Where am I?
This is the location of the Safavid Empire.
What is Iran (or the Middle East)
These knight-like figures became salaried under the Tokugawa Shogunate - they weren't just defending out of bushido!
Who are the samurai?
These are the small, book-size pieces of art you'd find in the Islamic empires; they were known for their lavish detail in a tiny frame.
What are miniature paintings?
This empire used Shi'a Islam to legitimize its claim to territory, making it the "odd man out" in the Islamic world.
What is the Safavid Empire?
This form of human tribute was used frequently in the Balkans in the Ottoman Empire; Christian families were coerced into giving their sons to the Ottoman Empire.
What is the devshirme system?
The Tokugawa Shogunate was located in this island country.
What is Japan?
The Ottoman Empire was known as the "Great Sword of Islam," in part because of their elite fighting force, known as...
Who are the Janissaries?
These large paintings often centered - literally - a key figure in order to project power.
What are imperial portraits?
The Qing dynasty continued using this belief, a version of divine right, in order to legitimize their dynastic power.
What is the Mandate of Heaven?
The Russian Empire taxed people for their beards (kopek) and also taxed this Siberian "soft gold," or...
What is fur?
The Mughal Empire got its name from the Mongol leader Tamerlane, who conquered THIS region as part of his huge empire.
What is India (or South Asia)?
The Islamic Mughal Empire ruled over a staunchly Hindu population; they utilized these local Hindu elites as bureaucrats and tax farmers.
Who are zamindars?
This famous piece of syncretic architecture was first an Eastern Orthodox church in the Byzantine Empire; it was converted into a mosque once the Ottomans conquered Constantinople to blend styles found within the diverse population.
What is the Hagia Sofia?
Louis XIV said you had to be Catholic or else...so, this group of Protestants had to "peace out" of France, at least for a while.
This tax was paid by non-Muslims across the Dar al-Islam, except for a brief moratorium in the Mughal reign.
What is the jizya?
The Qing dynasty was established by the Manchus, who conquered this dynasty just south of them.
What is the Ming dynasty in China?
The Russians made these nobles shave off their beards as one of many visible signs of submission.
Who are the boyars?
This Mughal structure was built as a mausoleum for Shah Jahan's wife; it's known as the "jewel" of Indo-Islamic architecture.
What is the Taj Mahal?
These Muslims believed in a more mystical form of Islam and a personal relationship with Allah; they were sometimes persecuted by both Sunnis and Shi'as.
Who are the Sufis?
The Qing Empire expanded immensely during the 1600s, funding much of its expansion and army maintenance with taxation and continued use of this.
What is the tribute system?
This region of the Ottoman Empire was known for its heavily Christian demographics.
What are the Balkans?
This is the term for when Louis XIV of France made his nobles literally live in the same palace as him to keep an eye on their business.
What is 'caging the nobles'
This system was utilized by the Qing Dynasty as a method of legitimizing their rule; you had to known Confucianism VERY well do score high.
What is the Civil Service Exam?
This monotheistic, syncretic religion emerged in Mughal India as a blend of Hinduism and Islam; it remains one of the world's most popular religions.
What is Sikhism?
We haven't talked about them in awhile, but the Incas were still Inca-ing and the Aztecs were still Aztec-ing during this time. What was the name of the Inca tribute system in which citizens would pay a "tax" through labor?
What is the m'ita system?