The Muslim Empires
An Empire formed by outside conquerors who unified the regions they conquered through mastery of firearms
Gunpowder Empire
Japanese warlord
Daimyo
This revolution is often associated with the various scientific and technological changes made during this time
Scientific Revolution
Before the French Revolution, French society was divided into three...
Estates
The Industrial Revolution began here
Great Britain
Muslim empire established by the Turks after conquering Constantinople
Ottoman Empire
Chinese dynasty established by the Manchus. Remained in power from 1644 to 1911
Qing Dynasty
Reason, natural law, hope, progress, this were the main ideas of the...
Enlightenment
Declared on August 26 1689. This declaration proclaimed that all men were free and equal before the law, that appointment to public office should be based on talents and that no group should be exempt from taxation
Declaration of the Rights of Man and the Citizen
First independent state in Latin America
Haiti
Shia muslim empire that occupied most of what is now Iran
Safavid Empire
Warlord who unified the central part of present-day Japan
Oda Nobunaga
Arguably the only real "Enlightened Absolutist", unfortunately, his reforms were met with rejection from both nobles and serfs
Joseph II
Jacobin who presided the Committee of Public Safety. His adopted policies became known as the Reign of Terror
Maximilien Robespierre
Year when another French Revolution and revolts in the German states, the Austrian Empire and the Italian states happened
1848
Mongol empire in India founded by Babur
Mogul Empire
Korean alphabet developed by the Yi dynasty. Still in use today.
Hangul/Chosŏn'gŭl
Author of the Declaration of Independence
Thomas Jefferson
Napoleon's most famous domestic achievement. This however, is considered as a step back from the laws proposed during the French Revolution, specially for women and children.
Codification of the Laws
Prussian prime minister who unified the German states. Known for his "politics of reality" or realpolitik
Otto Von Bismarck
Head of state in the Ottoman Empire
Sultan
Political systems in Southeast Asian States.
Buddhist kings, Javanese Kings, Islamic sultans and Vietnamese emperors
Enlightened thinker known for his criticism of christianity and the church. Famously said that the Holy Roman Empire "neither Holy, nor Roman, nor an Empire"
Voltaire
Political ideology adopted by the members of the Congress of Vienna, it's based on tradition and social stability, favoring obedience to political authority and organized religion.
Conservatism
Movement that rejected romanticism and sought to portray lower and middle-class life as it actually was
Realism