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Politics; Shows Yeonsangun was harsh tyrant of Korea
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Economic; Caused price inflation and hindered economic growth while the rest of the world such as Europe was benefiting from silver.
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Politics; A big turning point for the Middle East
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Politics; This caused the Safavid Empire to begin which was a turning point for the Middle East.
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Politics; This helped the empire become more extensive and powerful which has a direct impact on the country of Iran.
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Politics; This helped the Safavid Empire become the strongest force in Iran.
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Politics; Russia lost territory to the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth, additionally losing power as well.
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Politics; Ended the misrule of the throne by Yeonsangun
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Religion; This helped the Empire emphasize the importance of religion.
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Politics; This helped the empire become more extensive and powerful which has a direct impact on the country of Iran.
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Politics; This helped the empire become more extensive and powerful which has a direct impact on the country of Iran.
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Religion; Changed religious dynamics, has direct effect on the religion in Iran because it is a different branch of Islam.
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Religion; This changed religious dynamics within the Empire which was a turning point because of the relevance of religion in this time period.
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Politics; This brought East Anatolia under the Turkish rule in the Battle of Chaldiran.
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Politics, religious, and economic; The ottoman empire reached its peak during his reign. He conquered parts of Western Asia and Southeast Europe in his desire to convert people to Islam. Became the most powerful and best known leader of the empire.
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Politics; This caused the Ottoman Empire to become more powerful, was a good start to Suleiman's reign.
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Politics; This battle essentially marked the beginning of the Mughal empire. Babur’s forces defeated the Lodi Empire of Northern India. This battle was one of the first to include gunpowder and firearms and with the win, Babur created the beginnings of the Mughals.
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Politics; This was a huge win for the ottoman fleet as they had this unprecedented defeat.
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Politics; Caused capital to move which was a turning point for the empire
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Politics; A large part of Mediterranean Sea was brought under Turkish control in the Sea Battle of Preveza.
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Politics; Sher Shah Suri, leader of the rival Sur Dynasty, led the leader, Humayun, out of India and essentially created a cultural and different structure for the Mughal empire for a number of years.
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Politics; Gave Russia a more formal organization of government. Initiated Russia’s beginning of a monarchy and or rule that the rest of the world was yet to be recognized with.
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Economic; Strengthened local autonomy and communal spirit at the people.
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Academic/Arts; Technological improvements led to advances in literature in Russia. Began the time period where Russian ideas and literature can spread to other regions through printed books that are more durable than writing
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Politics; Humayun takes advantage of the death of Sher Shah Suri, he banded his army together and retook Delhi and restored the Mughals back to power.
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Politics; This helped the empires become more politically stable which was a very important turning point for their success.
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Politics; Akbar, Humayun’s son, succeeded. This is a turning point because he creates the definition of Mughal culture we know of today.
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Politics; Under Bairam Khan again, the Mughal army once again defeats the Surs which ultimately solidifies Akbar’s control over the empire once again.
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Politics and economic; Akbar strips Bairam Khan of his regency and then he is assassinated. Akbar then gains full control of the empire. This is a turning point because he is known for developing trade with European countries, developing a strong system of administration and widely grew the economy. Guns he acquired from Europe allowed for a huge Mughal military advantage.
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Politics; After his death, his son Selim II rules and creates a very unstable period. He never went to fight battles and his government was unstable, unlike his father.
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Politics; Shows how Russia was poor and encountered downfalls in their empire’s beginning that many nations were powerful enough to conquer and have dominion over Russian territory which was later to be regained
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Politics; This naval battle with the Christian forces of the Holy League and the Ottoman Turks during an Ottoman campaign to acquire the Venetian island of Cyprus. It marked the first significant victory for a Christian naval force over a Turkish fleet.
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Political and economics; This led to destabilization of Japan
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Politics; Helped Russia conquer Siberia, using the territory for a penal colony for criminals and political prisoners. Having conquered some territory, allowed other regions to recognize Russia.
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Politics and religion; He kept the Safavid Empire in running which helped develop into modern day Iran
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Economic; Led to purge of all easterners with commerce to yeo-rip
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Religion; Created a lot of Christian converts in East Japan
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Politics; Led to most of S. Korea being occupied by Japanese
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Economic and political; Japan became more powerful due to their extensive land.
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Economics and politics; Caused relations to be suspended until 1609
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Religion; Isfahan remains an important religious city which dates back to this time.
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Politics; Helped lay the foundations for establishing the Russian Empire and or a place in the world.
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Politics; Japan made peace with Korea which was important for international relations at that time.
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Politics; Even though Jahangir was Akbar's declared successor, he wanted to speed up the process and led a revolt against his father. This Created upheaval and turmoil even though he was supported by large groups off Haram women.
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Politics; Gave China another enemy military power to fight off, causing unresting conflict in Asia.
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Economic; Shows how working conditions were not well due to economic growth being stunted and the desperate need for money in China’s decline.
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Politics; This allowed the Safavid Empire to win back lost territory and become more powerful, big turning point for empire
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Religion; This was important because it was constructed by Shah Abbas I
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Political; Began centralization of Japan's government which benefitted everyone within the country.
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Politics and economics; This essentially brought the empire to the peak of its territorial extent. Reform efforts undertaken by 17th-century sultans did little to deter the onset of decay. Then they ended up being driven out of the Caucasus.
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Politics; As being driven out of Iraq, the Ottomans began becoming at odds with poor leaders.
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Politics; As the poor leaders continued, the European world underestimated the Ottoman forces. Persian fighting continues throughout this period.
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Religion; This was the beginning of a trend started by Shah Abbas because he built many mosques.
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Art; Picture helps historians understand what life was like during the time of the Safavid Empire
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Politics; This helped the empire expand its power which impacted many countries around it.
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Politics, economics; Forced Choson to accept brotherly relations with Jurchens.
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Politics; Jahangir's third son. DUring his period of reign he created a period in which the court’s opulence became more expensive.
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Politics and economy; Caused mismanagement in government and trade which was a turning point in the Safavid Empire because it lost its prosperity.
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Politics; This changed political life in the empire and was an extreme turning point because Shah Abbas was crucial to prosperity.
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Economic; Stimulated development of transportation and commerce.
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Art/intellectual; The white marble mausoleum is created by Shah Jahan in memory as his wife. This architecture is widely recognized for the beautiful Mughal architecture and was a cultural turning point for Mughal art of the time.
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Politics; This led to the weakening and downfall of the empire
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Politics; This weakened their relationship which directly caused the end of the Safavid Empire.
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Social; Due to agriculture, Russia and China were able to interact and engage in economic activities with each other such as trading.
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Politics; Allies with another power in order to take down a rebel leader that is overthrowing prosperous cities and murdering the emperor. Causes political unrest that the empire may be overthrown and have traditional Chinese customs readjusted.
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Economics; Stunts great economic growth. Known as the Little Ice Age there is great agricultural distress, famine, and disease. Great downfall for China
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Economic; Made laws more strict to make the economy and labor more efficient and organized in Russia, in order for it to prosper along and catch up with the rest of the world.
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Religious; Japan was religiously uniform which has continued into modern times.
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Economic; Created an intense conflict that causes long lasting chaos.
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Politics; This time, Russia has won and gained significant territorial gain. Marked the beginning of Russia’s rise as a great power in Eastern Europe.
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Politics; Shah Jahan falls ill, and his eldest son, Dara Shikoh, becomes regent for him. However, due to his liberal politics, his younger brother, Aurangzeb, allies with conservative Islamic factions to oppose him.
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Politics, religion; As Aurangzeb had Shah Jahan imprisoned, he essentially goes on to expand the empire. However, this is a turning point in Mughal history because his radical religious conservatism undermines the stability of the empire and marks descent into the decline of the Mughal’s power.
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Economic; South Japan became extremely wealthy and prosperous.
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Social; Spurred growth in independent merchant class
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Politics; Maintained economic and political stability for China and defended it from any foreigners.
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Politics; Prime motive was to ensure Russia would not ally with frontier peoples such as the Galdan’s Mongol state or else China could be conquered potentially
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Politics; This decreased the Ottoman Empire's power and wealth during the time period.
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Economics; As they tried to conquer venice and failed. This caused for periods of unrest.
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Politics and economics; This changed many aspects to the Ottoman Empire as almost all money went to an army and many areas were destroyed.
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Political/Social; Both powers brought peace to one another, using Jesuit missionaries which shows how China had some sort of Christian influence.
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Politics; Takes down a rival in order to have more power and extract resources to assert more power in Asia
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Politics; This was a turning point because Husayn saw the downfall of the Empire
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Social, economic; Led to modernization and development of heavy industry
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Politics; Balanced and equalized both factions
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Politics; This victory forced the European powers to recognize Russia as a major power for the first time.
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Economic; Led to Japan's motive from a military society to a civil society.
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Politics; Aurangzeb's son, Shah Alam, succeeds him and tries to undue the disastrous policies of his father, but it is too little, too late. The empire descends into chaos and violent feuds after his death and starts to break up.
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Political/Social; Places a west window for Russia to interact with the rest of Europe.
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Political/Religious; Brought the Russian Orthodox Church more firmly under state control.
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Economic; The outer lords grew economically because they became more wealthy
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Politics; Iran could be different today if the Safavid Empire didn't end when it did.
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Political/Social; Developed a form of a social hierarchy where nobles must maintain their status based on services from the state. Benefited Russia in having more tasks completed.
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Social; Samurai and regional lords became dependent on willingness of merchants to give them credit
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Religious and social; Led to a belief that merchants should be a low social class which is different than most other social hierarchies around the world.
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Politics; This was a turning point because Abbas III was the king when the Empire ended which may have been caused by his leadership.
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Economics; Caused economy to grow faster than population
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Political, social; This changed the government throughout Russia as well as the social aspect of having a woman leader. This changed gender roles throughout Russia.
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Social/Economic; Grants China more power from extracting resources from trading ports themselves as well as cutting off economic interactions with European countries, primarily Britain.
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Politics; Led to persecution of Catholics in Korea