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Midterm 1 people Flashcards

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Charles V

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Habsburg emperor in Spain, held the Valladoid debate, butt heads with Martin Luther

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Zheng He

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Chinese explorer, went as far as Egypt, purpose was diplomacy for ming dynasty, huge ships, 7 voyages/ 2 year expeditions, stopped exploration due to internal probs

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Henry the Navigator

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Portuguese prince, naval innovation and education

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Vasco de Gama

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Portuguese sailor on mission to reach India and open sea route from Europe to east

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Babur

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Mughal leader

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Sultan Mehmet II

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ruler of Otoomans when in 1453 when they conquered Constantinople

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Suleiman

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extended Ottoman dominion to its widest geographical extent, struck alliance with Francis I against a Habsburg domination of Europe, authority flowed from him as sultan to servants, wife was Hurrem

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Hurrem

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wife of Suleiman, not just another concubine, she was involved in politics and was a great philanthropist and diplomat

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Babur

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Mughal ruler that captured Kabul and won at Panipat with only 12,000 soldiers

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Akbar

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Mughal, grandson of Babur, very powerful army, developed an administrative bureaucracy centered on four co-equal ministers

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Shah Jahan

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Mughal, Son of Akbar, built the Taj Mahal

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Aurangzeb

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Mughal, non-muslim subjects unhappy with his islamic zealotry

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Martin Luther

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Butt heads with Charles V, believed salvation comes through God alone and that every repentent christian can be forgiven

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Jan Hus

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Desired equal access to sacraments and wanted a translation of the Bible for common people, prophesied of Martin Luther

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William Tyndale

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fled to translate the Bible into english

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Louis XIV

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French king, believed authority based in the divine right of kings

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Jean-Baptiste Colbert

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France general of finance. Applied mercantilism to France.

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Copernicus

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theorized the sun was at the center of the universe

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brahe

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charted the night sky for years, noticed new star

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Kepler

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hypothesized an elliptiacal orbit of the planets

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Galileo

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law of inertia, natural state of an object is in motion

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Newton

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used mathematics to discover gravity

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Bacon

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empirical research important! experiment and observe - empiricism

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Descartes

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helped with bacon to develop the modern scientific method

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John Locke

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wrote concerning Human Understanding, human knowledge gained through sensation to, all ideas are derived from experiences

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Moses Mendelssohn

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led the Enlightenment movement Haskalah

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Sor Juana Ines de la Cruz

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woman who actively participated in the Enlightenment.Cross-dressed to sneak into lessons. Joined a convent, published her writings which sparked religious thought in Mexico.

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Leo Africanus

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known for his writings about Africa

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