Unit 5 Material: Asia (SOL WHii.6 2015)

• Capital at Constantinople renamed Istanbul
• Islamic religion as a unifying force that tolerated other religions
• trade in coffee and ceramics

• Ottoman Empire

• Mughal Empire

• China

• Hagia Sophia
• mosques and religious complexes
• Developments in architecture, calligraphy, manuscript painting, textiles, and ceramics

• Mughal Empire

• Ottoman Empire

• Japan

• Spread Islam into India
• Art and architecture: Taj Mahal
• Establishment of European trading outposts
• Influence of Indian textiles on the British textile industry

• Ottoman Empire

• China

• Mughal Empire

• traded with Portugal, England, and the Netherlands
• traded silks, spices, and gems

• Mughal Empire

• Japan

• Ottoman Empire

• tried to control trade by creating specific areas for trade within its borders (foreign enclaves)
• emperor's (imperial) policy of controlling foreign influences
• Europeans demanded it goods including tea and porcelain

• Mughal Empire

• China

• Ottoman Empire

• emperor was powerless, true leader was the shogun
• tried to isolate itself from outside trade and influences

• China

• Japan

• Ottoman Empire

• ruled by a sultan
• located at the crossroads of trade between Europe and Asia, economy based on trade and agriculture

• Ottoman Empire

• Mughal Empire

• Japan

• ruled by a Muslim emperor
• depended on trade with foreign nations, economy was based on trade and agriculture

• Mughal Empire

• China

• Japan

• ruled by the Qing emperors
• economy based mostly on agriculture

• Japan

• China

• Ottoman Empire

• Ottoman Empire

• Mughal Empire

• China