Important places
what is Place is know as the forbidden city
What is Beijing, China
what is the Safavid-Mughal Conflict
what is a war between the Mughal and Safavid empires in the territory of modern Afghanistan
what is the Salaried Samurai
what is a professional warrior in japan who got fixed salaries from their fedual lord
what is the Protestant Reformation
what is was a series of events that happened in 16th century in Catholic Church. Because Catholic Church had been accused of corruption and some people believed changes were needed because of the way the Church worked.
what is Absolutism
what is a form of monarchy where one person, usually called a monarch (king or queen) that holds absolute power
What is the St. Basil's Cathedral located?
What is Moscow,Russia
what is the Songhai vs. Morocco
what is it was the decisive confrontation in 16th century invasion of the Songhai Empire by the army of the Saadi dynasty in Morocco
what is the Mexica Practice of Human Sacrifice
what is it is a intrinsic part of their religion, to give back to the gods who sacrificed themselves to create the current cycle of the world
what is the Thirty Years' War
what is was fought primarily in Germany, but several other countries became involved in the conflict, including France, Spain, and Sweden. Lasted for 30 years (1618 to 1648)
what are the Janissaries
what is was a member of the elite infantry units that formed the Ottoman sultan's household troops.
What is Constantinople known as today
What is Istanbul
what is the Sunni-Shia split in Islam
what is it is split in the religion comes down to a political and spiritual difference of opinion about who should have succeeded Muhammad after his death
what is the Devshirme
what is was the Ottoman's practice of forcibly recruiting soldiers/bureaucrats from the children of their Balkan Christian subjects and raising them in the religion of Islam
what is the Counter-Reformation
what is was a movement within the Roman Catholic Church which began in the 1500s and included Doctrine (ideology)
Ecclesiastical or Structural Reconfiguration
Religious orders
Spiritual Movements
Political Dimensions
what is Tax Farming
what is was a form of tax farm that appeared in the 15th century in the Ottoman Empire.
The Sultan Ahmed Mosque is also called..
What is the Blue Mosque
what is Bakufu
what is governments which ruled Japan from 1185 until 1868
what is the Mexica tribute lists
what is records tributes that subject towns paid to mexico, tenochtitlan.
what are the Jesuits
what is Soldiers of Christ, and Foot soldiers of the Pope
what are the Qing Imperial Portraits
what is portraits of emperors adorned many of the palaces inside the Forbidden City and were an important part of funeral rituals when an emperor died.
What is the Taj Mahal
What is a islamic religious building that is a mosque and tomb in India
what is the Battle of Panipat
what is three military engagements fought at Panipat, a level plain suitable for cavalry movements
what is the Divine Right of Kings
what is was a political and religious doctrine. It meant that a monarch was given the right to rule by God alone
what is the Empiricism
what is a theory that states that all knowledge comes from experience.
what is a Zamindar
what is was an autonomous or semi-autonomous feudal lord of a zamindari (feudal estate)