European Land Based Empires
This was used to justify the claim that monarchs were given power by the Divine
What is: divine right of kings
This Catholic council was meant to correct the abuses of the Catholic Church that had been criticized during the Protestant Refomation
What is the Council of Trent
This famous building in India was built in Mughal India in honor of a dead wife
Taj Mahal
What is Sikhism
Who are the Janissaries
This document limited the power of the British monarch in the late 1600s?
What is the English Bill of Rights?
This organization within the Catholic Church, founded by Ignatius of Loyola, was meant to combat the errors of Protestantism throughout Europe
What are the Jesuits
Askia the Great promoted Islam and helped create this kingdom, the largest in West Africa
What is the Songhai
These land owning aristocrats dominated Japan from the 12th-15th centuries
Who are the daimyo
In Mughal India, these government bureaucrats helped Akbar create a strong, centralized civil service
Who are the zamindars ?
This French monarch believed the state and the justice system were held in his very own person.
What is King Louis XIV
This ruling, from the French King Henry IV, gave religious toleration to French Calvinists
What is the Edict of Nantes
Used by the Qing in China, the Aztecs in Mexico and the Songhai in Africa, this system was used to dominate lands by gaining power, authority and respect
What is the tribute system
This Japanese daimyo led to the Period of Great Peace, which lasted from the 1600s to the mid 1800s
Who is Tokugawa Ieyasu
Mehmed II, Suleiman I became important leaders of this Euro-Asian empire
Who are the Ottomans
This royal family dominated Russia from 1613 to the communist revolution of 1917
What is the Romanov Dynasty
This peace treaty gave much of Central Europe to follow either Catholicism, Lutheranism, or Calvinism; and led to the rise of European nationalism
What is the Peace of Westphalia
This strict Islamic legal system was used in the Ottoman Empire from 1453 onward
What is shariah law
Who is Peter I/Peter the Great ?
This Qing ruler was known for administering tax collections, military campaigns, and installing the Dalai Lama in Tibet
Who is Qianlong
Characterized by a social hierarchy of: serfs/peasants, knights, lords and monarchs, this system dominated social life throughout Europe
What is feudalism
What are indulgences
This philosophical point of view helped spur the Scientific Revolution across Europe
What is empiricism
Ottoman sultans chose this system to staff their military and government positions
What is the devshirme ?
This Ming ruler was known for expansion and sending military forces into Taiwan, Mongolia, Central Asia as well as a protectorate over Tibet
Who is Kangxi