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Muslim state (1526-1857) exercising dominion over most of India in the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries.
Mughal Empire
the idea that monarchs are God's representatives on earth and are therefore answerable only to God.
Divine Right
written exam used to select high ranking government officials in China (includes memorization of teachings of Confucius), highly competitive and results in an educated bureaucracy
Civil Service Exam
Trading System between Europe, Africa, and the colonies; European purchased slaves in Africa and sold them to colonies, new materials from colonies went to Europe while European finished products were sold in the colonies.
Triangular Trade
Spaniards received grants of a number of Indians, from whom they could exact "tribute" in the form of gold or labor
Encomienda System
Islamic state founded in northwestern Anatolia. After the fall of the Byzantine Empire, it was based at Istanbul (formerly Constantinople) from 1453-1922. It encompassed lands in the Middle East, North Africa, the Caucasus, and eastern Europe.
The Ottoman Empire
'Selection' in Turkish. The system by which boys from Christian communities were taken by the Ottoman state to serve as Janissaries (elite military units utilized by the Ottomans)
Devshirme
Minority Manchu rule over China that incorporated new territories, experienced substantial population growth, and sustained significant economic growth.
Qing Dynasty
businesses formed by groups of people who jointly make an investment and share in the profits and losses
joint-stock company
A small, highly maneuverable three-masted ship used by the Portuguese and Spanish in the exploration of the Atlantic
Caravel
A Shi'ite Muslim dynasty that ruled in Persia (Iran and parts of Iraq) from the 16th-18th centuries that had a mixed culture of the Persians, Ottomans and Arabs.
Safavids
An economic policy under which nations sought to increase their wealth and power by obtaining large amounts of gold and silver and by selling more goods than they bought
Mercantilism
tax system of the Mughal empire where local lords collected tax/ tribute for the emperor.
Zamindars
A worker bound by a voluntary agreement to work for a specified period of years often in return for free passage to an overseas destination.
Indentured Servitude
The originally Incan system recruiting workers for particularly difficult and dangerous chores that free laborers would not accept.
Mit'a system
a West African empire that conquered Mali and controlled trade from the into the 16th century; eventually defeated by the Moroccans who were broke after fighting with Portugal
Songhai
A system of government in which the head of state is a hereditary position and the king or queen has almost complete power
Absolute Monarchy
A religious movement of the 16th century that began as an attempt to reform the Roman Catholic Church and resulted in the creation of Protestant churches.
Protestant Reformation/Reformation
A British joint stock company that controlled most of India during the period of imperialism. This company controlled the political, social, and economic life in India for more than 200 years.
British East India Company
a system made to classify all of the Spanish colonies various races and racial combinations, as well as where Spaniards were born.
Castas System
ruled China from A.D. 1368 to 1644, during which China’s population would double. Known for its trade expansion to the outside world that established cultural ties with the West. Rebuilt Great Wall
Ming Dynasty
The exchange of plants, animals, diseases, and technologies between the Americas and the rest of the world following Columbus's voyages.
Columbian Exchange
A movement in the 18th century that advocated the use of reason in the reappraisal of accepted ideas and social institutions.
The Enlightenment
a member of the old aristocracy in Russia, next in rank to a prince
boyars
Government Dutch-chartered joint-stock company that controlled the spice trade in the East Indies.
Dutch East India Company