Mr. Brown AP World ECHHS
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| 334365705 | Ottomans | Turkic people who advanced into Asia Minor during the 14th century; established an empire in the Middle East, North Africa, and eastern Europe that lasted until after World War I | 0 | |
| 334365706 | Mehmed II | Ottoman sultan called the "Conqueror"; captured Constantinople and destroyed Byzantine empire | 1 | |
| 334365707 | Janissaries | conscripted youths from conquered regions who were trained as Ottoman infantry divisions; became an important political influence after the 15th century | 2 | |
| 334365708 | vizier | head of the Ottoman bureaucracy; after the 15th century often more powerful than the sultan | 3 | |
| 334365709 | Suleymaniye mosque | great mosque built in Constantinople during the 16th century by Ottoman ruler Suleyman the Magnificent | 4 | |
| 334365710 | Safavid dynasty | founded by a Turkic nomad family with Shi'a Islamic beliefs; established a kingdom in Iran and ruled until 1722 | 5 | |
| 334365711 | Safi al-Din | Sufi mystic and first ruler of the Safavid dynasty | 6 | |
| 334365712 | Isma'il | Safavid leader; conquered the city of Tabriz in 1501 and was proclaimed shah | 7 | |
| 334365713 | Chaldiran | an important battle between the Safavids and Ottomans in 1514; Ottoman victory demonstrated the importance of firearms and checked the western advance of their Shi'a state | 8 | |
| 334365714 | Abbas I the Great | Safavid shah (1587-1629); extended the empire to its greatest extent; used Western military technology | 9 | |
| 334365715 | imams | Shi'a religious leaders who traced their descent to Ali's successors | 10 | |
| 334365716 | mullahs | religious leaders under the Safavids; worked to convert all subjects to Shi'ism | 11 | |
| 334365717 | Isfahan | Safavid capital under Abbas the Great; planned city exemplifying Safavid architecture | 12 | |
| 334365718 | Mughal dynasty | established by Turkic invaders in 1526; endured until the mid-19th century | 13 | |
| 334365719 | Babur | Turkic leader who founded Mughal dynasty; died in 1530 | 14 | |
| 334365720 | Humayn | son and successor of Babur; expelled from India in 1540 but returned to restore the dynasty in 1556 | 15 | |
| 334365721 | Akbar | son and successor of Humayn; built up the military and administrative structure of the dynasty; followed policies of cooperation and toleration with the Hindu majority | 16 | |
| 334365722 | Din-i-Ilahi | religion initiated by Akbar that blended elements of Islam and Hinduism; did not survive his death | 17 | |
| 334365723 | sati | ritual burning of high-caste Hindu women on their husband's funeral pyres | 18 | |
| 334365724 | Taj Mahal | mausoleum for Mumtaz Mahal, built by her husband Shah Jahan, most famous architectural achievement of Mughal India | 19 | |
| 334365725 | Nur Jahan | wife of ruler Jahangir who amassed power at Mughal court and created a faction ruling the empire during the later years of his reign | 20 | |
| 334365726 | Aurangzeb | son and successor of Shah Jahan; pushed extent of Mughal control in India; reversed previous policies to purify Islam of Hindu influences; incessant warfare depleted the empire's resources; died in 1707 | 21 |
