AP World History Unit 4 Set C Flashcards
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| 289851823 | Mughal Empire | Muslim state (1526-1857) exercising dominion over most of India in the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries. (p. 536) | 0 | |
| 289851824 | Suleyman the Magnificent | Ottoman Sultan (1512-20) expansion in Asia and Europe, helped Ottomans become a naval power, challegned Christian vessles througout the Mediterranian. 16th Century. The "lawgiver" who was so culturally aware yet exacted murder on two of his sons and a grandson in order to prevent civil war. Ottoman. | 1 | |
| 289851825 | Janissaries | Infantry, originally of slave origin, armed with firearms and constituting the elite of the Ottoman army from the fifteenth century until the corps was abolished in 1826. | 2 | |
| 289851826 | Safavid Empire | Iranian kingdom (1502-1722) established by Ismail Safavi, who declared Iran a Shi'ite state. | 3 | |
| 289851827 | Ottoman Empire | Centered in Constantinople, the Turkish imperial state that conquered large amounts of land in the Middle East, North Africa, and the Balkans, and fell after World War I. | 4 | |
| 289851828 | Zahir al-Din Muhammad (Babur) | founded the Mughal Empire in 1526, he encouraged military buildup and arts. creation of a centralized government with ministries that controlled the provinces and introduced a policy of religious toleration, he introduced a new calendar, and tried to improve the lives of women | 5 | |
| 289851829 | Tokugawa Shogunate | Japanese ruling dynasty that strove to isolate it from foreign influences | 6 | |
| 289851830 | Romance of the Three Kingdoms | historical fiction based on exploits of generals and statesmen contending for power at end of Han dynasty | 7 |