EUROPE
This invention allowed Russian tsar Ivan the Terrible to expand the Russian Empire.
gunpowder
Why was the Ottoman Empire's location economically advantageous
Intersection of the Silk Roads, Indian Ocean, and Trans-Saharan Trade Routes
Why was the location of the Safavid Empire disadvantageous?
Landlocked and surrounded on both sides by powerful empires.
The founder of the Mughal Empire?
Babur the Great
This empire, ruled by the Manchus, replace the Ming Dynasty
This person protested the corruption of the Roman Catholic Church with his 95 statements.
Which branch of Islam was dominant in the Ottoman Empire?
Sunni Islam
What branch of Islam was dominant in the Safavid Empire?
Shia Islam
The Mughals, under Shah Jahan built this famous building.
Taj Mahal
Both of these governments practiced seclusion/isolationism by limiting their peoples' contact with foreigners.
William III & Mary II signed this document which greatly limited the English monarch's power in 1689.
English Bill of Rights
Elite corps of the Ottoman Empire’s standing army selected from among the Christian boys of the devshirme.
Janissaries
A Safavid ruler's title
Shah
TRUE or FALSE: After Akbar's rise to power, the caste system in India was finally abolished.
FALSE
One way the Manchu exhibited their dominance over the other Chinese ethnic groups they ruled was to force the men to wear their hair in this style
Queue
Nicolaus Copernicus is associated with the emergence of the ___ in Europe, a period in which people used evidence-gathering and observation to make theories and claims.
Scientific Revolution
This system allowed religious communities to have independent religious courts of law that governed their communities and independent school systems
Millet system
Ousted this empire from the region when the Safavids took power
Timurids
What two religions were dominant in the Mughal Empire? Which was the majority of the population?
Hinduism (majority) & Muslim (minority)
This period in Japanese history is known as the __ Period because it was when the capital moved to the small fishing village which is now Tokyo.
Edo
Louis XIV and Henry VIII are examples of ___ rulers.
Absolute monarchs/Absolutist
The Ottomans conquered and renamed this city and established it as their center of power. (BOTH NAMES REQUIRED).
Constantinople > Istanbul
The Battle of ___ against the Ottomans forced the Safavids to reform and modernize their military.
Chaldiran
What was the name of the religion that emerged from the syncretic fusing of Hinduism and Islam?
Describe ONE similarity between Japanese and European labor systems.
Feudalism, knights/samurai, lords/daimyo, etc...