a group of once separate areas ruled by a single person or government

A chain of islands

a person sent to promote a religion in a foreign place

The practice by which the Ottoman Empire conscripted boys from Christian families (of a conquered people), who were converted to Islam and trained by Janissary soldiers.

Also known as the Blood Tax

A member of an elite force of soldiers in the Ottoman Empire.

self-governing non-Muslim (Jewish and Christian) communities within the Ottoman Empire that had the power to regulate their own communities, collect taxes, set up their own schools, and organize their own laws

a Muslim dynasty that ruled parts of modern-day India and Pakistan from 1526 to 1857.

A Muslim empire based in Turkey that lasted from the 1300's to 1922.

Class of warriors in feudal Japan who pledged loyalty to a noble in return for land.

Government that ruled Japan (1600-1868)

a military leader in Japan who had absolute power and passed their power down through their family

A Japanese feudal lord who commanded a private army of samurai

a path followed by people who trade with one another

A person involved in trade