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Unit 3: Land Based Empires Flashcards

1
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How do land empires expand

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Military conquest with gunpowder and new forms of military

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2
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What were 3 the Gunpowder Empires

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Ottoman Empire
Safavid Empire
Mughal Empire

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3
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What was the Tokugawa Shogunate

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Time of peace and stability and the centralization of the Japanese under the Shogunate
Supported idea of Feudalism

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What was the sakoku policy

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Japan’s policy of isolation

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5
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Some characteristics of Safavid Empire

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Shia Muslim
Rivals with ottomans

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6
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When and who captured Constantinople

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1450 - Ottomans

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7
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Define the Songhai Empire

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West African empire ruling lots of land
Founded by Sonni Ali
Arts flourished + center of learning

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What was the Devshirme System

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Non-Muslim Christian boys sent to Islam Ottoman Empire military to later become janissaries

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9
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What is Divine Right

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Rulers claimed to be ruling in consent or in the name of God
Similar to Mandate of Heaven in China

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10
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Who collected taxes in Japan

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Salaried Samurai

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11
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Who collected taxes in the Ottoman Empire

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Zamindars

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12
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What is tax farming

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Used by Ottomans
Government auctioned off the right to tax to whoever could buy it

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What was the Protestant Reformation

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Roman Catholic church was corrupt so people began to think of alternatives
(Martin Luther - Lutheran)

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What did Martin Luther do

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nailed 95 theses (problems with catholic church) to church door and created lutheranism

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What is Sufism

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Mystical Islam belief system with closer relationship with god

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16
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What was the Bhakti Movement

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Hindu movement of belief in a personal god or deity rejecting more formal Hindu beliefs

17
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What is Sikhism

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5th largest religion in world
Syncretic between Islam and Hinduism

18
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What was muslim split into at around 700

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Sunni and Shi’a

19
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Who established Mughal Empire

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Babur

20
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Who proceeded Babur in Mughal Empire

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Akbar - very tolerant

21
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Who were the Manchus and what did they do

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Raided Han and established Qing Dynasty

22
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What is the Songhai Moroccan Conflict

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Morrocans invade Songhai in Africa

23
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What did King Louis do in France to control the nobles

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Let them live in palace of Versailles

24
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What were Zamindars

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Mughal - elite landowners granted authority to tax peasants for gov’t

25
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What was the sale of induldgences

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Way to pay out of a sin - caused protestant reformation

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