Tp2 Midpoint Flashcards
What is centralization?
Centralization is the consolidation of political power into one entity.
What does colonization mean?
Colonization is establishing political and economic control over a foreign territory using military force.
What was the Qing Dynasty?
The Qing Dynasty (1644-1912) was established by Manchurians who overtook China after the fall of the Ming Dynasty, proclaiming the ‘Mandate of Heaven.’
What are imperial portraits?
Imperial portraits are artworks used for legitimizing the ruler, drawing on practices of ancestor veneration and showing the Emperor as embodying Confucian ideals.
What was the Safavid Empire?
The Safavid Empire (1501-1736) was a Middle Eastern empire primarily located in the area historically known as Persia.
What is Shia Islam?
Shia Islam is the branch of Islam comprising sects that believe in Ali and the Imams as the only rightful successors of Muhammad.
What was the Ottoman Empire?
The Ottoman Empire (1299-1923) became an empire after the conquest of Constantinople by Mehmed II in 1453 and was ruled by Sunni Muslims.
What is tax farming?
Tax farming is when the government sells parcels of land to wealthy nobles who tax the peasants and extract production for profit.
What is devshirme?
Devshirme is the practice by which the Ottoman Empire took quotas of boys from Christian families who were then forcibly converted to Islam.
What are millets?
Millets were communities in the Ottoman Empire with separate legal courts that allowed different religious laws to rule on relevant cases.
What is the Mughal Empire?
The Mughal Empire was a significant empire in the Indian subcontinent.
What is the Taj Mahal?
The Taj Mahal is an architectural masterpiece used to legitimize the rule of Muslims in a predominantly Hindu population.
