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3.1 & 3.2 vocab
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| divine rights of kings | a common claim from the middle ages that the right to rule was given to a king by god. |
| justices of the peace | officials appointed to maintain peace in counties, enforce laws & to carry out the monarchs will. |
| English bill of rights | assured individual civil liberties. |
| absolute | directed by one source of power, the king, with complete authority. |
| cardinal richelieu | louis xIII minister |
| intendants | royal officials-bureaucratic elites- sent out to the provinces to execute the orders of the central government |
| louis XIV | the sun king, ruled 1643-1715, espoused a theory of divine right and was a virtual dictator |
| ivan IV | russian czar, known for expanding Russia |
| Romanov Dynasty | took control of Russia in 1613 after a period of turmoil following ivan's death in 1584 |
| peter I | also known as peter the great, ruled 1682-1725, romanov dynasty |
| devshirme | a selection system to staff the military and govt of the ottoman sultans |
| janissaries | most famous group, formed elite forces in the ottoman army |
| Daimyo | landholding aristocrats that left japan in disarray |
| edo | (tokyo) city, center of power shifted here after the death of Toyotomi Hideoyoshi |
| tokugawa leyasu | ruled 1600-1616, declared shogun in 1600s. Daimyo contrilled edo |
| period of great peace | mid 19th century, japan, a time of peace |
| tokugawa shogunate | set about reorganizing the governce of japan in order to centralize control over what was essentially a feudal system |
| askia the great | askia mohammad I, came to power in 1493. Promoted islam throughout his kingdom of songhai |
| Delhi | capital of india |
| shah jahan | built the taj mahal as a tomb for his wife |
| tax farmers | local officials and private tax collectors distant from central government |
| tax farming | ottomans levied taxes on the peasants and used this to collect it to finance a economy back by a powerful military |
| tributes | china collected them from other states as a way to demand recognition of their power and authority |
| zamindars | appointed officials responsible for the emperor and maintaining orderes in the region |
| taj mahal | built by shah jahan as a tomb for his wife |
| versailles | louis XIV's palace. allowed him to monitor the nobility closely |
| boyars | the noble landowning class in the russian empire and stood at the top of the social pyramid |
| serfdom | peasants who gradually sank more and more deeply into debt |
| gunpowder empires | large, multiethnic states in south, central, and southwest asia that relied on firearms to conquer and control territoiries. |
| ming dynasty | powerful ruling family that took back control of china from the yuan dynasty |
| manchu | firm manchuria, seized power and established the qing dynasty |
| qing dynasty | ruled form 1644-1911. powerful in china |
| kangxi | ruled 1661-1722, presided over a period of stability and expansion during the qing dynasty |
| gutenburg printing press | a printing innovation that increased literacy |
| emperor qianlong | ruled 1661-1722. a poet who was also knowledgeable in art and calligraphy |
| ottoman empire | the largest and most enduring of the great islamic empires of the period. extended into modern-day turkey as well as the balkan areas of europe and parts of north africa and southeast asia |
| shah | equivalent to king or emperor |
| safavid empire | rose to power in the 1500s due to their land-based military might and strong leadership |
| mughal empire | one of the richest and best governed states in the world. under akbar. |
| ghazi ideal | a model for warrior life that blended the cooperative values of nomadic culture with the willingness to serve as a holy fighter. |
| castes | strict social groupings designated at birth |
| ivan IV | called ivan the terrible, crowned tsar in 1547, goal was to expand russia eastward. |
| tamerlane | timur the lame, a mongol turkic ruler of the late 14th century |
| suleiman I | ruled 1520-1566, sultan of ottoman empire |
| ismail | an early safavid military hero. conquered most of persia and pushed into iraq |
| shah abbas | called abbas the great, ruled 1588-1629, presided over the safavid empire at its height |
| akbar | baburs grandson, achieved grand religious and political goals. |
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