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This famous building in Dehli built by Mughal Shah Jahan for his dead wife is called
Taj Mahal
Daimyo were
Feudal lords in Japan during the early Edo period
Tributes were a way an empire could increase revenue in addition to collecting taxes. All off the following were empires that demanded tribute from others EXCEPT
Japan
Askia the Great the leader of ______, like Mansa Musa, promoted Islam and pilgrimaged to Mecca.
Songhai
When the Ottoman Empire conquered Constantinople they renamed the city
Istanbul
Peter the Great moved the capital of Russia from Moscow to _______, a new modern capital on the coast.
Saint Petersburg
Divine Right of Kings is
a political and religious doctrine that states that a monarch derives their authority directly from God and is therefore not subject to earthly authority or questioning.
Peter the Great of Russia was a member of the
Romanov
To maintain power in Russia, Ivan the Terrible created the oprichnina or
secret police
In Russia, the order of society place the ____ at the top
boyars
English Bill of Rights is
A document that established rights and liberties for the English people and limited the powers of the monarchy.
The _______ shogunate ruled Japan during "The Great Peace"
Tokugawa
In the Ottoman Empire, Janissaries were
elite infantry units made up of Christian slave soldiers
In France, royal officials- sent to provinces to execute the orders of the crown were called
Intendents
To ensure loyalty to the sultan in the Ottoman Empire, administrators came from
the devshirme system
To centralize power in China after the Mongols, the Ming Dynasty did all of the following EXCEPT
create 50 provinces
Tax collectors in the Ottoman Empire were called
Zamindars
All of the following are true about Peter the Great EXCEPT
opened public schools
The palace of ________ in France was built to show the power and authority of their absolute monarch.
Versailles
Absolutism is
a political theory that suggests that power should be concentrated in the hands of a single ruler or authority.
In England, the men picked by the landed gentry to maintain peace in counties of England were called
Justices of the Peace