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What were the causes and effects of the devshirme system?
Cause: Need for loyal elite. Effect: Created loyal elite, initially non-hereditary, prevented power rivals.
What were the causes and effects of Samurai becoming administrators?
Cause: Unification of Japan. Effect: Many became ronin, causing potential instability.
What were the causes and effects of Ming Empire's silver policy?
Cause: Desire for efficient tax collection. Effect: Monetization of the economy.
What were the causes and effects of tax farming in Ottoman Empire?
Cause: Need for upfront revenue. Effect: Potential for over-taxation and stifled economic growth.
What was the cause and effect of the Aztec rulers maintaining a close relationship with the priest class?
Cause: Desire to legitimize rule. Effect: Priest class legitimized their rule through human sacrifice, which made them unpopular with other groups.
What was the cause and effect of the Songhai rulers promoting Islam?
Cause: Desire to legitimize rule. Effect: It legitimized their rule.
Who were the Janissaries?
Elite Ottoman soldiers recruited through the devshirme system.
Who were the Ronin?
Masterless Samurai in Tokugawa Japan due to lack of positions.
Who was Louis XIV?
French King who used the Palace of Versailles to showcase his power.
Who were the Zamindars?
Military leaders tasked with tax collection in Mughal Empire.
Who were the Salaried Samurai?
Military leaders tasked with tax collection in Japan.
Compare the use of military elites in the Ottoman Empire and Tokugawa Shogunate.
Ottomans used the devshirme system to create Janissaries, while the Tokugawa Shogunate saw Samurai transition to administrators. Both used military elites in governance, but Ottomans recruited from outside, while Tokugawa's were internal.
Compare the legitimization methods of European Monarchs and the Songhai Empire.
European Monarchs claimed divine right through Christianity, while Songhai rulers promoted Islam and used stories of a jinn founder. Both used religion to legitimize their rule.
Compare the tax collection methods of the Ottoman Empire and the Ming Empire.
The Ottoman Empire used tax farming, while the Ming Empire shifted to collecting all taxes in silver. Ottoman system could lead to over-taxation, while Ming's led to monetization.