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- taj mahal
- built by shah jahan in india to enshrine his wifes memory after she died at the age of 39
- Christopher columbus a genoese
- a genoese sea captain who in 1492 sailed across atlantic in search for an alternate trade route to asia
- ming dynasty
- a chinese dynasty that ruled from 1368-1644
- "God,glory,gold"
- primary motives for exploration
- devshrime
- in the ottoman empire policy of taking boys from conquered christian peoples to be trsained as muslim soldiers
- daimyo
- a japanese feudal lord who commanded a private army of samurai
- sikh
- member of a nonviolent religious group whose beliefs blend elements with buddhism
- montezuma
- aztec emperor invaded by hernando cortes and his forces
- atahulapa
- incan king kidnapped by francisco pizzaroin 1532
- ismail
- in 1499 at the age of 12 seized most of what is now iran
- mehmed ll
- also mehemd the coqueror Murads son conquered constantinople
- shah
- heredity monarch of iran
- ghazi
- warrior of islam
- puritans
- group of people who sought freedom froom religious persecution in england by founding a colony at massacheusetts
- vasco dagama
- portrugese explorer credited with giving portragul a direct route to india
- jamestown
- a virginia colony settled by the english in 1607
- qing dynasty
- chinas last dynasty which ruled from1644-1912
- safavid
- shihite muslim dynasty that ruled in persia between 16th and 18th centuries
- aurangzeb
- 3rd son of shah jahan of mughal empire in india
- shah jahan
- son of jahangir seized throne by assassinating rivals
- colony
- land controlled by another nation
- Byzantine empire
- non-muslim religious communities permitted to follow their own religious lawsand practices
- bartolomeu diias
- an early portruguese explorer known for his staement about his motives
- tokugawa shogumate
- dynasty of shoguns that ruled and unified japan from 1603-1867
- timar the lame
- named due to an injury by an arrow in the leg, He burned what is now the city of Bagdahd
- pilgrims
- a groupof people in 1620 founded the of plymouth in massacheusetts to escape religious persecuiton in englannd
- caravel
- sturdier than earlier shipa triangular sails adopted from the arabs helped vessel to sail effectively against the wind
- mercantilism
- an economic policy under which nations sought to increase their wealth and powerby obtaing large amounts of gold and silver
- zheng he
- a chinese muslim admiral led all seven voyages of explloration under the ming dynasty
- encomienda
- a grant of land nade by to a selter in the american
- line of demarcation
- an imaginary longitude or north-south dividing line drawn by pope alexander 6
- conquistadors
- spanish soldiers, explorers, and forune hunters
- nnew netherland
- dicovered by Henry Hudson
- favorable balance of trade
- an economic situation in which a country sells more goods abroad than it buys from abroad
- prince henry called the "navigator"
- called the "navigator" for his role on promoting portruguses explorations
- compass
- an instrument for determinging directions
- ottoman
- follower of Osman
- janisarry
- member of elite force of soldiers
- suleyman the law giver (suleyman the magnificent)
- credited with great military leadership as well as implementing a highly structured social organization
- millets
- seperate legal courts pertaining to presonal law
- dutch east india company
- a company found by the dutch in early 17th century
- metacom
- also know as king philip (native american ruler)
- shah abbas
- took throne i 1587 and helped create safavid culture
- sultan
- overlord or one with power title for ottoman rulers
- Constantinople
- conquered by mehemd ll considered the most dramtic defeat in ottoman history
- francisco pizzaro
- spanish conquistador who in 1532 conquered incan empire
- astrolabe
- a brass circle with carefullt adjusted rings marked off in degrees
- mughal
- one of the nomads who invaded the indian subcontinent in the 16th century
- mestizo
- person of mixed spanish and native american ancestry
- manchus
- a poeple native to manchuria who ruled who ruled china during the qing dynasty
- tenochtitlan
- aztec capital where hernando cortes and his fellow conquistadirs convinced the aztec emperor to share empires gold supply
- joint stock company
- a business in which invetord poo; their wealth for a common purpose
- eafahan
- new capital built for the new safavid culture built by shah abbas
- jacques cartier
- French explorer who in 1534 is credited for discovering montreal and st. lawrence river
- french and indian war
- a conflict between britain and france for control of territory in north america lasting from 1754-1763
- hernando cortes
- a spaniard who in 1519 landed on the shores of mexico
- babur
- 11 yr old boy who inherited a kingdom (brilliant leader)
- columbian exchange
- global transfer of plants, animals, and diseases that occurred during european coloniztion of the americas
- treaty of tordesillias
- a 1494 agreement between potragul and spain
- infidel
- one who doesnt belive in certain religion
- akbar
- barburs grandson "greatest one" indian ruler from 1556-1605
- jizya
- a per capita tax imposed on non-muslim adult males in states ruled by islamiclaw
- capatilism
- economic base system based on private ownership and on the inveatment of money
- mausoleum
- large tomb or building containing tombs
- new france
- the base of frances colonial empire in norht america quebec founded in 1608
- osman
- known as most successful warrior ghazi