"Somebody Stole My Schmunguss" - Sun Tzu The Art Of War

Literally “rule of the father” (1); a social system of male dominance (1).

A scattered population (1) of a common origin (1) away from their homeland (1).

Chinese practice of tightly wrapping girls’ feet to keep them small (1); prevalent in the Song dynasty (1); an emphasis on small size and delicacy was central to views of female beauty (1).

Chinese method of dealing with foreign lands and peoples (1) that assumed the subordination of all non-Chinese authorities (1) and required the payment of tribute (1) to the Chinese emperor (although the Chinese gifts given in return were often much more valuable (1)).

Quick-maturing, drought resistant (1) rice that can allow two harvests of sixty days each(1) in one growing season. Originally from Vietnam (1), it was later sent to China (1) as a tribute gift.

The massive transatlantic interaction (1) between the Americas and Afro-Eurasia (1) that began in the period of European exploration and colonization (1).

The world’s largest sea-based system (1) of communication and exchange before 1500 c.e. (1) , Indian Ocean commerce stretched from southern China to eastern Africa (1) and included not only the exchange of luxury and bulk goods (1) but also the exchange of ideas and crops (1).

Mandatory public service (1) in the society of the Inca Empire (1). A form of coerced labor (1).

The devastating demographic impact (1) of European-borne epidemic diseases (1) on the Americas (1).

Agricultural system (1) based on African slavery (1) that was used in Brazil (1), the Caribbean (1), and the southern colonies of North America (1).

Colonies in which the colonizing people settle with the purpose of territorial occupation (1) rather than the extraction of labor or resources (1). Examples: Afrikaners in South Africa (1), British in Australia (1).

The tribute of boy children (1) that the Ottoman Turks (1) levied from their Christian subjects in the Balkans (1); the Ottomans raised the boys for service in the civil administration or in the elite Janissary infantry corps (1).

Form of imperial dominance (1) based on control of trade (1) rather than on control of subject peoples (1).

Private trading companies (1) chartered by the governments of England and the Netherlands (1) around 1600(1); they were given monopolies on Indian Ocean trade (1), including the right to make war and to rule conquered peoples (1).

The siphoning of money from Europe (1) to pay for the luxury products of the East (1); eventually, the bulk of the world’s silver supply made its way to China (1).

Syncretic religion (1) in Haiti (1)

European intellectual movement (1) of the 18th century (1) that applied the lessons of the Scientific Revolution to human affairs (1) and was noted for its commitment to open-mindedness and inquiry (1) and the belief that knowledge could transform human society (1).

The focusing of citizens’ loyalty (1) on the notion that they are part of a “nation” with a unique culture, territory, and destiny (1); first became prominent in the nineteenth century (1).

The most influential proponent of socialism (1), Marx advocated a working-class revolution as the key to creating an ideal communist future (1). Communist Manifesto (1848) (1).

1857–1858 (1) Massive uprising of much of India against British rule (1); also called the Indian Mutiny or the Sepoy Mutiny (1). The rebellion first broke out among Indian troops serving the British (1).

The system that developed in South Africa (1) of strictly limiting the social and political integration of whites and blacks (1).

1919 (1) treaty that officially ended World War I (1); the immense penalties it placed on Germany are regarded as one of the causes of World War II (1) .

The North Atlantic Treaty Organization (1), a military and political alliance founded in 1949 (1) that committed the United States to the defense of Europe in the event of Soviet aggression (1).

International peacekeeping organization (1) and forum for international opinion (1), established in 1945 (1).

Major Chinese initiative (1958–1960) (1) led by Mao Zedong (1) that was intended to promote small-scale industrialization (1); in reality, it caused a major crisis and worsened the impact of a devastating famine (1).

Process in which many African and Asian states won their independence from Western colonial rule (1), in most cases by negotiated settlement (1) with gradual political reforms (1) and a program of investment rather than through military confrontation.

Innovations in agriculture (1) (chemical fertilizers; high-yielding crops (1) )during the 20th century (1) that enabled global food production to keep up with growing human population (1).

The worst pandemic in human history in 1918 and 1919 (1). Carried by people returning home from WWI. (1) Between 50 million and 100 million deaths (1).

Occuring within all the major world religions (1), it is a self-proclaimed return to the alleged "fundamentals" of a religion (1) and is marked by a militant piety and a sense of threat from the modern secular world (1).

Deepening economic entanglement of the world's peoples since 1950 (1); accompanied by the spread of industrialization in the Global South (1) and extraordinary economic growth following WWII (1); the process has generated increased living standards for many as well as various forms of resistance and inequality (1).