Askia the Great {Ans: Songhai ruler, he overthrew Sunni Baru. His reign was the high point of Songhai culture.}simony {Ans: The selling of church offices, seen as part of the corruption of the Roman Catholic Church}Louis XIV {Ans: (1638-1715) Known as the Sun King, he was an absolute monarch that completely controlled France. One of his greatest accomplishments was the building of the palace at Versailles.}Henry VIII {Ans: (1491-1547) King of England from 1509 to 1547; his desire to annul his marriage led to a conflict with the pope, England's break with the Roman Catholic Church, and its embrace of Protestantism. Henry established the Church of England in 1532.}daimyo {Ans: A Japanese feudal lord who commanded a private army of samurai}Akbar {Ans: Most illustrious sultan of the Mughal Empire in India (r. 1556-1605). He expanded the empire and pursued a policy of conciliation with Hindus.}Mughal Empire {Ans: an Islamic imperial power that ruled a large portion of Indian subcontinent which began in 1526, invaded and ruled most of Hindustan (South Asia) by the late 17th and early 18th centuries, and ended in the mid-19th century.}tax farming {Ans: A government's use of private