The Ottomans
The MASSIVE cannons the Ottomans had.
What is a Great Bombard?
The sect of Islam the Mughals followed, which was a factor in their clash with the Safavids.
What is Sunni?
The sect of Islam that the Safavids followed, which was a factor in their clash against the Mughals.
What is Shia?
The group of invaders that overtook China's Ming Dynasty and established the Qing Dynasty.
Who were the Manchus?
These legendary warriors became bureaucratic officials during this period.
What were samurai?
The elite fighting corps created by the Ottomans.
What were the Janissaries?
Shah Jahan built this famous world landmark to honor his dead wife, which is really sweet and kinda weird at the same time.
What is the Taj Mahal?
The modern area of the world that the Safavids came from.
What is Iran? (then: Persia)
In order to consolidate their power, the Qing claimed to have won this legendary Chinese document that was said to give Heaven's trust in a leader.
What is the Mandate of Heaven?
Japan adopted this economic system, made famous by Medieval Europe.
What is feudalism?
The system created by the Ottomans of taking Christian boys, converting them to Islam, and enlisting them in the Janissaries.
What was devshirme?
Local officials who collected taxes for the Mughal government.
Who were the Zamindars?
This Shah built up the Safavid military to provide defense, due to the fact that the Safavids had no natural barriers like mountains to defend their territory.
Who was Shah Abbas?
This Emperor founded the Qing Dynasty and his reduction of the army's size allowed for him to freeze taxes and increase his popularity.
Who was Kangxi?
The shogunate enlisted the help of these landlords, that reported to the shogunate and served in a sort of manorial system.
What were daimyo?
A famous leader of the Ottomans that founded the Janissaries and overhauled the Ottoman legal system. Pretty magnificent, if you ask me.
Who was Suleiman the Magnificent?
The founder of the Mughal empire, who conquered the Delhi Sultanate.
Who was Babur?
Like the Ottomans, the Safavids created a military force of Christian boys from this region.
What is the Caucasus region?
The Kangxi emperor sparked a revival of Chinese culture when he created the first complete ____ of Chinese characters.
What is a dictionary?
The shogunate adopted a policy of isolationism to specifically keep out this religion's influence.
What is Catholicism?
The leader of the Ottomans that conquered Constantinople, ending the rule of the Byzantines.
Who was Mehmed II?
The Mughals clashed with the Safavids over this strategically placed trade city.
What was Kandahar?
This was how old Shah Ismail was when he founded the Safavid empire.
What is 14?
Emperor Kangxi of the Qing Dynasty really enjoyed this European invention, and made sure to make time to trade for them.
What are clocks?
Even though the Japanese were isolationist during this time, they let traders from this country and only this country trade with them.
What were the Dutch?