Mesoamerican Civilizations
Last emperor or king of this militant sacrificial Mesoamerican tribe
Moctezuma II
Joan of Arc was burned at the stake accused of this
Heresy
American's might have a different ancestry had he not turned back.
Zheng He
This combined two different and previously separated biomes
The Columbian Exchange
National heroine of France
Joan of Arc
This conquistador conquered the Aztecs
Hernan Cortes
Populations weakened by years of famine made them more susceptible to
Black Death
This group closed the Silk Road
This ideology encouraged people to overturn social hierarchies and stop deferring to those who claimed higher rank
"All men are created equal"
168 of his men captured the great Atahualpa
Francisco Pizarro
The name of the Aztecs' Capital City
Tenochtitlan
Slaves suffered from high mortality rates due to overwork and poor conditions
On Sugar Plantations
Under this influence the Safavids believed that the shah was chosen and ordained by God.
Contrary to its name, this 1337 conflict lasted 116 years.
The One Hundred Years War
His ideas on Popular Sovereignty greatly influenced the Declaration of Independence
Thomas Paine
Both of these empires suffered from internal weakness and divisions that were exploited by the Spanish
Incas and Aztecs
The Spanish crown received special taxes on the extraction of precious metals under this system
Encomenderos
Portugal's main goal in the Indian Ocean
All are addictive stimulants that appealed to the new mercantile and professional classes in England
Coffee, Tea, Cocoa
He proclaimed that when a government becomes tyrannical, people have the right to rebel
John Locke
A great honor amongst the Aztec this event was frightening to the new Spaniards.
Drinking blood of a sacrifice.
Both of these events were instigated in part by complaints of excessive taxation
The American and French Revolutions
This major event lead to agrarian uprisings swept Eurasia because starving peasants were not able to pay high taxes
The Little Ice Age
These reformers shared the belief that the source of religious knowledge lay in the Scripture
This royal couple funded the expedition of a famous Italian explorer
Ferdinand and Isabella