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- jizya
- a per capita tax imposed on non muslim adult males in states ruled by islamic law in order to freely worship
- blance of power
- a political situation in which no one nation is powerful enough to pose a threat to others
- nationalism
- the belive that people should be loyal mainly yo there nation
- Marie Antoinette
- French Queen and wife of Louis XVI member of the royal family of Austria
- Louis XVI
- Bourbon King during the French Revolution, beaheaded during the Reign of Terror
- Ottoman
- follower of Osman
- Factory Act of 1819
- First factory act in brittian to exert some control over child labor in factory cities
- nation-state
- a political state whose people should be loyal mainly
- Declaration of Independence
- Written by Thomas Jefferson, reflected ideas of John Locke and the Enlightenment
- middle class
- a social class made up of skilled workers, professionals, buissnesspeople, and wealthy farmers
- Old Regime
- The social and political system in France consisting of three estates
- osman
- know as the most succesful warrior (ghazi) built a small muslim stat in anatolia between 1300-1326.
- Timur the Lame
- named due to an injury by an arrow in the leg
- Isma'il
- In 1499, at the age of 12, seized most of what is now Iran
- mausoleum
- a large tomb or building containing tombs
- industrialization
- the developement of industries for the machine production of goods
- James Watt
- Scottish mathematician who designed an effective steam engine
- Charles 1
- Stuart King of England, beheaded after the English Civil War
- habeas corpus
- a document requiring that a prisoner be brought before court or judge so that it can be decided whether his or her imprionment is legal
- Enclosure
- one of the fenced in or hedged-in feilds created by wealthy British landowners
- constitutional monarchy
- a system of governing in which the ruler's power is limited by law/constitution
- william and Mary
- King and Queen of England after the Glourious Revolution; ruled under a limited monarchy
- Roundheads
- Puritan supporters of Parliment, fighting the English Civil War from 1642-1649
- millets
- separte leagal courts pertaining to personal law under which minorities were allowed to rule themselves
- Oliver Cromwell
- Puritan general in English Civil War became military dictator in 1653
- factors of production
- the resources-including land, labor and captial- that are needed to produce goods and services
- Glourious Revolution
- bloodless overthrow of the English king James II and his replacement by William and Mary
- Safivid
- Safavid Empire, a Shi'ite Muslim dynasty that ruled in persia
- Mehmed II
- also called mehmed the conqueror
- urbanization
- the growth of cities and the migrationof people into them
- Esfahan
- Shah Abbas built this new capital for the Safavid culture
- Shah Abbas
- Also Known as Abbas the Great, took the throne in 1587 and helped create the Safavid culture
- Restoration
- when England restored the monarchy by brining Charles II to the throne
- Mughal
- One of the nomads who invaded the Indian subcontinent in the 16th century
- Jacobin
- Supporters of the San-culottes and extreme radicals who formed the moutian
- radical
- a european who favored drastic change to extend demoracy
- the balkans
- the region of southeastern eurpoe now occupied by Greece
- concert of Europe
- a serise of alliances among European nations in the 19th centuries
- Shah
- Hereditary monarch of Iran
- devshirme
- the policy of taking boys from conquered christian peoples to be trained as muslim soldiers
- Industrial Revolution
- the shift, beginning I Englandduring the 18th century
- Petition of Right
- document signed by Charles I in 1628, which limited the monarchs power
- conservative
- in the first half of the 19th century a european, mainly wealthy
- Bill of Rights
- The first ten amendments to the U.S Constituion, which proctect citzens basic rights and freedoms
- constantinople (1453 conquest)
- conquered by mehmed ll considered the most dramtic feat in ottoman history
- ghazi
- a warrior of Islam
- Reign of Terror
- The period, from mid-1794, whenRobespierre ruled France nearly as a dictator and thousands of political figures
- Babur
- 11 year old boy who inherited a kingdom that is now Uzbekistan and Tajikistan
- byzantine empire
- non muslim religious communities permitted to follow their own religious laws and practices.
- janissary
- a member of an elite force of soldiers in the ottoman empire made up of christian slaves
- English Civil War
- a conflict, lasting from 1642 to 1649, in which puritian supporters of parliment battled supporters of England's monarchy
- Eli Whitney
- American incentor who created a machine that removed seeds from cotton
- Suleyman the Lawqiver
- also known as Suleyman the magnificent
- legitimacy
- the hereditary right of a moonarch to rule
- liberal
- in the first half of the 19th century a european-mainly wealty landowners
- factory
- a large building in which nachinery is used to manufacture goods
- sultan
- title for Ottoman rulers during the rise of the Ottoman Empire
- Sikh
- member of a nonviolent religious group whose beliefs blend elements of buddhism
- Shah Jahan
- son of Jahangir, seized throne by assassinating rivals
- federal system
- A system of government in which power is divided between a central authority and a number of individual states
- infidel
- one who doesnt beleive in a certain religion.
- cabinet
- a group of advisors or ministers chosen by the head of a country to help make government decisions
- Akbar
- Babur's grandson, Greatest One,
- holy alliance
- a leauge of European nations formed by the leaders of russia, austria
- Checkes and Balances
- Measures designed to prevent any one branch of government from dominating the others
- crop rotation
- the systemof growing a differant crop in a feild each year to preserve the fertility of the land
- entrepeneur
- a person who organizes, manages and takes on the risk of a business
- Congress of Vienna
- a series of meetings in 1814-1815, during which the European leaders sought to establish long-lasting peace
- Alexander II
- son of czar nicholas hoped to move Russia towardmodernization and social change
- Russification
- the proccess of forcing Russian culture on all ethical groups in the russia Empire