Empires
What is the biggest land-based empire ever to exist?
The Mongol Empire
What was the smallest of the land-based empires?
The Safavid Empire
Emperor
During which sultan was the Ottoman Empire at its biggest extent?
Suleiman the Magnificent
Which Mughal Emperor reinstated the Jizya
Aurangzeb
If an empire allows diferent religions to exist it is called:
Religious toleration
How were the Ottoman and Mughal empire similar in their religion?
They were both led by a dynasty of sunni muslims.
How long did the Time of the Troubles last?
9 years
What is the name and year of the battle seen as the end of Ottoman dominance at sea?
During whose reign was the Taj Mahal built?
Sjah Jahan
The Ottomans, Safavids and Mughals all decended from which ethnicity?
The Turks
What is something that both the Russian, Ottoman and Mughal Empires did regarding to their capital city?
They moved it
Moscow > St. Petersburg
Bursa > Constantinople
Agra > Delhi
What were the people called that explored Siberia
Cossacks
What is the name of Islamic law that forbid enslaving Muslims?
Shariah law
What were two religious groups that didn't like the reign of Aurangzeb?
Sikhs
Hindus
What are five land-based empires?
Ottoman Empire
Safavid Empire
Mughal Empire
Russian Empire
Manchu Qing Empire
Between 1200 and 1900, what was the dynasty that ruled the longest in all of the land-based empires?
The Ottomans
What are the four main (groups of) rulers of what is seen as Russia between 950 and 1917?
The Rurik Dynasty
The Mongols
Grand Duchy of Moscow
The Romanov Dynasty
What years were the failed sieges of Vienna?
1529 and 1683
Which Mughal emperor spent more time of his reign outside his own empire than actually in it?
Humayun
The Janissaries and Ghulams were both...
elite soldiers that protected the sultan/emperor
What are the five modern day countries that mostly resemble the five land-based empires?
Turkiye, Russia, Iran, China and India
During whose reign did the Pugachev Rebellion take place?
Catherine the Great
Why was the claim 'shadow of God on earth' as a title for the sultan more justified after the rule of Selim the Grim?
He conquered Mecca and Medina, the holy cities from Islam
Who came up with Din-i-Ilahi, what is it, and why did it fail?
Akbar the Great
A universal religion
It failed since it was rejected by both Hindus and Muslims and didn't really preach or try to spread itself either.