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London
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Capital of United Kingdom of Great Britain
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Paris
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Capital of France
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Berlin
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Capital of Germany
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Warsaw
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Capital of Poland
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Dublin
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Capital of Ireland
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Madrid
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Capital of Spain
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Rome
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Capital of Italy
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What country is located inside the city of Rome?
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Vatican City
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Athens
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Capital of Greece
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England
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United Kingdom of Great Britain
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Calvados
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France
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Mongolia
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Ulaanbaatar
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China
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Beijing
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North Korea
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Pyongyang
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South Korea
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Seoul
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Japan
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Tokyo
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Taiwan
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Taipei
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Philippines
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Manila
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Vietnam
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Hanoi
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Cambodia
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Phnom Penh
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Laos
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Vientiane
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Thailand
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Bangkok
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Bhutan
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Thimphu
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Burma/Myanmar
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Naypyjdaw
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Bangladesh
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Dhaka
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Nepal
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Kathmandu
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India
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New Delhi
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Sri Lanka
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Sri Jayewardenepura Kotte
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Malaysia
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Kuala Lumpur
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Singapore
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Singapore
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Brunei
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Bandar
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Indonesia
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Jakarta
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Mauritania
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Nouakchott
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Senegal
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dakar
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Gambia
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banjul
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Guinea-bissau
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bissau
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Guinea
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conakry
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mali
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bamako
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mali
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powerful west african state that flourished in 14th century
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niger
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niamey
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chad
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n'djamena
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sudan
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khartoum
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eritrea
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asmara
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djibouti
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djiboutisomalia
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somalia
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mogadishu
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ethiopia
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addi ababa
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central african republic
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bangui
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cameroon
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yaounde
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nigeria
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abuja
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burka faso
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ouagadougou
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sierra leone
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free town
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liberia
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monrovia
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cote divoire
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yamoussoukro
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ghana
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accra
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togo
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lome
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benin
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porto-novo
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sao tome& principe
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sao tome
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equatorial guinea
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malabo
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gabon
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liberville
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rep. of the congo
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brazzaville
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democratic repulic of the congo
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kinshara
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uganda
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kampala
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kenya
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nairobi
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rawanda
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kigali
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burundi
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bujumbura
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tanzinia
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dodoma
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malaawi
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lilongwe
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mozanbique
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maputo
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madagascar
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antanarivo
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zambia
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luska
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8angola
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launda
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nambia
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windhoek
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botswana
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gaborone
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zimbabwe
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harare
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zimbabwes
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stone-built administrative centers for rulers
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south africa
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pretoria
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lesotho
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maseru
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swaziland
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mbabane
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south sudan
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juba
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the Mongol Peace
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Era in the 13th and 14th centuries when Mongol rule created order and stability in Central Asia and enabled goods and ideas to flow along the Silk Roads.
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silk roads
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key overland trade routes that connected eastern and western eurasia
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Il-khan
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branch of Mongol empire, center in present day Iran
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mandate of heaven
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source legitimacy for chinese emperors
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mamluks
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egyptian muslim slave army
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deforestation
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process which trees are eliminated from an ecosystem
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sufis
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members of islamic groups that cultivate mystical beliefs and practices
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empirical
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view that experience is only source of knowledge
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francisians
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religious order founded by francis of assisi dedicated to virtues of harmony, poverty, and charitable work among the poor
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sahel
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semiarid region of north Central Africa south of the Sahara Desert
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the black death
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term for lethal disease/s that struck large parts of Eurasia and north Africa
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el nino
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periodic reversal of normal flow of Pacific currents that alters weather patterns
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hohokam people
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native american culture that flourished from 3rd century to mid 15th century
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anti-semitism
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hostility or prejudice against jews or judaism
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revolutionary millenarianism
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doctrine tha in imminent, divinely contrived relaunch of history, god, would empower the poor
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shogun
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hereditary military ruler of japan
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zen
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school of mahayana buddhism
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sundiata
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legendary hero said to have found the kingdom of mali
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chimu
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civilization centered on pacific coast of peru
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hajj
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pilgrimage to mecca that all faithful muslims are required to complete at least once
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incas
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peoples of highland Peru
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aztecs
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people of central mexico
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ottoman empire
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islamic empire based in present day Turkey, capital Istanbul
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Renaissance
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humanistic revival of classical art, architecture, literature, and learning originated in italy
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humanism
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cultural and intellectual movement of the renaissance on the study of literature, art, and civilization of ancient Greece and Rome
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chivalry
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qualities idealized by medieval European aristocracy and associated with knighthood, bravery, courtesy, honor
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world system
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system of interconnections among the world's population
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imperialism
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policy of extending a nation's authority and influence by conquest or by establishing economic
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trading post empires
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term for the networks of imperial forts and trading posts that europeans established in asia
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dutch east india company
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dutch company (1602) that enjoyed a government-granted monopoly on trade between Holland and Asia.
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capitalism
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economic system in which means of production and distribution are privately or corporately owned
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low countries
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a region northwest europe comprising what is today Belgium, Netherlands, Luxembourg
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joint-stock company
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business whose capital is held in transferable shares of stock. (DEIC was first)
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english east india company
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british trading company found in 1600 that played a key role in colonization of india
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czars
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"Caesars", title of emperors who ruled russia
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safavids
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shiite dynasty that ruled Persia
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hispaniola
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modern haiti and dominican republic
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stranger effect
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tendency some peoples have to esteem and defer to strangers
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genocide
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systematic and planned extermination of an entire race, political, ethnical group
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country trades
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commerce involving local or regional exchanges of goods from one asian destination to another
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manila galleon
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spanish galleons that sailed each year between Philippines & mexico
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ecological exchange
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exchange of plants and animals between ecosystems
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military revolution
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change in warfare in 16&17th centuries that accompanied rise of firepower technology
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songhay
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ancient empire of west africa in present day country of mali
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minas gerais
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"general mines", region of brazil rich in mineral resources
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east india trade
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trade between west. Europe & New England and Asia
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christendom
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european states that christian is dominant or only religion
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council of trent
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series of meetings to direct response of the roman catholic church to protestantism
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inquisition
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tribunal of roman catholic church that was charged with suppressing heresy and immorality
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reformation
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protestant break from roman catholic church
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counter reformation
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catholic effort to combat the spread of protestantism
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jesuits
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order of regular clergy strongly committed to education, scholarship, and missionary work
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protestantism
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theological system of any of the churches of Western christendom , separted from roman catholic church during the reformation
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orthodox church
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dominant christian church in byzantine empire, balkans, russia
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dominican
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order of preaching friars established by saint dominic
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dalai lama
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ruler of tibet
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ongons
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tibetan images which spirits are thought to reside
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syncretic
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reconciliation of fusion of differing systems of belief
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confraternities
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catholic charitable brotherhoods
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millenarianism
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belief that the end of the world is about to occur
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copernican revolution
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development of heliocentric model of the solar system
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inductive method
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scientists turn individual observations and experiments into general law
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epistemology
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branch of philosophy that studies the nature of knowledge
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chinese board of astronomy
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official department of chinese imperial court created in early 17th century
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state system
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organization of early modern europe into nation-states
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holy roman empire
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loose federation of states under elected emperor
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realpolitik
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political doctrine that says that the state is not subject to moral laws and has right to do whatever safeguards it
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law of nations
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all states must obey and govern relationships between them
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clans
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social group made up of number of families that claim descent from a common ancestor & follow a hereditary chieftain
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grand vizier
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chief minister of state in ottoman empire
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ming dynasty
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chinese dynasty noting for flourished foreign trade & achievements in art
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qing dynasty
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last chinese emperial dynasty
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samurai
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hereditary japanese feudal-military aristocracy
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daimyo
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japanese feudal lord who ruled a province
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tokugawa
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family of shoguns that ruled japan
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edo
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former name of Tokyo
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maroons
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runaway slaves in Americans who formed communities, states
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creole
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people of at least part european descent born in west indies, french lousiana, or spanish america
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mestizos
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descendants of european and native americans
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dahomey
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west african slave trading state
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kongo
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kingdom located in west central africa
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progress of the human mind
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one of the proofs of progress was the growth of population
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essay on the principle of population
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statistical basis of malthu's thinking from condorcet's work
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malthusian
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idea that population growth would always outpace growth in food supply
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urbanization
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process which urban areas develop and expand
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industrialization
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process which industrial economy is developed
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scientific revolution
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sweeping change in investigation of nature and view of universe
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industrial revolution
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complex set of economic, demographic, and technological events began in western europe
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french revolution
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political, intellectual, and social upheal began in france
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physiocrats
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french political economists who argued agriculture was foundation of any country's wealth and recommended agricultural improvements
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monocultures
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cultivation of single dominant food crop
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imam
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muslim religious teacher
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dutch east indies
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dutch colonies in asia
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wahhabism
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muslim sect found by abdul wahhab
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marathas
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petty hindu princes
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saint-dominigue
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french colony in hispaniola (slave labor, coffee)
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boers
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dutch settlers and descendants in southern africa
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mahdi
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muslim messiah
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fulani
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traditional herdsmen of sahel
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