TO ensure control over large areas the Ottoman sultans used a selection system called this to staff their military and govt mostly Christian boys

Most famous group formed elite forces in the Ottoman army

Set about reorganizing the governance of Japan in order to centralize control over what was essentially a feudal system

Came to power in 1493 promoted Islam and made a elaborate pilgrimage to mecca

The ottomans levied takes on the peasants using this

Paid government officials in charge of specific duties, such as taxation, construction and the water supply.

BUilt by Shah Jahan as a tomb for his wife

Palaces where LouisXIV kept the nobles so that they could not rebel

Divine Right of Kings

A common claim from the middle ages that the right to rule is given to a king by a god

The noble landowning class stood on top of the social pyramid

The monarch holds supreme authority

People from Manchuria who took power and took control of the Ming dynasty in 1644 and changed it to Qing dynasty

Called the terrible was crowned tsar in 1547 set to expand the Russian border eastward using gunpowder and punished the boyars

Mid 1400s used to produce different texts increased in literacy and spread of ideas

Qing ruler 17367-1796 a poet who was also knowledgeable in art and calligraphy

Original ruler of Qing dynasty one of Chinas longest reigning rules presided a period of stability and expansion sent forces into Mongolia and central Asia and incorporated theses areas into the empire

Ruled until 1911 had two rules expanded china

Sun king 1643-1715 espoused a theory of divine right and was a virtual dictator

took control of Russia in 1613 after a period of turmoil following Ivans death

ruled 1682-1725 defeated his half-sister and a boyared elite military corps to become king

Large multiethnic states un southwest Asia, central and south Asia. relied on firearms to conquer and control land.

Largest and most enduring of the great Islamic gunpowder empires of this period lasted until deafest in WW1

Islamic gunpowder empire had two problems did not have a navy and lacked natural defense

One of the riches and best governed states in the world located in south asia

Over threw the Mongol empire stabilized eastern Asian region for nearly 3000 years expanded the size of China

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Devshrime	TO ensure control over large areas the Ottoman sultans used a selection system called this to staff their military and govt mostly Christian boys
Janissaries	Most famous group formed elite forces in the Ottoman army
Tokugawa Shogunate	Set about reorganizing the governance of Japan in order to centralize control over what was essentially a feudal system
Askia the Great	Came to power in 1493 promoted Islam and made a elaborate pilgrimage to mecca
Tax Farmers	The ottomans levied takes on the peasants using this
Zamindars	Paid government officials in charge of specific duties, such as taxation, construction and the water supply.
Taj Mahal	BUilt by Shah Jahan as a tomb for his wife
Versailles	Palaces where LouisXIV kept the nobles so that they could not rebel
Divine Right of Kings	A common claim from the middle ages that the right to rule is given to a king by a god
Boyars	The noble landowning class stood on top of the social pyramid
Absolute/ absolutism	The monarch holds supreme authority
Manchu	People from Manchuria who took power and took control of the Ming dynasty in 1644 and changed it to Qing dynasty
Ivan (IV)	Called the terrible was crowned tsar in 1547 set to expand the Russian border eastward using gunpowder and punished the boyars
Printing Press	Mid 1400s used to produce different texts increased in literacy and spread of ideas
Qianlong	Qing ruler 17367-1796 a poet who was also knowledgeable in art and calligraphy
Kangxi	Original ruler of Qing dynasty one of Chinas longest reigning rules presided a period of stability and expansion sent forces into Mongolia and central Asia and incorporated theses areas into the empire
Qing dynasty	Ruled until 1911 had two rules expanded china
LouisXIV	Sun king 1643-1715 espoused a theory of divine right and was a virtual dictator
Romanov Dynasty	took control of Russia in 1613 after a period of turmoil following Ivans death
Peter 1	ruled 1682-1725 defeated his half-sister and a boyared elite military corps to become king
Gunpowder empires	Large multiethnic states un southwest Asia, central and south Asia. relied on firearms to conquer and control land.
Ottoman empire	Largest and most enduring of the great Islamic gunpowder empires of this period lasted until deafest in WW1
Safavid empire	Islamic gunpowder empire had two problems did not have a navy and lacked natural defense
Mughal empire	One of the riches and best governed states in the world located in south asia
Ming dynasty	Over threw the Mongol empire stabilized eastern Asian region for nearly 3000 years expanded the size of China

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