1. Non-Western Empires About 1500

2. Ottoman Empire Mughal Empire Aztec Empire Ming Dynasty Incan Empire Songhai Empire Tokugawa Shogunate Safavid Empire

3. Aztec Empire

4. Aztec Empire 1325-1519 Location: Mexico Religion: polytheistic, sacrifices performed Famous city: Tenochtitlan, built on an island in the center of Lake Texcoco (Mexico City is located on this spot today) Contributions/inventions/innovations: floating gardens, calendar

5. Tenochtitlan

7. Incan Empire

8. Incan Empire 1400-1535 Location: Andes Mountains of western South America-Peru Religion: polytheistic, sacrifices performed Famous city: Cuzco, Machu Picchu Contributions/inventions/innovations: Quipu (knotted system of keeping records), large road system, surgery, bridges.

9. Machu Picchu

10. Ottoman Empire

11. Ottoman Empire 1453-1918 Location: Turkey and most land surrounding the Mediterranean Sea. Religion: Islam Famous city: Istanbul Contributions/inventions/innovations: Legal code, Islamic art and architecture. Exported coffee, ceramics, and textiles. Famous leaders: Suleiman the Magnificent

12. Sultan Suleiman the Magnificent The Tughra of Suleiman the Magnificent

13. Ming Dynasty

14. Ming Dynasty 1368-1644 Location: China Religion: polytheistic Famous city: Nanjing and Beijing Contributions/inventions/innovations: Great Wall was redesigned, the novel, porcelain, and dictionary. Famous leaders: Hong-wu

16. Mughal Empire

17. Mughal Empire 1556-1707 (at its height) Location: India Religion: Islam, but toleration for other religions Famous city: Agra Contributions/inventions/innovations: The Taj Mahal Famous leaders: Akbar and his son Shah Jana

18. Taj Mahal

19. Tokugawa Shogunate

20. Tokugawa Shogunate 1603-1868 Location: Japan Religion: Shinto-Buddhist Famous city: Edo (now Tokyo) Contributions/inventions/innovations: Central government, unified society Famous leaders: Tokugawa Ieyasu - Founder * strict class hierarchy

21. Tokugawa Ieyasu was the founder and first shogun of the Tokugawa shogunate of Japan

22. Safavid Empire

23. Safavid Empire 1502-1736 Location: Iran (ancient Persia) and other parts of central Asia. Religion: Islam (Shi’a) Famous city: Isfahan Contributions/inventions/ innovations: Leaders of the Safavid Empire were known as Shahs. Textiles (Persian carpet) Famous leaders: Abbas I

24. Sheikh Lotf Allah Mosque Started in1615 and was completed in 1618

25. Songhai Empire

26. Songhai Empire 1464-1591 (at its height) Location: West Africa-present day Mali Religion: Islam Famous city: Timbuktu, major trade center for gold and salt. Timbuktu was also a center for learning. Contributions/inventions/innovations: In the city of Timbuktu, the Songhai built an international university. Established gold and salt trade in West Africa. Famous leaders: Sonni Ali and Askia the Great

27. Askia the Great 1442-1538

31. Links http://www.mughalhistory.com http://sun.menloschool.org/~sportman/westernst udies/first/1718/2000/gblock/tokugawa/home. html