India
A white marble mausoleum built by Mughal emperor Shah Jahan in memory in memory of his wife. Located in Agra, India; completed in 1648.
The Taj Mahal
The first emperor of the Ming Dynasty
Hongwu
Spanish term for "conqueror"
conquistador
a popular form of Japanese drama that developed during the Tokugawa period. This art form brings together dialogue, dance, and music to tell stories.
Kabuki
An Italian explorer who sailed to the “New World” in 1492
Christopher Columbus
Founded the Mughal Dynasty
Babur
A Japanese feudal lord who commanded a private army of samurai
Daimyo
A group of people from one country who build a settlement in another territory or land live here
colony
A Japanese poetic form that developed in the 17th century; consists of three lines, with five syllables in the first line, seven in the second, and five in the third
haiku
This conquistador defeated the Aztecs in 1519
Hernando Cortés
Leader of the Marathas
Shivaji
Japanese daimyo; was the first to make extensive use of firearms. In 1573, he deposed the last of the Ashikaga shogunate; unified much of central Honshu under his command
Oda Nobunaga
The emperor of the Incas; was defeated by Pizarro in 1532.
Atahualpa
A monotheistic religion founded in the 15th century in the Punjab region of India; the fifth-largest religion in the world
Sikhism
This conquistador defeated Atahualpa and the Incas (South America) in 1532.
Francisco Pizzaro
"The Great": the 3rd Mughal emperor who conquered most of northern India and practiced religious tolerance, grandson of Babur
Akbar
Chinese Muslim explorer, navigator, and voyager; the admiral of seven voyages from China to the Indian Ocean
Zheng He
This group of people was the result of the intermarriage between the Spanish and Aztecs
Mestizos
Major dynasty that ruled China from 1368 to 1644
Ming Dynasty
The Portuguese navigator who discovered the sea route to India
Vasco da Gama
The great-grandson of Akbar; the Mughal empire reached its peak.
Aurangzeb
The feudal lord and chief imperial minister that completed the 16th-century Japanese unification started by Nobunaga
Toyotomi Hideyoshi
A system of forced labor that the Spanish created to make money from Native Americans
Encomienda
The final imperial dynasty in China, lasting from 1644 to 1912
Qing Dynasty
This Portuguese mariner was the first round the southern tip of Africa, the Cape of Good Hope, and reached the Indian Ocean
Bartolomeu Dias