Trading bloc whose members are oil-processing contries
Oishi Kuranosuke
Chief retainer of Lord Asano
Jizya
Tax on Non-Muslims
Suleyman
Ottoman ruler known as the "law-giver"
Yuan Dynasty
China under Mongol rule
Isfahan
Capital of Safavid
Author of "The World is Flat"
Thomas Friedman
Mughal empor of India. Had the Taj Mahal built in memory of his wife
Shah Jahan
Ottoman religious warriors who conquered territory in the name of Allah
Ghazis
Founder of Ming Dynasty
Hongwu
Code of Samurai
Bushido
Founder of Mughul Empire
Babur
WTO
"World Trade Organization", an organization est. 1995 with more than 120 nations and whose goal is to lossen barriers to free trade
NAFTA
North American Free Trade Agreement (Trade Blocs)
McDonaldization
the term for cultural homogenization created by globalization
Devshirme
Islamic concept of a protected people that was symbolic of Islamic toleration during the Mughal and Ottoman empires
Millet System
An autonomous, self-growing community in the Ottan empire
Imam
Leader of Muslum warship
Quizilbash
Twelver Shiism followers of red hat memory of the 12 Shiite Imam
Akbar
Babur's (founder of Mugal Empire) grandson
Eunuchs
a castrated man (could not generate families who might one day challenge imperial athority)
Zhu Di
Zheng He's young master and 3rd Ming Emperor
Gavin Menzies
Britsh writer of best bookseller: 1421: The Year China discovered America. Evident that Zheng He's fleet continued after Africa around Cape of Good Hope
Life Preservation Laws
Forbids the killing and harm of animals
Lord Kira
Master of Ceremonies
Seppuku
Ritual suicide
Sengaku-ji
Temple when the 47 Ronin were buried
Bushido
"Way of the Warrior", Japanese code of conduct used by Samurai