No more Mongols!
Can You Spare any Qing?
MORE powder man....for Allah
I need somewhere to rest my feet....
Why you Russian?
100
This Dynasty began after the Red Turban rebellion kicked the Mongols out of China
What is the Ming Dynasty
100
The beginning of the Qing Dynasty is unique because of this
They were invaders from Manchuria and not native Han Chinese
100
This was the first major Shia Muslim Empire (In modern day Iran) which believed Muslim rulers must be a blood relation to Muhammad.
Safavid
100
The Ottomans officially brought down what was left of the "Romans" when they defeated the Byzantines by bringing down the walls of this city.
Constantinople
100
This Muscovite Prince united the Rus together to help kick out the Mongols.
Ivan the Great
200
What was unique about the beginning of the Ming Dynasty and the first Emperor?
He was from a peasant family originally.
200
Nurachi of the Manchu who overthrew the Ming wrote the "seven grievances" which listed problems that he and his people had with the Ming government. It was very similar to this American Document
Declaration of Independence
200
The Mughal Empire replaced the Deli Sultanate in this modern day area of the world/country
India
200
He was considered Magnificent because he expanded Ottoman borders, and the "lawgiver" because he reformed their legal code and he even called himself a Caliph meaning he was also a religious authority.
Suleiman the Magnificent
200
He was the first Tsar to begin to try and Westernize Russia to rid it of the "Taint" of the Mongols and make them more European.
Peter the Great
300
The Ming built this in which the Royal Family lived and government business was conducted until the 1900s.
The Forbidden Palace
300
Han men were forced to wear this as a form of submission to the Manchu
Queue
300
Aurangzeb was long considered to be a bad ruler for the Mughals because he reinstated taxes on non-Muslims, and cut funding for cultural endeavors and public works. Why do some historians believe he was not such a bad guy?
He HAD to do this because previous emperors had spent so much money and wasted it and he had to do what he had to do to make sure the empire survived.
300
The Ottomans turned this famous Christian orthodox church into a Mosque and covered the Christian imagery
Hagia Sophia
300
He aggressively expanded the borders of Russia and is most famous for his extreme behavior and ruthlessness
Ivan the terrible
400
To run their government and set up a professionalized bureaucracy the Ming reinstated this
Confucian based civil service exams
400
China's population skyrocketed during the Ming/Qing era's largely because of this
Corn and potatoes from the new world grew in areas wheat and rice would not
400
whew whew whew Whew DAILY DOUBLE!
The Branch of "mystical" Islam became especially popular in India when it was being ruled by the Mughals.
400
The Second in command to the Sultan who basically rand the bureaucracy and the government. He sometimes came from the system of slavery the Ottomans had established.
Grand Vizier
400
What were the Oprichniki
Secret police of the Russian tsars that would enforce their will and take out their enemies.
500
Though many Dynasties worked on it, most of this structure that can still be seen today was built by the Ming
Great Wall!
500
Emperor Kangxi wrote his "Sacred Edict" in which he spoke about the importance of things like the relationship between father and son, importance of education, and other similar topics. He was attempting to please this group with this document
Confucian Scholars
500
The main reason the Safavid lost the battle of Chaldiran was the lack of this vs the Ottomans
Cannons and other artillery
500
WHEW WHEW WHEW Daily Double
They originally were used to guard the Imperial Harem but ended up becoming quite powerful within the Ottoman Bureaucracy
500
Russian Expansion to the East in which they took land from natives and attempted to convert them to their way of life (or killed them) can be compared to this in American History
Manifest Destiny
600
Huge quantities of this was imported from Europe to China in exchange for Chinese Goods such as silk, tea and porcelain
Silver
600
AS the Qing expanded many of their rulers attempted to incorporate new ethnic groups and peoples into the empire, but this group was heavily targeted and brutalized by the Chinese as they moved west into modern day Xinjiang
Uighur Muslims
600
Shah Jahan built this famous structure as a mausoleum to his late wife. What was the problem with this?
Taj Mahal. Almost bankrupted the empire
600
The specialized ottoman slave soldiers who controlled the artillery
Janissaries
600
Much of Russian history is categorized by the search foe this geographic feature that they do not have a lot of
warm water ports
700
Why did the Ming end funding the voyages of Zheng He?
Focus on overland trade routes that had always made them wealthy, Secure land against Mongols and Russians
700
Emperor Qianlong was dubbed this moniker and commissioned paintings of himself like the ones below to prove this point
"Universal Ruler"
700
He was considered the Greatest of the Mughal rulers. He extended the borders of the empire and consolidated them. He encouraged cultural and religious tolerance and understanding and help to build Agra Fort.
Akbar the Great
700
System where non-muslim boys were taken as a form of tribute and "enslaved" but could enter this system where they would be converted and trained to work for the government in various manners.
Devshirme System
700
She officially proclaimed Russia to be "European" and pushed its modernization and a westernization.
Catherine the Great