1. Safavid Empire
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

2. Ming Dynasty 1368-1644 Famous leaders: Hong-wu 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?

3. 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.