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| 304624784 | Ottomans | Turkic people who advanced from strongholds in Asia Minor during 1350s; conquered large part of Balkans; unified under Mehmed I; captured Constantinople in 1453; established empire from Balkans that included most of Arab world. | 0 | |
| 304624785 | Mehmed II | also called Mehmed the Conqueror, Murad's son, conquered Constaninople in 1453 and opened it to new citizens of many religions and backgrounds. The rebuilt city was renamed Instanbul. | 1 | |
| 304624786 | Janissaries | Christian boys taken from families, converted to Islam, and then rigorously trained to serve the sultan | 2 | |
| 304624787 | Vizier | a high official in a Muslim government (especially in the Ottoman Empire) | 3 | |
| 304624788 | Safavid Dynasty | Originally a Turkic nomadic group; family originated in Sufi mystic group; espoused Shi'ism; conquered territory and established kingdom in region equivalent to modern Iran; lasted until 1722. | 4 | |
| 304624789 | Jizya | tax paid by Christians and Jews who lived in Muslim communities to allow them to continue to practice their own religion | 5 | |
| 304624790 | Babur | brilliant general who laid the foundation for the Mughal Empire | 6 | |
| 304624791 | Akbar | Most illustrious sultan of the Mughal Empire in India (r. 1556-1605). He expanded the empire and pursued a policy of conciliation with Hindus. | 7 | |
| 304624792 | Aruangzeb | Aruangzeb succeeded his father, Shah Jahan, led the Mughal Empire to it's greatest extent and the end of his reign marked the decline of the Mughal Empire. | 8 | |
| 304624793 | Isfahan | capital city of the Safavid empire | 9 | |
| 304624794 | Mughal Dynasty | established by Babur in India in 1526; the name is taken from the supposed Mongol descent of Babur, but there is little indication of any Mongol influence in the dynasty; became weak after rule of Aurangzeb in first decades of 18th century. | 10 | |
| 304624795 | Marattas | Western Indian peoples who rebelled against Mughal control early in the 18th century and contributed to its downfall mainly because of Aurangzeb's draconian religious policies. | 11 | |
| 304624796 | Sikh | nonviolent religious group whose beliefs blend elements of Buddhism, Hinduism, and Sufism | 12 | |
| 304624797 | Sati | a ritual that required a woman to throw herself on her late husband's funeral pyre or burn herself. This was done gladly and if a woman didn't comply with this she would be disgraced. | 13 | |
| 304624798 | Taj Mahal | beautiful mausoleum at Agra built by the Mogul emperor Shah Jahan (completed in 1649) in memory of his favorite wife | 14 | |
| 304624799 | Din-i-ilahi | Religion initiated by Akbar in Mughal India; blended elements of the many faiths of the subcontinent; key to efforts to reconcile Hindu and Muslims in India, but failed. | 15 | |
| 304624800 | Goa | Island off the coast of India that was the base of Portuguese trade | 16 | |
| 304624801 | Ormuz | Portuguese establishment at the southern end of the Persian Gulf; a major trading base. | 17 | |
| 304624802 | Malacca | Port city in the modern Southeast Asian country of Malaysia, founded about 1400 as a trading center on the Strait of Malacca. Also spelled Melaka. (p. 387) | 18 | |
| 304624803 | Batavia | Fort established ca. 1619 as headquarters of Dutch East India Company operations in Indonesia; today the city of Jakarta. | 19 | |
| 304624804 | The Water Margin | Novel written in Ming Empire | 20 | |
| 304624805 | Treaty of Giyanti | Split India apart in 1750s | 21 | |
| 304624806 | Francis Xavier | Early Jesuit missionary often called the Apostle to the Indies. He was an associate of St Ignatius of Loyola, with whom he took the vow founding the Society of Jesus (Jesuits). From 1541 he traveled through India, Japan, and the East Indies, making many converts. | 22 | |
| 304624807 | Robert Di Nobli | Italian Jesuit active in India during the early 1600s; failed in a policy of first converting indigenous elites. | 23 | |
| 304624808 | Hongwu | First Ming emperor in 1368; originally of peasant lineage; original name Zhu Yuanzhang; drove out Mongol influence; restored position of scholar-gentry | 24 | |
| 304624809 | Macao | One of two ports in which Europeans were permitted to trade in China during the Ming dynasty | 25 | |
| 304624810 | Canton | One of the 2 port cities where Europeans were permitted to trade with China during the Ming Dynasty. | 26 | |
| 304624811 | Matteo Ricci | An Italian Jesuit who by his knowledge of Astronomy and science was accepted as a missionary of China | 27 | |
| 304624812 | Adam Shall | ... | 28 | |
| 304624813 | Manchu | Federation of Northeast Asian peoples who founded the Qing Empire. | 29 | |
| 304624814 | Yunglo | The third emperor in the Ming dynasty. Launched the expedition of the seven major overseas and sends Zhenghe as the leader. Orders the expeditions in order to explore other lands and proclaim the glory of the Ming empire to the wider world. Successor did not continue his interest and the overseas expedition died out. | 30 | |
| 304624815 | Edo | the capital and largest city of Japan | 31 | |
| 304624816 | Deshima | Island in Nagasaki Bay; only port open to non-Japanese after closure of the islands in the 1640s; only Chinese and Dutch ships were permitted to enter. | 32 | |
| 304624817 | Nobunaga | Japanese daimyo; first to make extensive use of firearms; in 1573 deposed last of Ashikaga shoguns; unified much of central Honshu under his command; killed in 1582. | 33 | |
| 304624818 | Toyotomi Hideyoshi | General under Nobanga; suceeded as leading military power in Japan; continued efforts to break power of daimyos; constucted a series of military alliances that made him the military master of Japan in 1590; died in 1598. | 34 | |
| 304624819 | Tokugawa Ieyasu | Vassal of Toyotomi Hideyoshi; succeeded him as most powerful military figure in Japan; granted title of shogun in 1603 and established Tokugawa Shogunate; established political unity in Japan | 35 |
