Chapter 11 Flashcards
System in the Ottoman Empire in which a number of young boys were surrendered to the Sultan annually
Devshirme
Chief ministers of the sultan
Vizirs
Soldiers who made up the elite infantry core of the Ottoman Empire
Janissaries
Rulers of Holy Roman Empire
Habsburg
Name given to Christian crusades by Spain
Riconquista
Special church court that could use torture to get heretics out of Spain
Spanish Inquisition
Jews and Muslims who have recently converted to Christianity
Conversoes
Painted The Last Supper
Leonardo DeVinci
Sculpted the statue of David
Michelangelo
Wrote The Prince
Niccolo Machiavelli
Europeans who walked the countryside in bands whipping themselves to do penets for the sins that led to the plague
Flagellants
Great epidemic of the bubonic plague that traveled Europe, East Asia, and North Africa in the fourteenth century., killing large numbers including perhaps as many as one third of the European population.
Black Death
Hereditary ruling family passed control from one generation to the next
Dynasty
The Renaissance aspiration to know more about the human experience beyond what the Christian scriptures offered by reaching back into Ancient Greek and roman texts.
Humanism
Tribunal of the Roman Catholic Church that enforced religious orthodoxy during the Protestant reformation.
Inquisition
Political system in which one individual holds supreme power and passes that power on to her or her next kin
Monarchy
Rulers of Anatolia, the Arab world, and much of southern and Eastern Europe in the early sixteenth century
Ottoman Empire
They transformed themselves from nomadic warrior bands who roamed the borderlands between Islamic and Christian worlds in Anatolia into a sovereigns of vast, bureaucratic empire.
Ottoman Empire
Embarrassed a Sunni view of Islam
Ottoman Empire
They adapted traditional Byzantine governmental practices but tried new ways of integrating the diverse peoples of their empire
Ottoman Empire
Diverse religious movement in China during the fourteenth century that spread the belief that the world was drawing to an end and Mongol rule was collapsing
Red Turban movement
Term meaning “rebirth” that historians use to characterize the expanded cultural production of European nations between 1430-1550.
Renaissance
Emphasized a break from the church centered medieval world and a new concept of humankind as the center of the world
Renaissance
Political headquarters of the Ottoman Empire, located in Istanbul
Topkapi Palace
Ming naval leader who established tributary relations with Southeast Asia, Indian Ocean ports, the Persian gulf, and the east coast of Africa
Zheng He
