X Marks the Spot
Century in which the Portuguese established a trading-post empire in the Indian Ocean.
Sixteenth
Around the year 1900, one-quarter of all humans were ruled by this empire, the world’s most extensive ever.
The British Empire
This attempt to reform the practices of the Catholic Church actually led to the formation of a new branch of Christianity.
The Reformation!
Runs the best-attended World History review sessions at Newport.
Mr. Webb
These are the three Abrahamic religions.
Judaism, Christianity, & Islam
This journalist, along with Friedrich Engels, wrote the Communist Manifesto.
Karl Marx
Staffed both its military and its civil service through devshirme.
The Ottoman Empire
This set of reforms launched Japan on a course of modernization in the nineteenth century.
The Meiji Reforms
Teaches A.P. Art History
Mr. Prufer
The indigenous, animistic religion of Japan.
Shinto
The Aztec Empire is more accurately known as this.
Mexica Empire
Ruled by Mansa Musa in the Fourteenth Century.
The Empire of Mali
The creation of sewage systems; police forces; and public parks, for example.
Urban Reforms
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Mr. Valaas
This man was the founder of Sikhism.
Guru Nanak
This impressive woman was the effective ruler of the Qing Dynasty from 1868 to 1908.
Cixi
This Hindu-ruled empire dominated southern India in the c. 1200-1450 time period.
The Vijayanagara Empire
Initiated by Sultan Abdulmecid in the nineteenth century.
The Tanzimat Reforms
Feudalism
Syncretic religion developed in Cuba in the c. 1450-1750 time period, involving both West African and Catholic roots.
Santeria
Chile, for example, in the nineteenth century, with copper and guano.
Resource Export Economy
The four khanates into which the Mongol Empire was divided.
The Khanate of the Great Khan; the Chagatai Khanate; the Khanate of the Golden Horde; the Il-Khanate
This set of reforms failed to modernize China in the late nineteenth century, despite initial support from the empress Cixi.
The Self-Strengthening Movement
This Newport staff member came to the United States from Vietnam, following a proxy war fought there.
Mr. Phong Tran (our head custodian) OR Ms. Mai Tram Huynh (our Counseling Center secretary)
The Incan mountain and mother goddess, subsequently also used as a representation of the Virgin Mary.
Pachamama