The Olden Days
Submitted to the Mongols, became scribes for the Mongol Empire
Uighurs
skilled horsemen and archers; created one of the largest empires history has ever seen!
Mongols
Places of worship for the Mongols
Outdoors! (hilltops, mountain peaks, stone cairns)
Russian name for "emperor"
tsar
Trade route re-secured by the Mongols
The Silk Road
First true nomad empire in Central Asia
Scythians
The three empires that took down the Mongols
Ming, Ottoman and Ṣafavid
Partition of India was based on these two religions
Mongol name for "leader"
khan
Russia moved into this territory to profit off of the fur trade
Siberia
Eastern equivalent of the Scythians; occupied modern day Mongolia
Xiongnu
Hindu maharaja claims his region is a part of India; Pakistan disagrees
Kashmir War of 1947
13th century Muslim dynasties established in India
sultanates
ethnically-based which had some self-governing privileges
Soviet republics
British East India Company representatives set up business and secure trade throughout India
This civilization took notes from Mesopotamia and successfully created a sedentary civilization in north-west India
Indus/Harrapan Civilization
Marks the end of the Mughal Empire; India becomes under the control of the British crown
Indian Rebellion of 1857
Converted the Mauryan Empire to Buddhism
Ashoka the Great
group of scholars who were a part of the emperor’s court and produced advancements in many academic fields
The Nine Jewels (Navartna)
Given a royal charter, with the ability to wage war in order to protect business interests
British East India Company
This group spoke an early form of Sanskrit and spread early Hinduism across India
Vedic Aryans
Conflict caused by a Russian decree conscripting the non-Russian subjects of the empire to participate in forced labour and fight in WWI
1916 Kazakh Uprising
Three classes of society introduced by the Vedic Aryans (names AND descriptions!)
Brahmin: priests, teachers, educators; Kshatriya: warriors, leaders; Vaishya: commoners, merchants, farmers
"great king" (Indian)
Maharaja
Mughal emperor who makes an imoportant deal with the British East India Company in 1612
Emperor Jahangir