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- tragedy
- serious drama
- direct democracy
- government ruled by the people
- paul
- hand a vision and began to spread and interoperate christ's teachings
- jean baptiste colbert
- minister of finance believed in mercantilism
- I ching
- book of oracles
- monotheism
- belief in one g-d
- movable type
- printer that could arrange blocks on a single page
- skepticism
- idea that nothing could ever be known for certain
- mestizo
- mixed spanish and native american population
- epics
- narrative poems
- pompeii
- roman town an eruption covered it in ash
- alexander the great
- son of phillip great accomplishments
- civil service
- administrative departments of gov
- karma
- good or bad deeds
- reincarnation
- rebirth, born again until moshaka is achieved
- icon
- religious images
- aryans
- indo-europeans who migrated to india
- louis xiv
- most powerful ruler in french history
- urban II
- read the letter that asked for help against the muslim turks
- sikh
- non violent religious group blended buddhism hinduism and sufism
- daoism
- search for knowledge, understanding of nature
- saladin
- muslim leader
- council of trent
- catholic bishops and cardinals agreed on doctrines
- augustus
- julius's title, the exalted one
- mahabharata
- great indian epic poem about the aryan struggle
- colony
- land controlled by another nation
- myths
- traditional stories
- jesuits
- members of the society of jesus
- dictator
- leader with absolute power
- westernization
- using western europe as a model for change
- suleiman the law giver
- selim the magnificent due to the splendor of his courts and achievements
- metacom
- american ruler
- joint stock company
- a modern day corporation, pooled their wealth for an economic purpose
- pizarro
- went to south america and conquered inca empire
- iconoclast
- icon breakers
- fredrick the great
- fredrick II
- presbyterian
- followers of knox (calvins ideas)
- apostle
- his 12 pupils
- attila
- leader of the huns
- specialization
- the skill development in one specific area of work
- taj mahal
- memorial of his wife mumtaz mahal
- julius caesar
- leader who brought order to rome
- schism
- split
- royal road
- trade route
- favorable balance of trade
- sold more goods than bought
- scribe
- professional record keeper
- renaissance
- rebirth in this case of art and learning
- comedy
- slapstick situations/crude humor
- indulgences
- a pardon (payment of money that let you release your sins)
- jamestown
- a settlement named after their king
- abraham
- father of the hebrew people
- bureaucracy
- trained civil service who runt the gov
- jainism
- religion were everything has a soul and should not be harmed
- islam
- monotheistic religion that started in arabia
- encomienda
- labor system
- dynastic cycle
- the decline and replacements of dynasty's
- bishop
- a priest who was the head of several churches
- diocletian
- strong willed army leader who became emperor
- homer
- blind story teller
- perspective
- indicates 3 dimensions
- centralized government
- gov were power is in 1 central authority
- french and indian war
- britian and france fight for territory
- columbian exchange
- global transfers of food, plants, and animals
- zoroaster
- persian prophet religious/reformer
- gutenberg bible
- full size book, the complete bible printed with moveable type
- qur'an
- holy book of islam
- umayyads
- dynasty that ruled the muslim empire
- republic
- government were the power rests with people
- peace of ausburg
- agreement that the religion of each german state is selected by its ruler
- jahangir
- akbars son means grasper of the world
- plato
- student of socrates, wrote the republic
- new france
- frances colonial empire in n america
- legion
- military units
- new netherland
- name of the dutch holdings in n america
- kublai khan
- chinas emperor who founded the yuan dynasty
- socrates
- a thinker, believed in absolute standards
- virgil
- poet who wrote the aeneid
- hajj
- pilgrimage to mecca preformed by muslims
- confucius
- chinas most influential scholar
- akbar
- son of babur means great one
- marco polo
- european trader
- war of the spanish succession
- war against france and spain fought by england austria duth rep portugal and some german states
- crusade
- to gain control of the holy land
- heresy
- any beliefs that contradicted basic teachings
- patrician
- aristocratic landowners
- constantine
- roman emperor
- mercenary
- foreign soldier who fought for money
- filial piety
- respect for ones elders
- pax romana
- roman peace
- moses
- led the Jews out of slavery
- hellenistic
- blend of greek, persian, indian, and egyptian
- capitalism
- economic system based on private ownership and investment of wealth for profit
- monopoly
- groups exclusive control on distribution of goods
- puritans
- created a colony near mass bay
- cabinet
- group of gov ministers
- mosque
- islamic place of worship
- aristotle
- questioned the nature of the world, human belief, thought, and knowledge
- satrap
- governors who ruled locally
- vedas
- 4 collections of sacred writings from the aryans
- pope
- father/head of the church
- muslim
- followers of muhammed
- justinian code
- code- 5000 roman laws digest- quoted and summarized opinions of romes greatest legal thinkers institutes- text book noveellae- new laws
- mercantilism
- countries power depends on its wealth
- allah
- g-d n arabic
- absolute ruler
- monarch who believed they had the power
- trojan war
- fought for 10 years because a kings wife was stolen
- archimedes
- found pi
- religious toleration
- recognition of peoples rights to have different beliefs
- humanism
- focused on human potential and achievements
- civilization
- advanced cities, specialized workers, complex institutions, record keeping, advanced technology
- triumvirate
- group of 3 rulers
- restoration
- needed to restore the monarchy
- asoka
- mauyra's grandson ruler who brought empire to great heights
- brahmin
- members of social class made up by priests
- gladiator
- professional fighter
- cortes
- landed in mexico and colonized several Caribbean islands
- colossus of rhodes
- largest hellenistic sculpture
- tactus
- roman historian
- convent
- promise between g-d and the hebrews
- philosophers
- lovers of wisdom (thinkers)
- hijrah
- muhammeds migration from mecca to medina
- cardinal richelieu
- ruler of france
- matriarchal
- society were mother is the head of the family
- mandate of heaven
- the divine approval
- torah
- hebrew bible consisted of 5 books
- legalism
- practical political thinkers powerful gov
- 30 year war
- conflict of religion territory and power
- anglican
- church of england
- english civil war
- supporters and opponents of the king fought the war
- aqueduct
- brought water to cities and towns
- printing press
- machine press paper against a full tray of ink and movable type
- montezuma II
- aztec emperor
- seven year war
- every european power was in the war
- predestination
- your fate is made at birth
- tribune
- reps. who protect the rights of the plebeians
- sunna
- and islamic model of living based on muhammeds teachings
- senate
- aristocratic branch of gov
- colombus
- discovered america
- oracle bone
- animal bones and tortoise shells that answered questions from the kings
- plebeian
- common farmers, artisans, and merchants
- phillip II
- king of spain
- consul
- 2 officials run gov. and army
- commercial revolution
- new business and trade practices
- shah jahan
- grandson of akbar a cultured man
- muhammed
- started islam
- inflation
- drastic drop in value along with rising prices
- maria theresa
- heir of all hapsburg territories
- siddhartha gautama
- founder of buddhism sought enlightenment
- constitutional monarchy
- law that limit the rulers power
- greco roman culture
- classic civilization
- excommunication
- declared an outcast of the church
- aurangzeb
- ruler
- alaric
- king who attack rome
- euclid
- invented geometry
- patriarchal
- society were father is the head of the family
- vernacular
- native language
- cuneiform
- wedged shaped, symbols of objects
- glorious revolution
- the bloodless overthrow of James II
- lutheran
- followers of luther
- protestant
- christians who belonged to non catholic groups
- reformation
- movement for religious reform
- anababtist
- the person has to be old enough to decide to be a christian
- reconquista
- long effort to drive the muslims out of spain
- absolute ruler
- leader with all the power
- conquistadors
- spanish explorers
- utopia
- a book and ideal place
- assimilation
- adaption of conquered peoples culture
- catholic reformation
- movement to help catholics remain loyal
- caliph
- supreme religious and political leader
- richard the lion hearted
- english king
- constantinople
- city of constantine
- bronze age
- time were bronze was used
- patron
- a person who supports the arts financially
- hannibal
- carthaginian general
- caste
- class of people who settled in india
- cyrillic alphabet
- an alphabet for writing slavic languages
- secular
- worldly concern with the here and now
- nirvana
- the release of pain and suffering
- civil war
- fight between groups in the same country
- habeas corpus
- gave prisoners the right to go before a judge
- peter the great
- sole ruler of russia
- han dynasty
- dynasty of china
- hagia sophia
- holy wisdom was a church
- patriarch
- leading bishop of the east
- calvinism
- religion based on clavins teachings that men and women are sinful by nature
- palestine
- where the phoenicians lived (Mediterranean)
- peter
- one of the apostles who spread the teachings of jesus
- pilgrims
- colonist found 2nd english colony plymouth
- divine right
- g-d created the monarchy and and the monarch was a rep of g-d on earth
- genghis khan
- leader of the clans who conquered most of asia
- charles I
- king of england and always needed money
- sharia
- body of law that governs the lives of the muslims
- gentry
- powerful well to do people
- oliver cronwell
- general who won the war
- diaspora
- dispersal of the jews
- annul
- to set aside or cancel
- scipio
- roman general who attacked carthage
- phillip II
- king of macedonia wanted to conquer greece
- jesus
- prophet, started christianity