Events/Empires
A powerful Muslim empire in India known for its rich culture and architecture like the Taj Mahal
Mughal Empire
Blending of two or more religious belief systems into a new system
Religious Syncretism
Acted to accommodate Hindus in the Mughal Empire
Emperor Akbar
Received charter from the government, granting it monopoly, power to make war and govern conquered peoples; controlled most of the Spice Islands
Dutch East India Company
Spanish colonies, important because of their proximity to China and spice islands
Philippines
Based in Anatolia, swept over Middle East, North Africa, southeastern Europe; Islamic world's most significant empire
Ottoman Empire
Martin Luther's list of complaints against the Catholic Church, nailed to a church door in 1517
95 Theses
Led first voyage to circumnavigate the globe
Magellan
People of mixed European and African ancestry
Mulattoes
A 1494 agreement that split the New World between Spain and Portugal
Treaty of Tordesillas
A major Shia Muslim empire in Persia, known for arts and its rivalry with the Ottoman Empire
Safavid Empire
German priest who posts a list of complaints to the door of Whittenberg Church for the public to debate
Martin Luther
Led efforts to Westernize Russia which including moving the capital to St. Petersburg
Peter the Great
System in place by the 17th century in Spanish colonies under which owners of large estate directly employed native workers
Hacienda
Becomes a major trade item in world commerce, in part due to the Little Ice Age
Fur Trade
A Japanese military government that brought peace and stability but isolated Japan from the outside world
Tokugawa Shogunate
Dedicated brotherhood of priests committed to renewal of Catholic Church, missionary trips abroad
Jesuits
Portuguese explorer who found a sea route to India around Africa
Vasco da Gama
Prevailing economic theory in Europe during the time of colonialism, encouraged exports
Mercantilism
A system where the Ottoman Empire took Christian boys, converted them to Islam, and trained them for government or military service
Devshirme
Issued by Henry IV, grants some religious freedoms to French Protestants
Edict of Nantes
Sacred spirits and powers in the Andes, often represented in natural objects or places
Huacas
German astronomer who discovered that planets move in elliptical orbits
Kepler
Legal system by which Spanish Crown granted to some Spanish settlers a number of local people from whom they could require labor, gold, or agricultural produce in exchange for providing them with protection and instruction in Christian faith
Encomienda
Warriors consisting of peasants who had escaped serfdom, criminals, other adventurers; helped Russians conquer Siberia
Cossacks