Awesome Asia
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- 1495-1566 Sultan of the Ottoman empire during its peak from 1520 to 1566
- Süleyman
- 1542-1605 Ruler of the Mogul empire in India from A.D. 1556 to 1605
- Akbar
- a class of soliders in fuedal Japan who were loyal only to their lords
- samurai
- 1592-1631 Wife of Shah Jahan, emperor of India; the Taj Mahal in Agra, India, was built in her memory
- Mumtaz Mahal
- 1592-1666 Mogul emperor of India; grandson of Akbar; he built the Taj Mahal in Agra, India, in memory of his wife, Mumtaz Mahal
- Shah Jahan
- 1543-1616 Shogun, or military commander, of the ?Tokugawa? dynasty ?=hint
- Tokugawa
- 800s One of the 1st Khmer kings of Cambodia
- J II
- 1258-1326 Founder of the Ottoman Empire.
- Osman
- 1100s Khmer king who filled his capital city of Angkor with magnificent Hindu temples
- S II
- ___________ is the word for a group or chain of islands
- archipelago
- a waterway in China connecting Beijing with cities to the south and two rivers, Huang and Chang
- grand canal
- 1162-1227 Mongol conqueror. At its peak, his empire included China, western Asia, and parts of eastern Europe
- Genghis Khan
- Supreme ruler of the Ottoman empire.
- sultan
- 1254-1324 Italian merchant who traveled to China, where he lived for 17 years, at times serving for Kublai Khan
- Marco Polo
- 1215-1294 grandson of Genghis Khan, founder of China's Yuan Dynasty
- Kublai Khan
- The ruler of feudal Japan from the 1100s to the 1800s who, although appointed by the emperor, ruled the country as a military dictator
- shogun
- 1489-1588 Süleyman's chief architect; he designed more than 300 building, including the mosque in Istanbul.
- Sinan
- 1147-1199 Shogun; ruled the country as a dictator
- Yoritomo
- 978-1026 wrote world's first novel: The Tale of Genji
- Lady Murasaki Shikibu
- A seasonal wind that blows across South Asia bringing dry weather in the winter and heavy rains in the summer.
- monsoon
- A religious leader of the Ottoman empire responsible for interpreting the laws of Islam.
- grand mufti
- a Japanese religion marked by the belief in the spirits of nature
- Shinto