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Land Based Empires - AP World Flashcards

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New Independent Russia

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Ivan III refused to pay Mongol tribute, began in Moscow

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Ivan the Great (IiI)

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Makes Russian rule legitimate, declares himself tsar or ‘third Rome’, asserted control over Orthodox churches

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Cossacks

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Russian peasant pioneers/military recruits of Ivan III, expanded lead to Muslims in Central Asia in Russian territory

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Ivan IV (the terrible)

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Establishes absolute monarchy and dies without heir

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Romanov Dynasty

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Mikhail Romanov is first tsar and reesablished internal order, expanded borders to Ottoman

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Ming China

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Founded by Zhu Yuanzhang, rebelled against Mongols, returned China to Chinese traditions

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Ming Political Reforms

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Neo-Confucians increased influence, obedience to state, sought to limit influence of bureaucrats

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Ming Social reforms

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Civil service exams return, Neo-Confucian dominance, peasant life improved

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Qing China

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Emp. Kangxi expanded to Taiwan, Mongolia, and Central Asia
Emp. Qianlong conquered Nepal but failed to take Burma and Vietnam

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Qing Society

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Patriarchal and Confucian, starts to decline 1800, rebellions by White Lotus and corruption

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Gunpowder Empires

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Ottomans, Safavids, and Mughals, all Islamic

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Ottoman Rise

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Began in 1350 in Mondern Turkey, Mehmed II led to conquer Constantinople, then took Syria, Egypt, Notth Africa, Hungary, and Black and Red Seas

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Ottoman Height

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Suleiman the Magnificent led to their height, conquered Eastern Europe and tried to attack Vienna

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Ottoman Decline

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Internal military problems, Battle of Lepanto damaged navy, ignored Western technological advances

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The Shi’a Safavids

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Turkish nomadic group, practiced Shi’a Islam. Safi Al Din was a movement to purify Islam, spread religion throughout Turkey

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Isma’il and thr Battle of Chaldiran

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Isma’il was Emp.
Battle of Chaldiran was a conflict with Ottoman, featured new power of gunpowder, blocked Shi’Islam from spreading west

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Abbas the Great

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Safavid empire reached height of strength, welcomed European knowledge, wanted to become center of Islam

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Safavid Power and Religion

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Shahs-claimed to be descendants of Muhammad, Shi’ism expanded

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Safavid Society and Economy

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Shahs tried to balances power between social classes, land based trade

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Safavid Culture

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Originally Turkish, later Persian, Mullahs were mosque officials

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Rapid Demise of Safavid Empire

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Abbas I removed all suitable heirs, weak grandsons followed, admnistraton collapsed

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Mughals in India

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Babur founded, more interested in territorial expansion, poor admin leader

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Mughal-Safavid War

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Safavid Victory because Mughals were at war with Hindu Kush group

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Mughal Art and Architecture

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Blend of Persian and Hindu traditions, considered one of the peaks in Indian culture

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Mughal Economy

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Trade occurred with Europe in Indian coastal towns, cotton, indigo, silk, textiles. Gov, granted land to military officers and gov. Officials

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Mughal Society

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Typical hierarchical society, Patriarchal society

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Aurangzebs Mistakes

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Shah Jana ‘s son, had two foolish goals, wanted to expand all of India, wanted to rid Hinduism in Indian Islam

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Hapsburgs

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Most powerful family in Europe, ruled the HRE throne

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Louis XIV

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Absolutism, ignored Estates General, huge supporter of arts for propaganda, “I am the state”

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Palace of Versailles

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Theater State, Louis XIV required all nobles live here to control them

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Russia’s Peter the Great

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Absolute monarch who built up tsar control, shifted westward to become a naval power

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Westernization in Russia

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Drafted peasants to increase army size, merit system, Landlords rewarded for using serfs, did NOT adopt enlightenment or parliament

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Japan’s Reunification

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Japan weaken by civil war, Toyotomi Hideyoshi reunites

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Tokugawa Shogunate

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Nakuru government (tent gov.), Tokugawa leyasu consolidated power in Japan, little focus on outside conquests

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Tokugawa Economics and Society

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Economy was rooted in agriculture, patriarchal and hierarchal society

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Tokugawa Culture

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Affected by Confucianism, Buddhism, and Shintoism, high literacy rates, theaters

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Ottoman Sultans and their Court

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Sultans are absolute monarchs, vizer system set up, vizers became centralized and Sultans lost control

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Ottoman Economic Challanges

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One of the wealthiest Empires in world, Inflation from silver, still used Land trade, local gov. pocketed taxes

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Ottoman Tax collection systems

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Tax farming - gov. auctioned off responsibilities of collecting taxes, winner collected state taxes and kept a portion, led to corruption

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Ottoman Military

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elites were cavalry, Janissaries were warriors only loyal to sultans

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Ottoman Culture

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Renaissance period, restored Constantinople and Hagia Sophia

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Consolidating Mughal Power in South Asia

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Akbar wanted to reunite all of India, created strong administration and reformed tax system

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Akbar’s Social and Cultural Reform

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Encouraged widow remarriage and intermarriages between Muslims and Hindus

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South Asia Under Jahangir and Shah Jahan

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Retained tolerance with Hindus, added little territory for Mughal India.

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Songhai Empire

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Askia Mohammad I seized power under Sunni Ali

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Martin Luther protested against

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the Catholic Church’s use of indulgences (absolution from punishments for sin) and simony (selling of church offices)

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Martin Luther

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wrote 95 Thesis, begins Protestant Reformation, excommunicated by Pope Leo X, called a heretic by Emperor Charles V

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Germany at War

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German Princes get in a conflict with Luther, Charles V wins the war against Protestant Princes, Peace of Augsburg decides ruler decides state religion

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Henry VIII

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King of England, wanted to divorce wife but Catholic Church would not allow

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Anglican Church

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Started by King Henry, Parliament passed Act of Supremacy making King Henry the head of the Church

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Calvinism

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Predestination - God predetermined the people who will be saved

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Results of Protestant Reformation

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Spread of belief salvation could be achieved by faith alone, supports questioning of leaders, desire to read Bible and be literate, growth of printing press

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Catholic Counter Reformation

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Council of Trent, Jesuits, Inquisition

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Council of Trent

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abolished sale of indulgences and other abuses

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Jesuits

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missionary effort

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Edict of Nantes

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Religious violence between Hugenot Calvinists and Catholics in France, France grants tolerance towards Hugenots

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Thirty Years War

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Begins as a religious war between Catholics and Protestants in HRE, turns into war about Hapsburgs power, Treaty of Westphalia decides German princes choose the religion

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Islamic Religious Schisms

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Ottoman : Siege of Constantinople changes relgion Eastern Orthodox -> Islam
Safavid : Shi’a vs Sunni
Mughal : Muslims vs Hindus but Akbar changed that and Sikhism was created

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Scientific Revolution

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challenged Catholic Church, belief people could control and calculate environment

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Deism

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a god created the Earth, but its only role was to set natural laws in motion, reconciles religion with science

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