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Non-Western Empires About 1500

Non-Western Empires About 1500. Ming Dynasty. Ottoman Empire. Tokugawa Shogunate. Safavid Empire. Songhai Empire. Mughal Empire. Aztec Empire. Incan Empire. Aztec Empire. Aztec Empire 1325-1519. Location: Mexico Religion: polytheistic, sacrifices performed

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Non-Western Empires About 1500

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  1. Non-Western EmpiresAbout 1500

  2. Ming Dynasty Ottoman Empire Tokugawa Shogunate Safavid Empire Songhai Empire Mughal Empire Aztec Empire Incan Empire

  3. Aztec Empire

  4. Aztec Empire1325-1519 • Location: Mexico • Religion: polytheistic, sacrifices performed • Famous city: Tenochtitlan, built on an island in the center of Lake Texcoco (Mexico City is located on this spot today) • Contributions/inventions/innovations: • floating gardens, calendar

  5. Tenochtitlan

  6. Incan Empire

  7. Incan Empire1400-1535 • Location: Andes Mountains of western South America-Peru • Religion: polytheistic, sacrifices performed • Famous city: Cuzco, Machu Picchu • Contributions/inventions/innovations: Quipu (knotted system of keeping records), large road system, surgery, bridges.

  8. Machu Picchu

  9. Ottoman Empire

  10. Ottoman Empire1453-1918 • Location: Turkey and most land surrounding the Mediterranean Sea. • Religion: Islam • Famous city: Istanbul • Contributions/inventions/innovations: Legal code, Islamic art and architecture. Exported coffee, ceramics, and textiles. • Famous leaders: Suleiman the Magnificent

  11. Sultan Suleiman • the Magnificent The Tughra of Suleiman the Magnificent

  12. Ming Dynasty

  13. Ming Dynasty1368-1644 • Location: China • Religion: polytheistic • Famous city: Nanjing andBeijing • Contributions/inventions/innovations: Great Wall was redesigned, the novel, porcelain, and dictionary. • Famous leaders: Hong-wu

  14. Mughal Empire

  15. Mughal Empire1556-1707 (at its height) • Location: India • Religion: Islam, but toleration for other religions • Famous city: Agra • Contributions/inventions/innovations: The Taj Mahal • Famous leaders: Akbar and his son Shah Jana

  16. Taj Mahal

  17. Tokugawa Shogunate

  18. Tokugawa Shogunate1603-1868 • Location: Japan • Religion: Shinto-Buddhist • Famous city: Edo (now Tokyo) • Contributions/inventions/innovations: Central government, unified society • Famous leaders: Tokugawa Ieyasu - Founder • * strict class hierarchy

  19. Tokugawa Ieyasu was the founder and first shogun of the Tokugawa shogunate of Japan

  20. Safavid Empire

  21. Safavid Empire1502-1736 • Location: Iran (ancient Persia) and other parts of central Asia. • Religion: Islam (Shi’a) • Famous city: Isfahan • Contributions/inventions/ innovations: Leaders of the Safavid Empire were known as Shahs. Textiles (Persian carpet) • Famous leaders: Abbas I

  22. Sheikh Lotf Allah Mosque Started in1615 and was completed in 1618

  23. Songhai Empire

  24. Songhai Empire1464-1591 (at its height) • Location: West Africa-present day Mali • Religion: Islam • Famous city: Timbuktu, major trade center for gold and salt. Timbuktu was also a center for learning. • Contributions/inventions/innovations: In the city of Timbuktu, the Songhai built an international university. Established gold and salt trade in West Africa. • Famous leaders: Sonni Ali and Askia the Great

  25. Askia the Great 1442-1538

  26. Links • http://www.mughalhistory.com • http://sun.menloschool.org/~sportman/westernstudies/first/1718/2000/gblock/tokugawa/home.html

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