AP Edition The Earth and It's Peoples
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| 293907444 | Ottoman Empire | Empire began 1300. Largest Muslim Empire since caliphate in 7th century. Huge + land-based. | 0 | |
| 293907445 | Suleiman the Magnificent | "the lawgiver". Got as far as Vienna before winter=retreat. Ottoman sultan | 1 | |
| 293907446 | Janissary | Muslim troops of converted enslaved Christians. No compunction about fighting Muslims. | 2 | |
| 293907447 | devshirme | system of getting Janissaries. Literally "selection". Regular levy of male children. | 3 | |
| 293907448 | "Tulip Period" | Ottoman 1718-1730 craze for high-priced (specific flower) bulbs. Disgust for using taxes like this led to Patrona Halil rebellion. | 4 | |
| 293907449 | Safavid Empire | land-grants for cavalry, several languages, land power, urban elite, nomadic chiefs, religious scholars as intermediaries. Adopted Shi'ism. | 5 | |
| 293907450 | Shi'ite Islam | Islam but where the family of Muhammad's son-in-law Ali was revered. | 6 | |
| 293907451 | Hidden Imam | 12th descendant of Ali. All of Iran leaders were temporary stand-ins for this person. 2 views of what to do while waiting- accept peacefully or play a stronger role in political affairs. | 7 | |
| 293907452 | Shah Abbas I | Declared Isharan Iran's capitol in 1598 | 8 | |
| 293907453 | Mughal Empire | Empire founded by Babur, rulers continued to think of Central Asia as their true home. | 9 | |
| 293907454 | Akbar | Babur's grandson who expanded the Mughal Empire. Tried to combine Muslims and Hindus peacefully enough. | 10 | |
| 293907455 | Rajputs | Hindu warriors from the north of India that held land grants(or were mansabdars) | 11 | |
| 293907456 | mansabs | grants of land revenue to military+govt. for service | 12 | |
| 293907457 | Sikhism | Religion. First Guru was Nanak, stressed meditation to find enlightenment. After govt. beheading, they became a military group. | 13 | |
| 293907458 | Acheh Sultanate | In northern Sumatra, Islam was used to counter Christianity. | 14 | |
| 293907459 | Oman | Arabs in southeastern Arabia captured Portuguese capitol in East Africa, Mombasa. | 15 | |
| 293907460 | Swahili | Bantu language of coast absorped Arabic, Persian and Portugues. Turned into distinctive culture. | 16 | |
| 293907461 | Batabia | Dutch's capitol (now Jakarta on Java). Attacked by Mataram kingdom but survived. | 17 | |
| 293907462 | daimyo | numerous warlords, each w/ castle town, small bureaucracy, and army of warriors | 18 | |
| 293907463 | samurai | The warlord's army of soldiers (single unit term) | 19 | |
| 293907464 | Tokugawa Shogunate | military govt., politically decentralized in Japan | 20 | |
| 293907465 | Ming Empire | assembly-line production, porcelain, silk, lacquered furniture. Then corruption, price inflation,+ Japanese led to new dynasty | 21 | |
| 293907466 | Qing Empire | headed by Manchu family. Invited into China to fight Japanese and rebels led by Li Sicheng. Had Canton system, etc. | 22 | |
| 293907467 | Kangxi | Emperor in Qing Dynasty. Child emperor first battled with regents, then had relations with Jesuits + Russia | 23 | |
| 293907468 | Amur River | The settled-upon border between China and Russia. China wanted it for protection, and Russia wanted fur/timber/metal | 24 | |
| 293907469 | Macartney | Ambassador sent to China to try and open it up to British commerce at other ports | 25 | |
| 293907470 | Muscovy | Princes of territory surrounding Moscow who ended the Golden Horde rule | 26 | |
| 293907471 | Ural Mountains | large territories owned by Russia on the Asian side of these mountains | 27 | |
| 293907472 | tsar | From the Roman caesar. Used since 1547 in Russia | 28 | |
| 293907473 | Siberia | Forested land open to exploration by Strogonovs | 29 | |
| 293907474 | serfs | peasants that were close to slaves except that they belonged to the land, not a master | 30 | |
| 293907475 | Peter the Great | tried to reduce Russia's isolation and bring it into the West. | 31 |
