Gunpowder Empires
This empire was known for its Sunni Islam dominance and included famous rulers like Suleiman the Magnificent.
What is the Ottoman Empire?
This system in the Ottoman Empire involved recruiting Christian boys for service in the state and military.
What is the devshirme system?
This split within Islam led to conflicts between the Ottoman and Safavid Empires.
What is the Sunni-Shi’a split?
These elite Ottoman soldiers, recruited through devshirme, were loyal to the Sultan.
Who are the Janissaries?
The construction of this French palace symbolized the power and grandeur of its monarchy.
What is the Palace of Versailles?
The name given to the group of multiethnic states in Southwest, Central, and South Asia that relied on firearms for conquest.
What are the Gunpowder Empires?
The Qing dynasty used this exam system to recruit educated bureaucratic elites.
What is the civil service examination?
The Council of Trent was part of this major Catholic effort to reform itself in response to Protestant challenges.
What is the Counter-Reformation?
Name one similarity in the decline of the Gunpowder Empires.
What is failure to modernize or economic instability?
The Mughal Empire is known for this iconic mausoleum built under Shah Jahan’s rule.
What is the Taj Mahal?
This ruler of the Mughal Empire is known for his policies of religious tolerance.
Who is Akbar the Great?
This French king used the Palace of Versailles as a symbol of his absolute power.
Who is Louis XIV?
This Mughal ruler who commissioned the building of the Taj Mahal as a monument to his late wife.
Who is Shah Jahan?
Both the Ottoman and Safavid Empires used taxes on these groups to support their militaries.
Who are peasants?
Miniature paintings were a prominent art form in this empire.
What is the Ottoman Empire?
The Islamic Gunpowder Empires declined due to their inability to modernize and compete with this growing European maritime power.
What is Britain?
This tax system allowed local officials and private collectors to gain wealth, often leading to corruption in the Mughal Empire.
What is zamindar tax farming?
The Safavid Empire predominantly adhered to this branch of Islam.
What is Shi’a Islam?
This Qing emperor consolidated power and expanded into regions like Taiwan and Tibet.
Who is Emperor Kangxi?
Name one way rulers used architecture to legitimize their rule.
What is constructing religious buildings or monumental palaces?
This ideal, blending nomadic warrior values with Islam, inspired military expansion in the Gunpowder Empires.
What is the ghazi ideal?
Name one way Peter the Great financed his reforms and military campaigns in Russia.
What is taxation or creating state-owned industries?
Sikhism, a syncretic religion combining elements of Hinduism and Islam, emerged during the reign of this empire.
What is the Mughal Empire?
Compare the Songhai Empire’s use of tribute states to one other empire’s method of consolidating power.
What is the Aztecs’ tribute system?
This Safavid capital was known for its stunning architecture, including mosques and markets.
What is Isfahan?