World Civ Midterm
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- Francisco de Paula Santander
- Vice president of Gran Colombia, (1792-1840)
- Sinan Pasha
- Architect of Suleymaniye at Istanbul, (1489-1588)
- Matteo Ricci
- Italian Jesuit Missionary to Ming China, (1552-1612)
- Klemens von Metternich
- Austrian foreign minister, leader of Congress of Vienna, (1773-1858)
- Frederich Engels
- Co-author of Communist Manifesto, (1820-1895)
- Karl Marx
- Co-author of Communist Manifesto, (1818-1883)
- George Stephenson
- Inventor of the Rocket, (1781-1848)
- Prince Albert
- England, Encouraged parliament to allow Crystal Palace, (1819-1861)
- Galileo Galilei
- Tuscan astronomer, physicist, and philosopher, proponent of heliocentric theory, (1564-1642)
- Simon Bolivar
- Libertador de Sur America, President of Gran Colombia, (1783-1830)
- Antonio Lopez de Santa Ana
- Mexican Caudillo, (1794-1876)
- Augustin de Iturbide
- Creole General, Liberator of Mexico, (1783-1824)
- Juan Facundo Quiroga
- Argentine Caudillo, (1788-1835)
- Juan Miguel de Rosas
- Argentine Caudillo, Machiavelli & Nero, (1793-1877)
- Pedro Alvares Cabral
- Discovered Brasil, (1467-1520)
- Bartolome de las Casas
- Spanish advocate for the protection of indigenous peoples, (1484-1566)
- Francisco Pizarro
- Spanish conquistador, conqueror of the Incas, established Lima, Peru, (1475-1541)
- Hernando Cortes
- Spanish conquistador, conqueror of the Aztecs, (1485-1547)
- Qianlong
- Chinese emperor during the Qing "pure" dynasty, philosopher, (1736-1795)
- Yongle
- Ming emperor, exploration, (R. 1403-1424)
- Zheng He
- aka Cheng Ho and Ma Sabao, Chinese Muslim eunuch admiral, seven maritime expeditions, (1371-1453)
- Wanli
- Ming Emperor of China, religious tolerance, (1563-1620)
- Suleyman the Magnificent
- "Lawgiver" Ottoman Emperor, led empire to its zenith, (R. 1520-1566)
- Shah Jahan
- Mughal emperor, built Taj Mahal, (1592-1666)
- Shah Abbas the Great
- Safavid emperor, moved capital from Tabriz to Isfahan, (R. 1588-1629)
- Safi al-Din
- Leader of Sufi religious order, Shah Ismail claimed descent from his line, (1252-1334)
- Osman
- founder of Ottoman empire, founder of Ghazi, (1258-1326)
- Ismail
- founder of Safavid empire, leader of Qizilbash, 12er shiism, (R. 1501-1524)
- Babur
- aka Zahir al-Din Muhammad, "the tiger", founder of Mughal ("mongol") empire, (1483-1530)
- Akbar
- grandson of Babur, "Divine Faith", Fatehpur Sikri, (1542-1605)
- King Pedro IV
- Kind of Kongo during Antonian Rebelion, (R. 1694-1710)
- Dona Beatriz
- leader of the Antonian cult in the Kongo, (1684-1706)
- Sunni Ali
- consolidated the Songhay empire, (R. 1464-1493)
- Queen Nzinga
- Queen of Angola, fought off colonists, (R. 1625-1665)
- Francois Dominique Toussaint
- "Louverture" leader of Haitian slave rebellion, (1744-1803)
- Songhay Empire
- 15th-16th centuries, consolodated by Sunni Ali
- Volta do Mar
- mid 15th century, "return through the sea"
- Fatehpur Sikri
- 1569-1585, Akbar
- Taj Mahal
- 1632-1649, Shah Jahan
- Capitulations
- started 16th century, reached height in 19th century
- Arawaks move from Orinoco River Valley to Carribean
- 900 BC
- Civil War between whites and gens de couleur begins
- may 1791
- Haitian slave rebellion begins
- august 1791
- Haiti formed
- late 1803
- Haiti named
- January 1, 1804
- Constitution of Gran Colombia
- 1821
- Gran Colombia disbanded
- 1830
- decline of Tainos
- c. 1518
- Tready of Tordesillas
- June 7, 1494
- Cabral discovers Brasil
- 1500
- "New Laws" against brutality
- 1542
- Congress of Vienna
- October 1, 1814-June 9, 1815
- Peace of Paris
- May 30, 1814
- Communist Manifesto
- 1848
- French Revolution
- 1789-1799
- Storming of the Bastille
- June 14, 1789
- Louis XIV comes to the throne
- 1661
- Edict of Fontainebleu
- 1685
- The Rocket
- 1829
- Crystal Palace
- 1851
- Crystal Palace moved
- 1852
- Crystal Palace burned down
- 1936
- Dialogue off blacklist
- 1822
- 100 years war
- 1337-1453
- Ismail begins raids on Ottoman lands
- 1507
- Ismail conquers Tabriz
- 1501
- Battle of Chaldiran
- 1514
- Mahmud orders massacre of Janissaries
- 1826
- 1st wall of China
- 208 BC, Qin dynasty
- 2nd wall of China
- 1st century BC, Han dynasty
- 3rd wall of China
- 1138-1198, 5 dynasties and 10 kingdoms period
- 4th wall of China
- 1368-1620, Ming Dynasty
- 6 Records of a Floating Life
- 1809
- Haitian Constitution
- 1801
- Angolan Independence
- 1975
- Moroccan army invades Songhay empire with guns
- 1591
- King Pedro has Dona Beatriz burned at the stake for heresy
- 1706
- Antonian Rebellion
- 1708