Empire Expansion
This Empire expanded from the Middle East into Southern Europe and North Africa
What was the Ottoman Empire?
Name of the most elite soldiers of the Ottoman Empire's standing army
Who were the Janissaries?
What was the Mughal Empire?
New religion that developed in western Europe following protests of Martin Luther
What was Protestantism?
Religious wars between the Ottomans and Safavids were largely due to differences between these two branches of Islam
What is Sunni and Shi'a?
This Empire developed and expanded in South Asia
What was the Mughal Empire?
Name of the haircut, forced upon Chinese men by the Manchu government, to show submission to the Qing Dynasty?
What was the queue haircut?
European absolute monarchs used this idea to legitimize their rule
What was the divine right of kings?
Religion of rulers of the Safavid Empire
What was Shi'a Islam?
Religious wars in Europe were between these two groups
Who were Catholics and Protestants?
The Safavid Empire developed here
What was Persia?
Name for tax collectors of the Mughal Empire
Who were zamindars?
This French palace legitimized the rule of absolute monarchs like Louis XIV
What was the Palace of Versailles?
Belief system that dominated thought within the Chinese government of the Ming and Qing dynasties
What was Neo-Confucianism?
The Ming dynasty came into conflict with these invaders from their north
Who were the Manchus?
This Chinese dynasty expanded its territory into Central Asia, Mongolia, and Tibet
What was the Qing Dynasty?
System used by the Ottomans to gather European Christian boys for development into positions in the bureaucracy
What was the devshirme?
The Isfahan Mosque helped legitimize the rule of Muslim leaders in this empire
What was the Safavid Empire?
New religion that developed towards the end of the 15th century in South Asia
What is Sikhism?
The Ottomans had a naval rivalry in the Mediterranean with this state
What was Venice?
Babur led forces to defeat this state and establish the Mughal Empire
What was the Delhi Sultanate?
Name of the French bureaucrats & tax collectors for the King
Who were intendants?
The Winter Palace was used to legitimize the rulers of which empire
What was the Russian Empire?
Religion of the rulers of the Russian Empire
What was Eastern Orthodox Christianity?
These people came into conflict over desires to rule over a newly unified Japan
Who were daimyos?