unit 3 Flashcards
(21 cards)
adoption of gunpowder, south western Europe, conquered constantoniple, Jannisaries, Sunni muslim
Ottoman empire
what was constantiople renamed to?
Instanbul
enslaved Christians were converted to Islam and made into an army
Jannisaries (Ottoman)
The belief that anyone who was right could be the successor of muhhammad could be fit
sunni mulsim (ottoman)
middle east, Shah Ismail, Shah Abbas, Shi’a muslim
Safavid empire
The belief that only blood relatives of Muhmmad could be successors
Shi’a Muslim
south/central Asia, Delhi sultanate, Babur took down Delhi sultanate, Akbar (Babur’s grandson), Muslim
Mughal empire
Ming before were ethinically han but the manchu were outsiders who set up a new dynasty
Qing dynasty (Manchu empire)
the methods a ruler uses to establish their authority
Legitimize
the methods a ruler uses to transfer power from other groups to themselves
Consolidate
Ottomans, used this system to staff their bureaucracy with highly trained individuals, top performers were appointed to elite positions in the ottoman bureaucracy
Devshirme system
monarchs were gods represenitives on earth
divine right of kings
hung imperial portraits of himself around the city with books to show his wisdom
Emperor Kangxi (Qing dynasty)
Louis 14th in France, required French nobility to live there
Palace of Versailles
mughal empire, elite landowners who were granted authority to tax peasants living on their land on behalf of the imperial gov
Zamindars/Zamindar
ottomans, the right to tax subjects of the empire was awarded to the highest bidder
tax farming
people use money to get powerful postions in the church
simony
people payed to get their sins forgiven
sale of indulgences
catholic monk, didn’t like the things the church was doing because the bible didn’t say, made a list of complaints called 95 theses, Gutenberg spread it
martin luther
syncretic blend of both hindu and islamic doctrines
sikhism
