Unit 3: Land-Based Empires Flashcards
Machu Empire
- Similar to Mongols (Barbarians)
- Invade Ming Dynasty China
- Nurhac united the Manchus and invaded the Ming Dynasty
Gunpowder
Expanded the:
- The Ottoman Empire
- The Safavid Empire
- The Mughal Empire
Kangxi
- Longest reigning emperor in Chinese history
- Most learned emperor in Chinese history
- Supported Confucianism
- Decree of Kangxi: Jesuits need to stop preaching in China
Imperial Portraits
Civil Service Exam
Banner System
Queue
Neo-Confucianism
Islam
Gao
Trans-Saharan
Songhai Empire
Aztec Empire
-Human sacrifice
-Chinampas
Tenochtitlan
Incan Empire
Cuzco
Atahualpa
Mughal Empire
- Unified the subcontinent into one political unit
- Minority Muslim, rule over Hindu majority
- New regions: Sikhism and Jainism
Tokugawa Japan
Salaried Samurai
Shogun
Sakoku
Ottoman Empire
- Sunni Islam
- Religious tolerance (Jew/Christians)
- Janissaries: Soldiers for Ottomans
- Devshirme: Forced Christian boys to convert to Islam and made them serve their bureaucracy
- Conquered Constantin ople
1453
- The fall of Constantinople
- Walls of city breached with cannons
- Ends Byzantine Empire + Roman
- Renamed Instanbul
Istanbul
- New city name after the fall of Constantinople
Devshirme
- Forced young christian Balkan children to serve their infants or bureaucracy
Janissaries
Sultans elite troops
Sunni Islam
Safavid Empire
- forcibly converted people to Shi’a Islam
- Surrounded by Sunni Islam empires
Shi’a Islam
Taj Mahal
Sikhism
Zamindars/tax farming
Versailles
Protestant Reformation
Mehmet II
Montezuma
Guru Nanak
Martin Luther
Suleiman I
Akbar I
Tokugawa Ieysau
Shah Abbas I
Comparison
Compare the methods by which various empires increased their influence from 1450-1750.
Continuity & Change
Explain the continuities and changes within the various belief systems from 1450-1750.
