Transcript Safavid Empire 1502-1736

Safavid Empire
1502-1736
• Location: Iran (ancient Persia)
and other parts of central
Asia.
• Religion: Islam (Shi’a)
• Famous city: Istafahan
• Contributions/inventions/
innovations:
Leaders of the Safavid Empire
were known as Shahs.
Textiles (Persian carpet)
Famous leaders: Abbas I
Ming Dynasty
1368-1644
• Location: China
• Religion: Buddhist
• Famous city: Nanjing and
Beijing
• Contributions/inventions
/innovations:
Great Wall was redesigned, the
novel, porcelain, and dictionary.
Famous leaders: Hong-wu
Answer the following questions as you watch China Revealed: The Great Wall.
Why did the Chinese build the Great Wall? What is the status of the Wall today?
http://dsc.discovery.com/videos/discovery-atlas-china-revealed-the-great-wall.html
Tokugawa
1603-1868
• Location: Present day Japan
• Religion: Buddhism Confucianism,
Daoism, Shinto
• Famous city: Edo (Kyoto & Osaka)
• Contributions/inventions/innovations:
“Great Peace”, Closed Country Policy,
expelled missionaries, expelled all
trade (except Dutch-once per year)
unified Japan, ceramics
• Famous Leader:
Shogun Ieyasu Tokugawa
As you watch Unsolved Histories: Ninjas and Shoguns, explain how Shogun Tokugawa used the ninjas and
what he was able to accomplish as a result.
http://videos.howstuffworks.com/discovery/31531-unsolved-history-ninjas-and-shoguns-video.htm