Chapter 12 - The Worlds of the Fifteenth Century

Yongle

________ also moved the capital to Beijing, ordered the construction of the Forbidden City, a beautiful imperial palace, and the Temple of Heaven, where successive emperors performed Confucian- based rituals.

Ming dynasty China

a revitalized cultural blooming, known in European history as the Renaissance, coincided with the rebirth of all things Confucian.

1405

Timur himself perished in ________ while planning a Chinese assault.

Ottoman

The periodic military confrontation arose between the ________ and Safavid empires over a century (1534- 1639), reflecting both territorial competition and severe religious disagreements.

Pastoral communities

________ have long had a greater immediate and dramatic impact on civilizations than hunting and gathering cultures or farming village societies.

Pastoral peoples of Africa

________ remained independent of established empires for several centuries longer than those in Inner Asia, as they were not absorbed into European colonial governments until the late nineteenth century.

Timur's army of pastoralists

wreaked havoc on Russia, Persia, and India with a savagery that rivaled or exceeded that of his model, Chinggis Khan

Ottoman Empire

existed in various forms from the fourteenth to the early twentieth century, was the most magnificent and long-lasting of the new Islamic powers