Unit 3 - 3.1 through 3.4 Flashcards
Who defeated the Ottoman Empire in 1571 in a great naval conflict known as the Battle of Lepanto?
The Navies of Spain and Venice
What two problems did the Safavid Empire have?
Lack of navy and lack of natural defenses
The Ottoman Empire had what main religion?
Islam
How long did the Ottoman Empire last?
A long time (1300s to 1922)
Mughal Empire
Muslim state (1526-1857) exercising dominion over most of India in the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries.
Safavid Empire
Turkish-ruled Iranian kingdom (1502-1722) established by Ismail Safavi, who declared Iran a Shi’ite state.
Shah is a Persian word for
king
Printing Press in Europe
15th century invention which revolutionized the ability to print information which in turn affected the speed of the spread of information itself.
Who was Akbar the Great?
He is considered to be their greatest ruler of the Mughal Empire in India. Responsible for the expansion, stability his administration gave to it, and the increasing of trade and cultural diffusion.
Who was Quianlong?
a ruler of the Manchu (Qing) dynasty who helped to create a prosperous, powerful, and culturally rich empire. He brought much prosperity that he cancelled taxes 4 times
Who was Askia the Great?
A Muslim leader who led the Songhai Empire to the height of its power.
Who was Tokugawa Ieyasu?
The founder of the Tokugawa Shogunate which lasted from 1603 to 1867 and reunified Japan.
Daimyo
A Japanese feudal lord who commanded a private army of samurai
Janissaries
Infantry, originally of slave origin, armed with firearms and constituting the elite of the Ottoman army from the fifteenth century until the corps was abolished in 1826.
Devshirme
Ottoman policy of enslaving boys from Christian regions to be trained as Muslim soldiers or bureaucrats
Louis XIV
(1638-1715) Known as the Sun King, absolute monarch completely controlled France. One of his accomplishments was the palace at Versailles.
Divine Right
A belief that rulers receive their authority directly from God.