everyone was fighting -
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Essentially sparked the takeoff of the Protestant Reformation