East Asia
Chinese custom performed on women to "increase" their beauty
What is foot-binding?
These people were at the top of the Japanese social hierarchy or pyramid
Who are warriors (samurai)?
Type of solider forming the elite corps of Ottoman armies
What is a Janissary?
This wealthy city state was located on the Adriatic Sea
What is Venice?
He wrote 95 Theses
Who is Martin Luther
Chinese dynasty responsible for consolidating the Great Wall
What is the Ming dynasty?
The Japanese limited contact with foreign merchants to the Dutch at this port city (hint: atomic)
What is Nagasaki?
Constantinople fell in this year to the Ottomans and subsequently became Istanbul
When is 1453?
This Renaissance era thinker was the first to formulate the heliocentric model of the universe
Who is Copernicus?
This Scottish economist is known as the "Father of Capitalism"
Who is Adam Smith?
This Chinese dynasty had a Northern and a Southern part
What is the Song dynasty?
Japanese play for the puppet theatre starring Jihei and Koharu
What are The Love Suicides at Amijima?
The Mughal Emperor Akbar carried out this bizarre act against important court and military figure Adham Khan
What is double defenestration?
Scholars who studied and commented on Ancient Greek and Roman texts were called this
Who are humanists?
This council reformed the abuse of the selling of indulgences
What is the Council of Trent?
Muslim eunuch admiral who went on voyages throughout the Indian ocean
Who is Zheng He?
Christian missionaries in Japan were led by this Jesuit
Who is Francis Xavier?
This distinct form of Islam was sponsored by the Safavid Empire
What is Twelver Shiism?
This powerful Florentine family first rose to prominence during the Renaissance and would exact influence throughout Italy for the next few centuries
Who are the Medicis?
This ruler launched the Spanish Armada in 1588
Who is Philip II?
"Father" of the Neo-Confucian revival in China - he chose to emphasize the "Four Books"
Who is Zhu Xi?
Unprecedented 200 years of peace in Japan during this shogunate
What is the Tokugawa shogunate?
This term described religious minorities in Islamic Empires and literally translates to "protected people"
What is dhimmi?
This Italian painter completed the fresco of "The Youth of Moses" in the Sistine Chapel
Who is Sandro Botticelli?
This event began the 30 Years War