market economy
An economy based on free trade and supply and demand.
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Change and Turning Points
Mao Zedong
(1893-1976) Leader of the Communist Party in China that overthrew Jiang Jieshi and the Nationalists. Established China as the Peopleﾒs Republic of China and ruled from 1949 until 1976.
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Mansa Musa
Emperor of the kingdom of Mali in Africa. He made a famous pilgrimage to Mecca and established trade routes to the Middle East.
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Magna Carta
A document granting rights to both the Church in England and the Nobility signed by King John in 1215. This is considered to be the beginnings of British democracy.
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Luther, Martin
(1483-1546) Theologian and religious reformer who started the Reformation with his 95 Theses which protested church corruption, namely the sale of indulgences.
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Loyola, Ignatius
(1491-1556) Founded the Society of Jesus, the Order of the Jesuits. He worked to combat the Protestant Reformation by providing strong Catholic leadership to monarchs across Europe.
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Long Parliament
(1640 ﾖ 1660) English Parliament which met off and on for twenty years due to religious and civil problems. Occurs during the English Civil War.
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Locke, John
(1632-1704) English philosopher and political theorist. He wrote Two Treaties on Government which explained that all men have Natural Rights, which are Life, Liberty, and Property, and that the purpose of government was to protect these rights.
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liberty
In the political sense, this usually means freedom.
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legislative
Relating to a system that makes laws.
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