Help
Options
Didn't know it?
click below
click below
Knew it?
click below
click below
Don't Know
Remaining cards (0)
Know
retry
shuffle
restart
0:00
Embed Code - If you would like this activity on your web page, copy the script below and paste it into your web page.
Normal Size Small Size show me how
Normal Size Small Size show me how
WH1 Vocab
All
| Word | Definition |
|---|---|
| Sultan | a Muslim ruler |
| Delhi | the sultan of Ghur's capital of his sultanate |
| Sikhism | a new religion created by nanak that blended Hinduism and Islamic |
| Babur | a military genius, poet, and author of a book of memoirs who lead the Turkisg and Mongol armies throught the mountain pass in India |
| Mughal | (persian word for Mongol) a dynasty set p by Babur that ruled from 1526 to 1857 |
| Akbar | the chief builder of the Mughal empire, Babur's grandson, aka ______ the Great. |
| Nur jahan | The wife of Jahangir (Akbar's son) and most powerful woman in Indian History |
| Shah Jahan | Akbar's grandson that brought India to a high point of Mughal literature, art, and architecture |
| Taj Mahal | a tomb built by Shah jahan for his wife |
| Unsurp | to seize and hold by force without legal right |
| onslaught | a vigorous attack |
| ottomans | turkish-speaking nomadic people who migrated form central asia to northwestern Asia minor |
| Istanbul | The name given to constantinople after being conquered by the Ottomans |
| Suleiman | the sultan that brought the Ottoman empire into a golden age |
| janizary | the elite force of the ottoman army consisting of the best soldiers |
| Safavid | a dynasty that untied an empire in Persia, that was between the Maghal India and the Ottoman empire and often engaged in Religious warfare with Maghal India (Shiites vs. Sunnis) |
| Shah | the Safavid King |
| Shah Abbas | the best known Safavid king that revived the glory of Ancient Persia |
| Isfahan | a new capital built by Shah Abbas that became the center of the International Silk Trade |
| prehistory | the period of time before writing was invented |
| anthropology | the study of the developement of people and their societies |
| archaeology | a specialized branch of anthropology- the study of past cultures through material remains |
| Mary and Louis Leakey | Two archaeologists that searched for remains in East Africa eventually finding the skull of an eary hominid |
| Donald Johanson | The archaeologist credited with the discovery of the skeleton of an eary hominid "Lucy." |
| technology | skills and tools developed for survival |
| Paleolithic Period | the Old Stone Age: first era |
| Mesolithic Period | the Middle Stone Age |
| Neolithic Period | the New Stone Age |
| nomads | Hunter-gatherers that move around in search of food |
| animism | the belief that the world is full of spirits and forces that might reside in animals, objects, or dreams |
| Neolithic Revolution | the transition from a nomadic lifestyle to settled farming and agriculture |
| surpluses | great amounts of something (usually food) |
| steppes | grasslands |
| polytheistic | belief in many gods |
| pictographs | using pictures as writing |
| scribes | specially trained people in the skill of reading and writing |
| cultural diffusion | the sharing and spreading of cultural ideas through trading and warfare |
| city-states | a state made up of an independent city and the territory directly controlled by it |
| empire | the domain ruled by an emperor or empress; the region over which imperial dominion is exercised |
Created by:
Nina012
Popular World History sets