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* Dar al-Islam, Pax Islamica | * Dar al-Islam, Pax Islamica | ||
* "caliph" = official Islamic religious and political ruler | |||
* by end of 9th century, was a fragmented empire with centrally-ruled and allied, autonomous rulers | * by end of 9th century, was a fragmented empire with centrally-ruled and allied, autonomous rulers | ||
* Baghdad remained the "ritualized court" for Sunni Islam in opposition to Shia Islam | * Baghdad remained the "ritualized court" for Sunni Islam in opposition to Shia Islam | ||
* subjected to Persian, Seljuk & other Turkic invasions | * subjected to Persian, Seljuk & other Turkic invasions | ||
* final collapse from Mongol invasion | * final collapse from Mongol invasion | ||
|[[File:Regions of the Lands of Islam by al-Muqaddasi.jpg|left|thumb|The lands and cities of the Dar al-Islam in the 10th century, according to the geographer al-Muqaddasi | |Click expand to view map Dar al-Islam in the 10th century (click on image to enlarge): | ||
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[[File:Regions of the Lands of Islam by al-Muqaddasi.jpg|left|thumb|The lands and cities of the Dar al-Islam in the 10th century, according to the geographer al-Muqaddasi]] | |||
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|960-1279 | |960-1279 | ||
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* established Islamic capital at the ancient city, Dehli, India | * established Islamic capital at the ancient city, Dehli, India | ||
|South Asia | |South Asia | ||
| | |Persia, India | ||
|cultural diffusion | |cultural diffusion | ||
|Islam | |Islam | ||
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* Hindu hegemony over South Asia directly challenged by the Ghurid dynasty, which brought Islam to India | |||
* transferred Persian culture to northern India, including literature and architecture | * transferred Persian culture to northern India, including literature and architecture | ||
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|Islam | |Islam | ||
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* "sultan" = Arabic for "he who rules"; originally was not a hereditary title | |||
* established by a Ghurid general, a Turkish slave who became a military leader (a "'''Mamluk'''" = non-Arab slave given military and administrative duties) | * established by a Ghurid general, a Turkish slave who became a military leader (a "'''Mamluk'''" = non-Arab slave given military and administrative duties) | ||
* at peak controlled most of the subcontinent | * at peak controlled most of the subcontinent | ||
* 1526 = Mughal conquest | * weakened by Tamerlane (Mongol) invasion of 1398; he plundered Dehli and then left the subcontinent | ||
* Sultanate rule was further challenged by 14th century Hindu reconquests of southern India | |||
* 1526 = Mughal conquest ended the Sultanate, which by then was reduced to its original territorial rule in northern India | |||
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|West Asia | |West Asia | ||
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|Mongol Empire divided into 4 khanates | |Mongol Empire divided into 4 khanates: | ||
| | * Yuan Dynasty (east Asia) | ||
| | * Golden Horde (northwest ) | ||
| | * Ilkhanate (southwest) | ||
* Chagatai (central) | |||
|Asia | |||
|Mongols | |||
|empire | |||
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* succession disputes arose among grandchildren of Genghis Khan over direction of Mongol rule as integrated into conquered areas or maintaining traditional steppe / nomadic identity | |||
* although Kublai Khan became emperor in 1260, he was nominal and not actual ("emperor in name only"). and each khanate was largely autonomous | |||
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|click expand for political map of Asia in 1335 showing Mongol Khanates before further disintegration of Mongol Empire | |||
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[[File:Asia in 1335.svg|left|thumb|Asia in 1335. Mongol states are Golden Horde, Ilkhanate, Chagatai Khanate & Yuan Dynasty]] | |||
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| 1271-1295 | | 1271-1295 | ||
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|1336- | |1336-1572 | ||
|Vijayanagara Empire | |Vijayanagara Empire | ||
* Hindu empire in southern India | |||
* stopped Islamic spread to southern India by defeating the Deccan sultanates | |||
|South Asia | |||
|India | |India | ||
|cultural diffusion | |cultural diffusion | ||
|religion | |religion | ||
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* | * was slow to adopt cannon and other modern military technologies | ||
* | * fell to the sultanates when they combined and defeated the Vijayanagara army in 1565 | ||
* the capital was moved and the empire divided in 1572 | |||
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* Vijayanagara, the capital city, was famed for wealth and learning | * Vijayanagara, the capital city, was famed for wealth and learning | ||
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* considered the first European map to be non-religious in nature or focus | * considered the first European map to be non-religious in nature or focus | ||
* it did not place Jerusalem at the longitudinal center, and it removed the Garden of Eden from the world map (which was traditionally located on the world map to the east) | * it did not place Jerusalem at the longitudinal center, and it removed the Garden of Eden from the world map (which was traditionally located on the world map to the east) | ||
|[[File:FraMauroDetailedMap.jpg|left|thumb|The Fra Mauro Map of the world. The map depicts Asia, Africa and Europe, with south to the top (standard for Muslim world maps). The map is considered highly accurate and the first modern map of the world, even though not correctly depicting all of Africa (or the PaciiAmericas)]] | |Click expand to view map of the Fra Mauro Map (click on image to enlarge): | ||
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[[File:FraMauroDetailedMap.jpg|left|thumb|The Fra Mauro Map of the world. The map depicts Asia, Africa and Europe, with south to the top (standard for Muslim world maps). The map is considered highly accurate and the first modern map of the world, even though not correctly depicting all of Africa (or the PaciiAmericas)]] | |||
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* Gunpowder empires created stable economies and administrative states | * Gunpowder empires created stable economies and administrative states | ||
* engaged in cultural patronage (cosmopolitan) | * engaged in cultural patronage (cosmopolitan) | ||
|[[File:Islamic Gunpowder Empires.jpg|left|thumb|Islamic Gunpowder Empires]] | |Click expand to view map of the Gunpowder Empires (click on image to enlarge): | ||
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[[File:Islamic Gunpowder Empires.jpg|left|thumb|Islamic Gunpowder Empires]] | |||
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| 1450s-1480s | | 1450s-1480s | ||
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| 1600 | | 1600 | ||
| | |English East India Company founded | ||
| | (later renamed "British East India Co.) | ||
| | |England | ||
| | |trade | ||
| | |colonialization | ||
|India | |||
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* formed for Indian Ocean trade | |||
* joint-stock company | |||
* seized control of the Indian subcontinent | |||
* had a private army 260,000 soldiers (double size of British army) | |||
* produced half of the word's trade revenue during the mid-1700s to early 1800s | |||
* Britain took over in 1858 and assumed direct control of India as a colony | |||
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|1674-1818 | |1674-1818 | ||
|Maratha Empire or Confederacy | |Maratha Empire or Confederacy | ||
* Hindu reconquest of the subcontinent | |||
|South Asia | |South Asia | ||
| | |religion | ||
|India | |India | ||
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| | * Hindu empire from the Western Deccan plateau | ||
* sought to establish "self-rule of Hindus" ("hindavi swaajya") | |||
* ended the Mughal Empire and ruled most of India until falling to the British East India Company | |||
|click Expand for maps of European colonization of Africa | |||
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[[File:Maratha Empire in 1758.png|left|thumb|Maratha Empire, as of 1760]] | |||
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| 1689-1725 |1682-1725 | |||
|Peter the Great | |||
* westernized Russia on Enlightenment ideals and customs (imposed a "beard tax" to force Russians to shave; instituted the Julian calendar) | |||
* imposed compulsory education for nobles and built universities | |||
|Eurasia | |||
|Russia | |||
|cultural diffusion | |||
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* reorganized medieval political structures to modern state, including to abolish the Duma (assembly of local lords) and replacing it with a senate | |||
* built new capital, St. Petersburg | |||
* built the Imperial Navy | |||
* warred with Swedes for control of the Baltic Sea, the Ottomans for control of the Black Sea, and the Safavids (Persian) for control of the Caspian Sea | |||
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| 1689 | | 1689 | ||
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| | |globalism | ||
| | |colonialism | ||
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| 1885 | | 1885 | ||
|Berlin Conference & the "scramble for Africa | |Berlin Conference & the "scramble for Africa | ||
|Africa | |||
|Europe | |||
|colonization | |||
|globalism | |||
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| | * called "New Imperialism", 1881-1914 | ||
| | * the only African countries to avoid colonization during this time were Liberia & Ethiopia | ||
| | * by 1870, most European holdings in Africa were coastal (occupying 10% of land) | ||
| | * industrialization and transportation advances incentivized European search for raw materials and new markets | ||
* primary British motive was control of ports for trade with India | |||
|click Expand for maps of European colonization of Africa | |||
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[[File:Colonial Africa 1913 map.svg|left|thumb|Areas of Africa controlled by European colonial powers in 1913 (Belgian (yellow), British (red), French (blue), German (turquoise), Italian (green), Portuguese (purple), and Spanish (pink) Empires). Only Liberia and Ethiopia remainded independent (white)]] | |||
[[File:Scramble-for-Africa-1880-1913-v2.png|left|thumb| European colonization of Africa, 1880 and 1913 comparison]] | |||
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| 1890s | | 1890s | ||
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| 1904 | | 1904 | ||
| U.S. starts Panama Canal | | U.S. starts Panama Canal | ||
|Americas | |||
|Panama | |||
|globalism | |||
|colonialism | |||
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* a French attempt to build a canal across the Isthmus failed | |||
* US assisted a Panamanian revolt against Columbia by sending a warship to the harbor | |||
* the new government granted the US rights to build the canal | |||
* completed in 1914 | |||
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* hyper-inflation in Germany | |||
* Great Depression, New Deal in US (1933-39) | |||
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| 1931 | | 1931 | ||
|Japanese invasion of Manchuria | |Japanese invasion of Manchuria | ||
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