Empire Expansion
This weapon revolutionized warfare.
What is gunpowder?
Empires, including China, made these collections as a way to demand recognition of their power and authority.
What is a tribute?
This movement challenged Catholic authority.
What is the Protestant Reformation?
The Ottomans, Safavids and Mughals are known as these.
What are gunpowder empires?
This empire controlled Anatolia and the eastern Mediterranean.
What is the Ottoman Empire?
This Ottoman system recruited Christian boys for state service.
What is devshirme?
This split divided Islam.
What is Sunni vs Shia?
This elite military group was composed of Christian boys who served under Ottoman rule.
What are Janissaries?
This empire ruled much of India.
What is the Mughal Empire?
Japan centralized power by operating under this system.
What is the Tokugawa shogunate?
This religion blended Hindu and Islamic ideas.
What is Sikhism?
This Safavid belief system differed from Ottoman Islam.
What is Shia Islam?
This dynasty ruled China after the Ming.
What is the Qing Dynasty?
This idea was a common way European governments sought to legitimize the authority of the monarch.
What is the divine right of kings?
Martin Luther argued that these Catholic practices violated biblical teachings.
What are indulgences and simony?
This architectural project symbolized Mughal power.
What is the Taj Mahal?
Explain how military technology led to empire growth.
What is firearms enabled territorial expansion?
Explain how land-based empires used this to legitimize and consolidate their power.
What is religion, art, architecture, and/or taxes?
Explain what replaced Justinian Law after the siege of Constantinople under Ottoman rule.
What is shariah law?
Explain who was subjected to paying taxes in the Ottoman empire.
Who are non-Muslims?