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Turkey
The Ottoman Empire capital was in what modern-day country?
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Suleyman
Who was the Ottoman leader known for such title's as "the Magnificent" and "the Lawgiver"?
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Taj Mahal
What famous structure is a memorial to Shah Jahan's wife, Mumtaz Mahal?
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Isolationism
What term is describe as a policy of remaining apart from the affairs or interests of other groups, especially the political affairs of other countries?
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Muhammad
Who is known as the "Final Prophet" in Islam?
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The Niger
Timbuktu was build upon what river?
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Isma'il
Who was the Safavid leader that started his military campaign at the age of 12?
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A mixing of cultures; usually prompted by migration, pursuit of religious freedom, trade, or conquest
How might the term "cultural blending" be explained?
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Zheng He
What Chinese admiral supposedly built incredibly huge naval fleets (with treasure ships of up to 450 ft. long)?
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Suleyman
Under what Islamic ruler were "millets" allowed to follow their own religious laws and practices?
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Mountains
What type of landscape/environment made up most of the Inca and Aztec Empires?
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Montezuma
What leader did Cortes meet with upon his arrival in the Americas?
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A woman trained to assist other women in birth.
Many women acted as "midwives" under the Qing Dynasty. What does the term "midwife" mean?
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The Manchus
Which group of people took over the Ming Dynasty and later established themselves as the Qing Dynasty?
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Cannibalism and human sacrifice
What religious practice was Cortes disgusted by when he traveled to the Aztec Empire?
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Ottoman and Mughal
The Safavid Empire was wedged between what two major Islamic empires?
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Akbar the Great
Who is the Mughal leader known as "the Greatest One"?
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A 5-7-5 syllable, 3-line verse poem.
What is a haiku?
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Janissaries
What were Suleyman's elite force of soldiers called? (Hint: these were the boys captured from Christian territories and trained as soldiers)
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Seppuku or Hara-kiri
What term refers to "ritual suicide with a sword, formerly practiced in Japan by samurai as an honorable alternative to disgrace or execution"
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Ming Dynasty
Which Chinese empire built the Great Wall of China as we know it today?
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Tokugawa Ieyasu
Which leader unified Japan in 1600 to start the next era of Shogunates?
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What is
What Islamic empire had a cultural flowering comparable to the European Renaissance?
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Daimyo
What group of people ruled over Japanese feudal states during the "Warring States" period?
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Belief in one God, five prayers a day, fast during Ramadan, give to charity, & pilgrimage to Mecca
What are each of the 5 Pillars of Islam?
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