Empires
Often considered a radical revolution, this revolution is actually considered more conservative because it failed to alter or change the existing political and social order.
The American Revolution
World War II
This refers to the economic and political domination of Western Europe over the rest of the world.
The Great Divergence
This war never resulted in direct shooting between the primary antagonists, but it did it feature proxy wars and espionage within a larger set of geopolitical relationships.
The Cold War
The Berlin Conference precipitated the mad dash for territory amongst different European powers.
The Scramble for Africa
This revolution gave us the Declaration of the Rights of Man, the Tennis Court Oath, and the unofficial Declaration of the Rights of Woman.
What is the French Revolution?
The soldiers were forced Christian converts that served the Ottoman sultan directly.
The seasonal movement of trade winds and commodities across the Indian Ocean.
What is the Monsoon Marketplace
This author hypothesized that the 21st century world would be characterized by more conflict between static and ancient civilizations.
Sam Huntington
Their capital was located on the border of Europe and Asia and was the center of the Eastern Orthodox church.
What is the Byzantine Empire
Largely centered in Britain, this revolution witnessed the development of modern industrial techniques, such as the factory?
This episode was responsible for turning German citizens into sympathetic figures because food was airdropped into a blockaded portion of the country's former capital
What is the Berlin Airlift
This refers to the trade of different cultural forms and the creation of a new type of culture.
Syncretism
The Chinese admiral led 7 expeditions across the Indian Ocean
Zheng he
An empire, like the Spanish or Portuguese formations, that relies primarily upon the control of sea routes.
What is a maritime empire?
Haitian Revolution
The end of the Napoleonic Wars created this diplomatic arrangement, which was responsible for preserving peace in Europe until the outbreak of World War 1.
What is the concert of Europe
This legal configuration required traders to purchase a cartaz from a Portuguese fort.
Estado da India
This doctrine committed the United States to an ideological contest against communism across the world.
The Truman Doctrine
An empire that hopes to replace an indigenous population with group of settlers, much like in the case of Russia, the Americas, or Australia.
What is a settler-colonial empire?
These workers, inspired by a fictional weaver known for his ornate clothes, rebelled against the introduction of machines to replace skilled artisan labor.
Who are the Luddites?
This refers to the the complete mobilization of resources to completely defeat and subjugate an enemy nation.
What is total war?
Prester John
This sect of Islam is dominant within Iran and southern Iraq.
Shi'ism