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Gunpowder Empires
Large empires that utilized firearms to conquer territories, including the Ottoman, Mughal, and Safavid empires.
Armed Trade
A practice where empires engaged in trade under the threat of military force.
Ottoman Empire
A Sunni Muslim empire that lasted approximately 600 years, ending after World War I.
Mughal Empire
A Sunni Muslim empire that succeeded the Delhi Sultanate in India.
Safavid Empire
A Shia Muslim empire known for its conflicts with Sunni empires, particularly the Ottomans.
Gutenberg Printing Press
An invention that increased literacy in Europe, marking the end of the Medieval Period around 1450.
Ivan IV (Ivan the Terrible)
Russian ruler who expanded territory and controlled local khanates, including the Golden Horde.
Volga River
A crucial trade route that allowed Russia to access the Caspian Sea and expand eastward into Siberia.
Ming Empire
The dynasty that overthrew the Yuan Dynasty and stabilized China, expanding its territory significantly.
Qing Dynasty
The last imperial dynasty of China, known for its military campaigns and cultural achievements under Emperor Qianlong.
Ghazi Ideal
A model for warrior life in the Gunpowder Empires that combined nomadic values with Islamic warrior ethos.
Millet System
An Ottoman administrative system allowing religious communities to govern themselves while paying taxes to the central government.
Shah Abbas I
A significant ruler of the Safavid Empire who modernized the military and used Shia Islam to unify the state.
Mughal Trade
Flourished under Akbar, with a centralized government and a caste system that structured society and trade. (Asking about trade)
Taj Mahal
A mausoleum built by Shah Jahan, exemplifying cultural diffusion through its architectural style.
Decline of Gunpowder Empires
Resulted from the rise of Western European powers and failure to modernize military and governance.
Harem Politics
The influence of the sultan's wives and concubines in Ottoman succession, leading to political instability.
Emperor Aurangzeb
The Mughal emperor whose policies of religious intolerance and military expansion contributed to the empire's decline.
Decline of the Safavid
Lack of trade and military conflicts
Castes or Jatis
strict social groupings designated at birth
Akbar
Babur’s grandson who oversaw one of the richest and best governed states in the world as the Mughal Empire
Ghazi Ideal
Model for warrior life that blended cooperative values of nomadic culture with the willingness to serve as a holy fighter for Islam
Millet System
An autonomous self-governing religious community organized by a religious leader that answers to the central government (to make sure they pay taxes)
Uighurs
the Muslim population, never fully incorporated into rest of Chinese culture
Cossacks
Peasant warriors
How is the safavid empire different from the other two gunpowder empires?
They were Shia Muslim
Why does China remove their trading privileges?
British made them addicted to opium
Ottoman empire peaked under who?
Suleiman I
Why was there conflict between the Safavid and Ottoman empires?
Different branch of islam led to conflict
England Monarch Family
Tudor
France Monarch Family
Valois
Spain Monarch Family
Isabella and Ferdinand
Dalai Lama
head of tibetan buddhism
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