Empires: Expansion
The Ottomans captured this city in 1453, effectively ending the Eastern Roman Empire's control over key trading routes.
What is Constantinople?
King Louis XIV of France legitimized his power by moving the French capital and constructing an elaborate palace in which location?
What is Versailles?
This was the official state religion of the Safavid Empire.
What is Shia / Shi'ite Islam?
The Qing Dynasty in China was ruled predominantly by which ethnic group?
Who are the Manchus?
Name three books of the Old Testament.
Genesis Exodus Leviticus Numbers Deuteronomy Joshua Judges Ruth 1 Samuel 2 Samuel 1 Kings 2 Kings 1 Chronicles 2 Chronicles Ezra Nehemiah Tobit Judith Esther 1 Maccabees 2 Maccabees Job Psalms Proverbs Ecclesiastes Song of Songs Wisdom Sirach Isaiah Jeremiah Lamentations Baruch Ezekiel Daniel Hosea Joel Amos Obadiah Jonah Micah Nahum Habakkuk Zephaniah Haggai Zechariah Malachi
The Russian Empire relied on these forward settlers and mercenaries to expand the borders in Siberia.
What are the Cossacks?
This Ottoman ruler legitimized his rule by building hospitals, bridges, mosques, and sponsoring the arts, leading to a "Golden Age of Islam."
Who is Suleiman the Great?
This Mughal emperor is known for promoting religious tolerance and even creating a syncretic religion to unite his empire.
Who is Akbar the Great?
This is one reason that the Russians expanded into Siberia.
What is (1) to reach sea; (2) trade of furs and timber?
What is the Lord's prayer?
Our Father, which art in heaven,Hallowed be thy Name.Thy kingdom come.Thy will be done in earth,As it is in heaven.Give us this day our daily bread.And forgive us our trespasses,As we forgive them that trespass against us.And lead us not into temptation,But deliver us from evil.For thine is the kingdom, The power, and the glory,For ever and ever. Amen
The Ottomans used this system to convert Christian boys into elite warriors known as janissaries.
What is the devshirme system?
This administrative method in the Ottoman Empire involved wealthy individuals purchasing the right to collect taxes on behalf of the state, often leading to corruption and over-taxation.
What is tax-farming?
These are two results of the Counter-Reformation.
What is (1) end of indulgences; (2) creation of the Jesuits?
Emperor Akbar famously removed this tax during his reign, which was a head tax on all non-Muslim subjects, leading to more religious toleration.
What is the jizya tax?
Who said, "But what things were gain to me, those I counted loss for Christ."? (Hint: New Testament)
Paul
This Safavid Shah, known for modernizing the Persian military and expanding the empire, established Shia Islam as the state religion.
The Ming Dynasty used this sytem to manage relationships with foreign states, requiring contributions in exchange for trading privileges.
What is a tribute system?
This Sufi-inspired religion, founded by Guru Nanak in the Mughal Empire, blended elements of Hinduism and Islam.
What is Sikhism?
This is what Calvinists believe.
What is (ex. predestination, elect v. non-elect, personal connection to God, etc.)
Summarize the parable of the unmerciful servant (Matthew 18:21-35) and what it teaches us
This is the reason why the Islamic Gunpowder Empires fell while Russia was able to survive.
What is "modernize" or "westernize"
These are two specific examples of Peter the Great's reforms in Russia.
What is (expanded bureaucracy, created navy, Westernized clothes, beard tax, made senate, St. Petersburg, etc.)
This series of religious conflicts in the Holy Roman Empire between Catholic and Protestant states lasted from 1618 to 1648, devastating much of Central Europe.
What is the Thirty Years' War?
This Ming dynasty admiral led a series of state-sponsored maritime expeditions in the Indian Ocean, reaching as far as East Africa between 1405 and 1433.
Who is Zheng He?
“Of all the commandments, which is the most important?”
“The most important one,” answered Jesus, “is this: ‘Hear, O Israel: The Lord our God, the Lord is one. Love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your mind and with all your strength.’ The second is this: ‘Love your neighbor as yourself.’ There is no commandment greater than these.” (Mark 12:29-31)