HIST 1011 Study Guide - Midterm Guide: Portuguese India, Juan Ginés De Sepúlveda, Bartolomé De Las Casas
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Leopold von ranke: father" of modern historical methodology (primary documents) Weberian state: the modern state as defined by weber: monopoly over legitimate violence, identifiable territory, bureaucratic-rationalism. Nation: large aggregate of people united by common descent, history, culture, or language inhabiting a particular country or territory. Empire: extensive group of states/countries under a single supreme authority: formal: where the supreme authority has direct control, informal: where the authority has only influence but no official control. Early modern period: middle ages to industrial revolution (15th century to 18th century) Ottoman empire: muslim, turkish empire that was at its peak tri-continental. Timurid empire: last empire that united eurasia, under tamerlane. Ming empire: most of modern day china and elsewhere from 1368-1644. Zheng he: muslim official sent out by the ming to show chinese cultural dominance. Cosmological order: sphere of influence around ming empire in neighboring countries. Mandarin bureaucracy: must pass civil service exams, large bureaucracy. Sinicization: non-han chinese could become culturally chinese.
