Military Expansion & Conquest
This military technology allowed empires like the Ottomans, Safavids, and Mughals to expand their territories.
What is gunpowder?
This French king built the Palace of Versailles to demonstrate his wealth and absolute authority.
Who is Louis XIV?
This religion was practiced by the majority of people in both the Ottoman and Safavid Empires.
What is Islam?
This famous palace in France symbolized the absolute power of Louis XIV.
What is the Palace of Versailles?
This West African empire became wealthy through trans-Saharan trade in gold and salt.
What is the Songhai Empire?
In 1453, the Ottoman Empire used powerful cannons to conquer this Byzantine capital.
What is Constantinople?
This Ottoman system recruited Christian boys to serve in the military and government.
What is the devshirme system?
The Ottoman Empire followed Sunni Islam, while the Safavid Empire established this branch of Islam as its official religion.
What is Shia Islam?
This famous white marble mausoleum was constructed during the Mughal Empire to honor an emperor's wife.
What is the Taj Mahal?
This religion emerged in South Asia in a cultural environment influenced by Hindu and Islamic traditions.
What is Sikhism?
This empire defeated Songhai in 1591 using superior gunpowder weapons.
What is Morocco?
These local officials collected taxes for the Mughal Empire and helped maintain imperial control.
Who are zamindars?
This German religious reformer challenged the Catholic Church's sale of indulgences in 1517.
Who is Martin Luther?
This Mughal emperor commissioned the construction of the Taj Mahal.
Who is Shah Jahan?
Sikhism challenged this traditional South Asian social hierarchy by teaching equality among people.
What is the caste system?
The 1514 Battle of Chaldiran was fought between these two Islamic empires.
What are the Ottoman and Safavid Empires?
The Tokugawa shogunate strengthened its government by transitioning these Japanese warriors into salaried officials.
Who are samurai?
This movement was the Catholic Church's response to the Protestant Reformation and included religious reforms and missionary efforts.
What is the Counter-Reformation?
This sacred Sikh site in Amritsar symbolizes the religion's emphasis on equality, inclusion, and community.
What is the Golden Temple?
Songhai rulers promoted this religion to strengthen their legitimacy and encourage scholarship.
What is Islam?
The Ottoman victory at Chaldiran demonstrated the importance of gunpowder technology and intensified this religious division within Islam.
What is the Sunni-Shia divide?
This term describes the process of concentrating political authority under a single ruler or central government.
What is centralization?
This 1555 agreement allowed rulers in the Holy Roman Empire to determine whether their territories would follow Catholicism or Lutheranism.
What is the Peace of Augsburg?
Rulers constructed grand palaces, temples, and monuments to demonstrate their wealth, authority, and this religious justification for ruling.
What is divine favor or divine legitimacy?
This trans-Saharan trade network helped West African empires accumulate wealth by connecting them to markets across North Africa.
What are the trans-Saharan trade routes?