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| 11835001839 | Sovereignty | self-rule | 0 | |
| 11835005066 | Taj Mahal | the most well known architectural structure of the Mughal era. Constructed by Shah Jahan as a tomb for his wife, Mumtaz Mahal. | 1 | |
| 11835008748 | Hagia Sophia | was a Christian Church that was converted into an elaborate mosque in Constantinople. | 2 | |
| 11835013747 | Mughal Dynasty | Rulers who controlled most of India in the 16th and 17th century. | 3 | |
| 11835016903 | Purdah | The Hindu custom of secluding women. | 4 | |
| 11835021041 | Mehmed the Conqueror | the capture of Constantinople in 1453 by this man, opened a new chapter in Ottoman expansion. This city became the capital of the new Ottoman Empire, subsequently known as Istanbul. He worked energetically to stimulate its role as a commercial center. After it's capture, he presented himself not just a warrior-sultan but also as a true emperor, ruler of "two lands" (Europe and Asia)and "two seas" (the Black Sea and Mediterranean). He laid foundations for a tight centralized, absolute monarchy and his army faced no serious rival. | 5 | |
| 11835024163 | Suleyman the Magnificent | in the 16th century, Ottoman imperialism climaxed under this leader. He vigorously promoted Ottoman expansion both in southwest Asia and in Europe. In 1534, he conquered Bagdad and added the Tigris and Euphrates valleys to the Ottoman domain. Under his leadership the Ottomans became a major naval power. | 6 | |
| 11835028263 | Shah Ismail | (1501-1524) founder of the Safavid Empire. He made Twelver Shiism the official religion of his realm and he proceeded to impose it, by force when necessary, on the formerly Sunni population | 7 | |
| 11835035218 | The Safavids | named after the holy man of Safi al-Din. This empire changed it's religious preference several timesin the hope of gaining popular support before settling on a form of Shiism that appealed to the nomadic Turkish tribes moving into the area in the post-Mongol era. Believed that their ancestors was the "lost" or "hidden' imams. | 8 | |
| 11835040260 | Shah Abbas the Great | (1588-1629) fully revitalized the Safevid empire. He encouraged trade with other lands, and reformed the administrative and military institutions of the empire. He increased the use of gun powder weapons and sought European assistance against the Ottomans. | 9 |
