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332267285Shah JahanMughal ruler who constructed the Taj Mahal0
332267286OsmanFounder of the Ottoman Empire1
332267287BaburFounder of the Mughal dnasty and a descendant of Tamerlane2
332267288AurangzebMughal empire reached its greatest geographic size during his reign3
332267289Hurrem Sultanaa concubine who had tremendous influence over Suleyman4
332267290AkbarIslamic leader who abolished the jizya; religiously tolerant5
332267291Shah IsmailIslamic leader who converted to Twelver Shiism6
332267292Mehmed IIConquered Constantinople7
332267293SuleymanOttoman empire reached its greatest size and power under his rule8
332267294QianlongMade Vietnam, Burma, and Nepal vassal states of China9
332267295ManchuToppled the Ming Dynasty10
332267296QingTranslation means "pure"11
332267297MingOverthrew the Yuan dynasty, translated means "brilliant"12
332267298IeyasuIN 1600, finished the process of unifying Japan13
332267299Daimyopowerful Japanese territorial lords14
332267300"Son of Heaven"the Chinese emperor's role in maintaining order on earth15
332267301Ming and Qing dynastypatriarchal authority over females became tighter than ever16
332267302foreign trade in Qingwas limited and under tight governmental control17
332267303Japanese foreign policy in 1630'sforbid Japanese travel overseas; prohibition on ship construction; careful control of trade with Asian lands18
332267304Treaty of TordesillasSplit Central and South America between Spain and Portugal19
332267305PeninsularesSpanish migrants who were born in Europe20
332267307DutchThe first recorded European sighting of Australia as made by the21
332267309EnglishEstablished the first permanent settlement in Australia22
332267311FranceIn North America, this country found fur trade to be their most profitable commodity23
332267312CortesDefeated the Aztecs24
332267313PizarroConquered the Inca Empire25
332267314Spanishwanted control of Guam because it was on the route between Acapulco and Manila26
332267315TimbuktuCenter of Islamic learning in West Africa27
332267316PortugueseFirst European slave traders were the28
332267317HaitiOnly place where a slave revolt brought about ab end to slavery29
332267318DenmarkFirst Europeans to abolish the slave trade30
332267319SonghayLast Last of the great imperial states of West Africa; dominated the gold trade there until the late 15th century31
332267320Great ZimbabweLarge fortified city in southern Africa, dominated the gold trade there until the late 15th century32
332267321MestizoOf European and Native American descent33
332267322Vast majority of slavesprovided agricultural labor on plantations34
332267323Islam and Christianityoften spread into sub-Saharan Africa as syncretic versions of the original35
332267324Majority of slavescame from war captives36
332267325Capetownbuild by Dutch in 165237
332267326New Yorkoriginally a Dutch colony38
332267327Indian population in US5-10 million in 1492, 600,000 in 180039
332267328Triangular TradeBritain-Africa-America, guns trade for slaves trade for sugar40
332267329Ottoman, Safavid, Mughal empiresnomadic Turkish speaking tribes41
332267330Twelver Shiismthe twelfth infallible imam was still alive and would return to spread his faith42
332267331Battle of Chaldiran 1514the Ottomans defeated the Safavids43
332267332Steppe tradition that caused greatest problemwas the bloody competition among heirs to the throne44
332267333reason for the decline of Islamic empiresa series of weak and incompetent rules, rising tensions between different religious groups, changing trade routes that bypassed the empire and hurt them financially, increasing religious conservatism and intolerance among the Islamic laders45
332267334Jiyzatax paid by non-Muslims for being in an Islamic country46
332267335Sikhisma syncretic combination of Hinduism and Islam47
332267336foot bindingshowed the increasing subjugation f women during the Qing dynasty48
332267337Tokugawa Shogunatedynasty that hod no trade; it united all the clans in Japan49
332267338GhaziMuslim religious warriors; made up a large part of armies50
332267339Janissarieschristian boys from Balkan peninsula; loyal to sultan's body guard51

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