Non-Western Empires About 1500

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Non-Western EmpiresAbout 1500
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Ming Dynasty
Ottoman Empire
Tokugawa Shogunate
Safavid Empire
Songhai Empire
Mughal Empire
Aztec Empire
Incan Empire
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Aztec Empire
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Tenochtitlan
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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

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Incan Empire
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Incan Empire 1400-1535

• 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.

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Machu Picchu
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Ottoman Empire
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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

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• Sultan Suleiman
• the Magnificent

The Tughra of Suleiman the Magnificent
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Ming Dynasty
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Ming Dynasty1368-1644

• Location China
• Religion polytheistic
• Famous city Nanjing and Beijing
• Contributions/inventions/innovations Great Wall
  was redesigned, the novel, porcelain, and
  dictionary.
• Famous leaders Hong-wu

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Mughal Empire
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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

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Taj Mahal
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Tokugawa Shogunate
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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

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• Tokugawa Ieyasu was the founder and first
  shogun of the Tokugawa shogunate of Japan

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Safavid Empire
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Safavid Empire1502-1736

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

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Sheikh Lotf Allah Mosque
Started in1615 and was completed in 1618
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Songhai Empire
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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

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Askia the Great 1442-1538
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Links

• http//www.mughalhistory.com
• http//sun.menloschool.org/sportman/westernstudie
  s/first/1718/2000/gblock/tokugawa/home.html