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5854621704Ottoman Empirewas an empire founded at the end of the thirteenth century in northwestern Anatolia. The Ottomans ended the Byzantine Empire with the 1453 conquest of Constantinople by Mehmed the Conqueror0
5854621705Osman Beywas the leader of the Ottoman Turks and the founder of the Ottoman dynasty. He and the dynasty bearing his name later established and ruled the nascent Ottoman Empire.1
5854621706JanissariesThey began as an elite corps of slaves made up of conscripted young Christian boys, and became famed for internal cohesion cemented by strict discipline and order. Unlike regular slaves they were Unlikethey were paid regular salaries. Forbidden to marry or engage in trade, their complete loyalty to the Sultan was expected.2
5854621707Selim 1Sultan of the Ottoman Empire from 1512 to 1520.[3] His reign is notable for the enormous expansion of the Empire, particularly his conquest between 1516 and 1517 of the entire Mamluk Sultanate of Egypt,3
5854621708Sulieman the magnificentwas the tenth and longest-reigning sultan of the Ottoman Empire from 1520 to his death in 1566.[4] Under his administration, the Ottoman state ruled over 15 to 25 million people.4
5854621709Istanbulit served as an imperial capital for almost 16 centuries, during the Roman and Byzantine (330-1204 and 1261-1453), the Latin (1204-1261), and the Ottoman (1453-1922) empires.[10] It was instrumental in the advancement of Christianity during Roman and Byzantine times, before the Ottomans conquered the city in 1453 and transformed it into an Islamic stronghold and the seat of the Ottoman Caliphate5
5854621710Devshirmesystem began in the late 14th century. Christian boys were recruited by force to serve the Ottoman government. The boys were generally taken from the Balkan provinces, converted to Islam, and then passed through a series of examinations to determine their intelligence and capabilities.6
5854621711Safavid empire wThe Safavids ruled from 1501 to 1722 (experiencing a brief restoration from 1729 to 1736) and, at their height, they controlled all of modern Iran7
5854621712Mughal empirewas an empire in the Indian subcontinent, established and ruled by a Muslim dynasty of Chagatai Turco-Mongol origin from Central Asia.[9][10][11] The dynasty, though ethnically Turco-Mongol, was Persianate in terms of culture8
5854669439Baburwas a conqueror from Central Asia who, following a series of setbacks, finally succeeded in laying the basis for the Mughal dynasty in the Indian subcontinent and became the first Mughal emperor.9
5854669440AkbarMughal Emperor from 1556 until his death. He was the third and one of the greatest rulers of the Mughal Dynasty in India.10
5854669441JizyaIs a per capita yearly tax historically levied by Islamic states on certain non-Muslim subjects—dhimmis—permanently residing in Muslim lands under Islamic law11
5854669442Sikhisma monotheistic religion founded in Punjab in the 15th century by Guru Nanak.12
5854669443Shah jahan5th Mughal emperor of India from 1628 to 1658. Like his grandfather he was eager to expand.13
5854669444Taj Mahalis an ivory-white marble mausoleum on the south bank of the Yamuna river in the Indian city of Agra. It was commissioned in 1632 by the Mughal emperor, Shah Jahan (reigned 1628-1658), to house the tomb of his favourite wife, Mumtaz Mahal.14
5854669445Aurangzebwas the sixth, and widely considered the last effective Mughal Emperor. He ruled over most of the Indian subcontinent during some parts of his reign, which lasted for 49 years from 1658 until his death in 1707.15
5854669446Songhai empireInitiallly it was ruled by the Sonni dynasty (c. 1464-1493), but it was later replaced by the Askiya dynasty (1493-1591).16
5854669447Sunni AliHe reigned from 1464- 1492. Under Sunni Ali's infantry and cavalry many cities were captured and then fortified, such as Timbuktu17
5854669448TimbuktuTimbuktu flourished from the trade in salt, gold, ivory and slaves. It became part of the Mali Empire early in the 14th century18
5854669449Kongowas an African kingdom located in west central Africa19
5854669450King Afonso 1by the Moors whom he fought, was the first King of Portugal. He achieved the independence of the southern part of the Kingdom of Galicia, the County of Portugal, from Galicia's overlord, the King of León20
5854669451AngolaIndependence was achieved in 1975 under communist rule backed by the Soviet Union after the protracted liberation war.21
5854669452Queen nzingawas a 17th-century queen (muchino a muhatu) of the Ndongo and Matamba Kingdoms of the Mbundu people in Angola. She came to power as an ambassador after demonstrating a proclivity to tactfully diffuse foreign crisis, as she regained control of the Portuguese fortress of Ambaca. Since she was the sister of king ngola, she already had some political influence.22

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