Unit 1-3 Vocabulary For Review

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Imperial bureaucracy

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is the complex administrative system established by an empire to manage its vast territories and maintain control through a hierarchy of officials who implement policies, collect taxes, and enforce laws

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1. Filal Piety 

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a Confucian virtue and East Asian tradition emphasizing profound respect, obedience, and care for one's parents, elders, and ancestors

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1. House of Wisdom

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a major Abbasid public academy and intellectual center in Baghdad or to a large private library belonging to the Abbasid Caliphs during the Islamic Golden Age

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1. Khanates

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historical political entities, particularly the regional states that emerged after the fragmentation of the Mongol Empire in the 13th century, each ruled by a leader called a khan.

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Diasporic Communities

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groups of people living outside their homeland but maintaining cultural and social connections to it, driven by migration for various reasons like economic opportunity, conflict, or forced displacement.

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Astrolabe

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an ancient scientific instrument that functions as a two-dimensional map of the sky and a tool for astronomical calculations.

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1. Devshirme

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The devshirme was a periodic levy by the Ottoman Empire of Christian boys from the Balkans, who were forcibly converted to Islam, trained, and raised to serve as soldiers, administrators, and members of the ruling elite in the Ottoman state and army.

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1. Legitimize

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the methods used by the ruler to show who is in charge of the subjects

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Consolidate

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the methods used by the ruler to take power from other groups and claim it for themselves

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1. Tax farming

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a historical system where governments privatized tax collection by auctioning the right to collect taxes to private individuals or groups, known as tax farmers.