Ottoman
High-ranking government officials in the Ottoman Empire
What are Viziers?
Mughal leader who conquered Afghanistan and Delhi Sultanate
Who is Babur?
This was a cultural connector of the Safavid Empire.
What is Shia Islam?
A Tokugawa warrior
What is a samurai?
Leader of a shogunate.
What is a shogun?
Today's remnant of the Ottoman Empire?
What is Turkey?
Local government officials who collected taxes and upheld laws for the Mughals.
What were zamindars?
The current country in the geographic - and religious - footprint of the Safavid Empire
What is Iran?
Mumtaz' mausolem
What is the Taj Mahal?
The Ming brought this back from Song Dynasty days.
What is Confucianism (or the civil-service exam)?
Renamed Istanbul in 1453
What is Constantinople?
He combined Muslim, Hindu, Zoroastrian, Christian, and Sikh beliefs into one "divine faith"
Who is Akbar?
Architectural masterpiece of Ivan the Terrible
What is St. Basil's Cathedral?
Region for "collecting" Christian boys
What are the Balkans?
One of the two western Chinese regions incorporated into the Qing Dynasty
What is Xinjiang or Tibet?
The conscription of Christian boys in the Balkans to be used as government officials and soldiers
What is devshirme?
Mughal tax on non-Muslims.
What is the jizya tax?
Russian name for caesar
What is tsar?
Very nontolerant Mughal leader who tried to expand the empire south.
Who is Aurangzeb?
This preceded the Ming Dynasty.
What is the Yuan Dynasty?
Elite soldiers of the Ottoman Empire
What are Janissaries?
Built the Taj Mahal.
Who is Shah Jahan?
The Russian Empire came into existence out of this mini-Mongol empire
What is the Golden Horde?
Widely regarded to be the most successful Ottoman sultan.
Who is Suleiman the Magnificent?
Manchurian hairdo mandated by the Qing.
What is a queue?