Warefare
This new technology helped empires conquer cities and expand power.
Gunpowder
This Ottoman ruler captured Constantinople.
Mehmed II
This branch of Islam was promoted by the Ottoman Empire.
Sunni Islam
This system refers to a structured group of officials running the government.
Bureaucracy
This Mughal structure is a famous example of monumental architecture.
Taj Mahal
These large weapons were used by the Ottomans to break Constantinople’s walls.
Cannons
This Mughal ruler promoted religious tolerance and ended the jizya tax.
Akbar
This branch of Islam was enforced in the Safavid Empire.
Shi'a Islam
This Ottoman system took Christian boys and trained them for state service.
Devshirme System
This religion, founded by Guru Nanak, blended Hindu and Islamic ideas.
Sikhism
This group used firearms and became more important than cavalry.
Infantry
This Safavid leader made Shi’a Islam the official religion.
Shah Ismail
This concept means rulers justify their right to rule.
Legitimacy
These elite Ottoman soldiers came from the devshirme system.
Janissaries
This 1517 document by Martin Luther criticized the Catholic Church.
The 95 Theses
This 1453 event marked the Ottoman rise as a major power.
Constantinople
This group founded the Qing Dynasty and ruled China as outsiders.
The Manchus
Qing rulers used this philosophy to legitimize their rule in China.
Confucianism
This Mughal tax system relied on local landowners to collect taxes.
Zamindar System
This law made the English monarch head of the Church of England.
Act of Supremacy
This battle in 1514 showed Ottoman superiority over the Safavids due to gunpowder weapons.
Battle of Chaldiran
This Mughal ruler expanded the empire but increased religious tensions.
Aurangzeb
This European idea claimed monarchs ruled by God’s authority.
Divine Right of Kings
This Ottoman practice involved selling the right to collect taxes.
Tax farming
This hairstyle was required by the Qing as a sign of submission.
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