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Qing Dynasty of China The last imperial dynasty of China, preceded by the Ming Dynasty and succeeded by the People's Republic. Formed the territorial base for the modern Chinese state. Founded in 1644 by the Manchus and ruled China for more than 260 years, until 1912. Expanded China's borders to include Taiwan, Tibet, Chinese Central Asia, and Mongolia. Manchus Northeast Asian peoples who defeated the Ming Dynasty and founded the Qing Dynasty in 1644, which was the last of China's imperial dynasties. Mughal Empire Muslim state () exercising dominion over most of India in the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries. Ottoman Empire Islamic state founded by Osman in northwestern Anatolia. After the fall of the Byzantine Empire, the Ottoman Empire was based at Istanbul (formerly Constantinople) from . It encompassed lands in the Middle East, North Africa, the Caucasus, and eastern Europe. Safavids A Shi'ite Muslim dynasty that ruled in Persia (Iran and parts of Iraq) from the 16th- 18th centuries that had a mixed culture of the Persians, Ottomans and Arabs. Songhai a West African empire that conquered Mali and controlled trade from the into the 16th century; eventually defeated by the Moroccans who were broke after fighting with Portugal Devshirme 'Selection' in Turkish. The system by which boys from Christian communities were taken by the Ottoman state to serve as Janissaries (elite military units utilized by the Ottomans)