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nit 3 Vocab Words
UNIT 3: Land-Based Empires, 1450-175
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Asante Empire | African kingdom on the Gold Coast that expanded rapidly after 1680 |
Astronomical Chart | a map of stars that improved navigation |
Bartolomé de Las Casas | 1474-1566 First bishop of Chiapas in southern Mexico who devoted most of his life to protecting Amerindian peoples from exploitation. His major achievement was the New Laws of 1542, which limited the ability of Spanish settlers to compel Amerindians to la |
Bartholomew Diaz | sailed around the Cape of Good Hope in 1488 into unknown waters then returned home for fear of a mutiny |