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| pigtail that all Chinese men used to have |
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| military units of the Manchu, they were the chief fighting force of the empire |
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| private business based on profit |
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| a group of related families |
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| a ceramic made of fine clay and baked at a very high temperature |
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| heads of noble families in Japan |
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| one of about 250 domains into which Japan was divided under the Tokugawa |
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| the family of a daimyo lord was forced to stay at their residence when the lord was absent |
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| Japanese outcast class, life was regulated by Tokugawa |
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| dynasty in China from 1368-1644 that extended its rule |
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| Chinese explorer who visited to Africa and India |
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| the Chinese dynasty of the Manchus |
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| seen as perhaps the greatest emperor of China, reigned for 61 years |
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| a city in China from which Portuguese officials were expelled |
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| an area northeast of the Great Wall of China, home of the Manchus |
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| island off the coast of China |
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| considered to be China's greatest novelist |
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| began construction of the Imperial City |
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| a complex of palaces and temples in Beijing |
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| political figure in late sixteenth century Japan who seized imperial city of Kyoto |
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| political figure in late sixteenth century Japan who located his capital at Osaka |
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| political figure in late sixteenth century Japan who brought about the Great Peace |
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| greatest of all Japanese poets |
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| dynasty in Korea, leaders patterned society after Chinese neighbors |
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| to help or an advantage or improvement |
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| the elite guard of the Ottoman Empire |
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| Ottoman officials who collected taxes, maintained order in their conquered regions |
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| an empire formed by outside conquerors who controlled through mastery of firearms |
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| military and political head of state under the Seljuk Turk and Ottomans |
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| sacred domain of the Ottoman sultan where he and his wives lived |
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| the Ottoman sultan's chief minister who led the meetings of the imperial council |
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| religious advisers of the Ottoman sultan; administered legal and school system for educated Muslims |
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| king of the new Persian state |
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| traditional beliefs, especially in religion |
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| local official in the Mogul India who received farmland in return for collecting taxes |
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| Hindu custom of cremating a widow on her husband's funeral pyre |
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| under his leadership the Ottomans overthrew the Byzantine Empire |
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| leader of the Ottoman Turks who declared himself the new caliph |
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| the greatest of all Ottoman architects |
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| birthplace of the Ottoman dynasty |
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| Shiite Muslims who took control of an area from Persia to central Asia |
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| he founded the Safavid dynasty |
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| under his reign the Safavids reached their highest point of glory |
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| the most famous artist in the Safavid era |
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| an area near the Caspian Sea |
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| capital of the Safavids once it was moved from Tabriz |
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| founder of the Mogul dynasty |
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| he brought the Mogul rule to most of India |
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| Mogul ruler who maintained political system established by earlier rulers, and expanded the empire |
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| had his brother put to death, imprisoned his father, and crowned himself emperor of the Mogul Empire |
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| a pass through the Hindu Kush into India |
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| British empire builder who became the chief representative of the East India Trading Company |
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| location of the Taj Mahal |
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| built by Shah Jahan in memory of his wife |
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