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The Transformation of Eastern Europe (1648 - 1740)

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Knights of the Empire   little lords of manor that never got incorporated into the modern system; didn't acknowledge any overlordship besides the Holy Roman Emperor  
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neofeudalism   characteristics of old feudal, medival concepts still alive; neo = new  
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Germanic liberties   aka states rights; freedom of member states from control by emperor/europe; kept HRE weak (so backed by France)  
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perpetual diet   Holy Roman emperor has diet (like congress or estates general so representative body); have for times of war and 1663 is the last time a formal diet was called; never resolved so diet techincally in order from 1663 - 1806; like Long Parliament,  
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Guelph family (Hanover)   hereditary rulers of Hanover (electoral status); also inherits England because James II's Catholic line is barred; English king and Hanover elector  
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Hohenzollern   hereditary rulers and electors of Brandenburg; eventually kings of Prussia  
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Duchy of Prussia   Polish regiion where a lot of Germanic people live; eventually annexed by Prussia; duchy = province  
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szlachta   Polish aristocracy (nobles); 8% of the population; sticklers for their Polish liberties (aka states rights)  
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liberum veto   free veto; any member who disapproves can make diet explode, take idea off the playing field; no action if any member rejected, must be unanimous; characteristic of Polish diet; benefits people and individual manors (nonpowerful left alone); non efficient  
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Koran   the Holy Book of Muslims; were laws of the Ottoman Empire derived from  
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sultan   the ruler of Ottoman Empire; Muslim political leader; one with caliph  
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caliph   Ottoman Empire; Muslim religious leader; one with sultan  
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extraterritorial privileges   same concept of diplomatic immunity for foreign representatives; Turks off this for business and economic interactions (mainly France); Muslim law wont apply to you  
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Turk bells   if they rang it was becasue Ottman Empire was potentually would invade you  
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hereditary provinces   aka Austria, the core and oldest/original part of the Austrian Empire; has taken in Bohemia and Hungary  
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Pope Innocent XI   jumps in to help the Austrians financially; doesn't want Ottoman Empire to take Austria (they are Muslim)  
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Duke Charles of Lorraine   Hapsburg general in series of wars; just a duke before he eventually became king and HREmperor; wanted to protect inheritance  
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John Sobieski   king of Poland who offers troops for Austria; doesn't want the Ottoman Empire to expand anymore; last great military effort for Poland  
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Prince Eugene of Savoy   leader of Austrian forces in War of the Spanish Succession (gains royal title); international "free agent", consultant to Austria; offers knowledge of how to modernize technology, economy, government for Austria  
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Battle of Zenta   1697; decisive battle between Austria and Ottoman Empire that creates a temporary boarder between the two  
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Peace of Karlowitz   1699; peace treaty that called for a temporary pause "time out"; so Austria could fight in the War of the Spanish Succession  
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Treaty of Rastadt   treaty that ends the War of the Spanish Succession; Austria annexes the Spanish Netherlands  
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Peace of Belgrade   1739; Austria keeps pushing the Ottoman Empire further east, results in this treaty; permanent border separating Austria from Ottoman - lasts until WWI  
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Trieste   Austria's window to the Mediterranian Sea; seaport in Croatia  
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Magyar aristocracy   aka Hungarian aristocracy; Magyars are the ethnic group of Hungary  
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Charles VI   king of Austria and HREmperor; no male hier; wants his empire to stay intact after his death  
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Pragmatic Sanction   Charles VI doesn't want his kingdom to be divided like Spain's was; only one holy line; countries agree, but once he is dead - go get em!; people try to take advantage, wars of the Austrian Succession (started by Prussia)  
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Maria Theresa   Charles VI's daughter and only child  
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militarism   army and its needs come first; war is glorified and it is a good thing (not be be avoided); Prussia  
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margrave   ruler of a German state; another title you could call the elector of Brandenburg  
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Brandenburg   state of HRE; eventually inherited Prussia in Poland; built up to become the Kingdom of Prussia; militaristic state because it is a mark state and therefore needs to be  
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"mark" of the HRE   boarder state of empire; must build up an army for protection from possible invasion; Brandenburg obsessed with military - becomes even more so after the devistation of the 30 Years War  
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Teutonic Knights   group in Middle Ages; militaristic, Christians who settled Northern Germany; Brandenburg is the decendents of them  
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Frederick William (The Great Elector)   the ruler of Brandenburg who leaves Brandenburg out of the aftermath of the 30 Year's War; first man to inherit Prussia; created a small but compitent army; begins the transformation of Brandenburg to a powerful state  
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Frederick III of Brandenburg (Frederick I of Prussia)   in exchange for 8000 troops for the Spanish Succession, receives the title of King of Prussia; receives Further Pomerania; turns Prussia into hard military state we think of; build up but doesnt unleash - more of a bargaining chip  
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Frederick II (The Great)   of Prussia; unleashes military; starts Austrian War of Succession; militaristic society - whip if being lazy etc  
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Silesia   taken by Frederick II during War of Austrian Succession; challenging Austria for dominance of German world; wants to weaen Austria just enough to convince HRE that it should look to Prussia instead  
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Europeanization   the westernizing of Russia; borrowing new knowlege and institutions  
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Muscovy   the area in and around Moscow; "true, ethnically pure" Russians  
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Slavic   people identified with their language; term used to describe Russian people  
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Ivan III (The Great)   threw off the Mongol rule from Russia  
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Great Russians   aka Muscovites, those who lived in and around Moscow; therefore "true, ethnically pure" Russians  
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Tartar   northern coast of Black Sea; group that Russians have to conquer in order to have access to Black Sea  
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Cossacks   southern Russians; like American west in the sense that they were considered to be like cowboys  
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White Russians   where modern day Belarus is; Bela = white, rus= russian  
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Little Russians   in and around Kiev (Ukraine); little = lower, southern Russia; big part of Russia's agriculture, know as the "bread basket" of Russia  
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Archangel   port city that Peter the Great uses to try to establish a Russian navy; summer-only port, wanted to get a year-round warm-water port  
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duma   council of advisors to the tsar  
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streltsi   Russian military corps; the Moscow nobles who were involved in politics  
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Ivan IV (The Terrible)   considered to be the first 'czar' of Russia  
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czar (tzar)   derives from the term Caesar; synonym for Emperor (aka the Russian leader)  
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Time of Troubles   similar to the War of the Roses in England; fight amoung Russian nobles as to who should inherit the throne; Michael Rommanov is chosen as a compromise  
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Michael Romanov   first of Romanov dynasty; related by marriage to Ivan IV and wasn't connected to any warring side  
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Romanov Dynasty   Russia's ruling family from Michael Romanov through 1917; began the repression of representative institutions in Russia and became leaders similar to that of an absolute monarchy  
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Stephen Razin   led a 1667 uprising of peasants; took a group of serfs, Cossacks, adventurers and terrorized Russian towns; "war on nobles and landlords'; result was clamping down more on peasants;  
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Old Believers   those who rejected the reforms of the Russian Bible and the changes to their Orthodox Church  
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Procurator of the Holy Synod   the secular connection between Peter and the church; Russian church had a Holy Synod in replace of a Petriarch; czars uses this position to weaken and control the church, indirectly placing himself in charge  
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German quarter   a German region of Moscow that fascinated Peter the Great because of its western, modern style; sparks Peter's interest in the West  
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Great Northern War   (1700 - 1721); Sweden vs Russia; ending marked end of Swedish imperialism and gained Russia a warm water port in St. Petersburg  
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Treaty of Nystadt   ended Great Northern War; secured Peter the Great a piece of the Baltic Shore and a warm water port  
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St. Petersburg (Leningrad)   Peter's window to the west; established gov. there forcing nobility to build houses; symbol of new Russia (minds facing West)  
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