Unit 3 Vocab Flashcards
large; multiethnic states in Southwest, Central, and South Asia that relied on firearms to conquer and control territories, included the Russian, Ottoman, Safavid, and the Mughal Empires, tended to be militaristic, yet the Islamic empires left splendid artistic and architectural legacies, created in part to reflect the legitimacy of their rulers
Gunpowder Empire
origin in the _____ order of Sufism, established in the northern Azerbaijan region (Iran), despite being on the Arabian Sea (part of the Indian Ocean), the empire did not have a real navy, lacked natural defenses, rose to power in the 1500s due to their land-based military might and strong leadership, Shah Abbas I (Abbas the Great) presided over the empire at its height, troops included Christian boys pressed into service, imported weaponry from Europe, controlled religion and politics, used Shi’a Islam as a unifying force, conflicts with the Sunni Ottomans
Safavid Empire
reorganized the governance of Japan in order to centralize control over what was essentially a feudal system, divided into 250 hans, or territories, each of which was controlled by a daimyo who had his own army and was fairly independent, however the government required that daimyo maintain residences both in their home territory and also in the capital; if the daimyo himself was visiting his home territory, his family had to stay in Tokyo, essentially as hostages, this kept the daimyo under control, reducing them to landlords who managed the hans, rather than independent leaders
Tokugawa Shogunate
1689, England’s rulers William and Mary signed, assured individual civil liberties, ex: legal process before someone could be arrested and detained, guaranteed protection against tyranny of the monarchy by requiring the agreement of Parliament on matters of taxation and raising an army
English Bill of Rights
in 1546 and 1547, the forces of Charles V fought the German Lutheran Schmalkaldic League, conflict between Lutherans and the Holy Roman Empire resulted in this in 1555, which allowed pg 171
Peace of Augsburg
Thirty Years War
Inquisition
Jesuits
95 Theses
Ottoman Empire
Mughal Empire
Manchu
Versailles
Edict of Nantes
Peace of Westphalia
Counter Reformation
Council of Trent
Akbar
Tamerlane
Romanov Dynasty
Sulieman I
