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| 170955184 | The Ottoman Empire | Founded by Osman, the Ottoman Empire included a collection of Turkish tribes from Asia Minor. In 1453 they conquered Constantinople and ended the Byzantine Empire. From Constantinople (soon to be called Istanbul) they launched raids into the Balkans of Europe. | 0 | |
| 170955185 | Janissaries | Balkan Christians captured as boys who became skilled soldiers | 1 | |
| 170955186 | Mughal Empire | Muslim state (1526-1857) exercising dominion over most of India in the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries. | 2 | |
| 170955187 | Tokugawa Japan | A powerful family in Japan that ruled as shoguns, 1603-1867, characterized by a samurai ruling class, urbanization, and the growth of a merchant class. Top-down approaches worked to solve environmental problems. | 3 | |
| 170955188 | Ming Dynasty | A major dynasty that ruled China from the mid-fourteenth to the mid-seventeenth century. It was marked by a great expansion of Chinese commerce into East Africa, the Middle East, and Southeast Asia | 4 | |
| 170955189 | Qing Dynasty | the last imperial dynasty of China (from 1644 to 1912) which was overthrown by revolutionaries; during the Qing dynasty China was ruled by the Manchu | 5 | |
| 170955190 | The Enlightenment | Natural Rights - life, liberty and property Right of people to revolt and overthrow government Freedom of speech, press, and religion | 6 | |
| 170955191 | Scientific Revolution | World could be explained through natural laws rather than superstition Sun was the center of the universe Scientific Method Questions traditional church teachings | 7 | |
| 170955192 | Neoconfucianism | combine elements of Buddhism and Daoism to make Confucianism more accessible for less literate Chinese | 8 | |
| 170955193 | Colombian Exchange | the transfer of plants, animals, and diseases between the Americas and Europe, Asia, and Africa | 9 | |
| 170955194 | Atlantic Slave Trade | Lasted from 16th century until the 19th century. Trade of African peoples from Western Africa to the Americas. One part of a three-part economical system known as the MIddle Passage of the Triangular Trade. | 10 |
