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| 310501170 | Sunni | Were the Mughals Sunni or Shia? | 0 | |
| 310501171 | Shia | Were the Safavids Sunni or Shira? | 1 | |
| 310501172 | Sunni | Were the Ottomans Sunni or Shia? | 2 | |
| 310501173 | Seljuk Turks | Who controlled Anatolia for 2 centuries before the Ottomans? | 3 | |
| 310501174 | ghazis | people who fight in the name of Islam (ex. Seljuk Turks | 4 | |
| 310501175 | Osman | original Ottoman Turk - rules for 26 years, has great military technology | 5 | |
| 310501176 | Orkhan | Osman's son who takes title of Sultan | 6 | |
| 310501177 | Tamerlane | Mongol who defeats the Ottomans by burning Baghdad, later burns Delhi | 7 | |
| 310501178 | Mehmet II | Ottoman who expands the empire - defeats Constantinople | 8 | |
| 310501179 | 1453 | Date of the official start of the Ottoman Empire | 9 | |
| 310501180 | Istanbul | What is Constantinople renamed when the Ottomans take it? | 10 | |
| 310501181 | Selim the Grim | Mehmet II's grandson - defeats Safavids, conquers Cairo and N. Africa, conquers holy cities (Mecca and Medina) | 11 | |
| 310501182 | Mamluks | N. African tribal ppl., original slaves for the Abbasids - evolve into an elite fighting force in the Crusades | 12 | |
| 310501183 | Suleyman the Lawgiver | Under him Ottomans reach peak in territoy and riches - control the Med. Sea and all trade routes | 13 | |
| 310501184 | grand vizier | bureaucratic leader of the Ottoman Empire - becomes very powerful, even runs the gov't for the Sultan | 14 | |
| 310501185 | Devshirme | Ottoman process by which young children were collected as tax from communities (often Christian) - these children later worked in the gov't or the military | 15 | |
| 310501186 | janissaries | elite Ottoman fighting force - soldiers were chosen through Devshirme | 16 | |
| 310501187 | millets | independent communities within the umbrella of the Ottoman empire who only had to pay a special tax b/c they weren't Muslims | 17 | |
| 310501188 | beys | Turkish tax collectors throughout the Ottoman Empire | 18 | |
| 310501189 | Pashas | local Ottoman leaders who were appointed by the gov't to rule in its name - eventually became a hereditary position | 19 | |
| 310501190 | Blue Mosque | Mosque Suleyman builds in Istanbul across from the Hagia Sophia - is like a community center | 20 | |
| 310501191 | Safavid | Empire geographically located between the Mughals and Ottomans, people are Persians | 21 | |
| 310501192 | Isma'il | Creates Safavid Empire at 12 years old - takes title of "shah", makes Shi'a the state religion - becomes religious tyrant | 22 | |
| 310501193 | Battle of Chaldiran | Ottomans defeat Safavids - sets modern day border between Iran and Iraq | 23 | |
| 310501194 | Shah Abbas | Greatest Safavid king - under him, culture thrives, military is modeled after janissaries, meritocracy, Christians come to trade | 24 | |
| 310501195 | Isfahan | New capital city for Safavids planned by Shah Abbas | 25 | |
| 310501196 | Mughals | Mongols who have adopted Islam and live in India | 26 | |
| 310501197 | Mughals | Most unified Indian Empire since Mauryan Dynasty | 27 | |
| 310501198 | Agra | historic Mughal capital | 28 | |
| 310501199 | Babur | Creates Mughal empire by beating Delhi Sultanate army, est'd capital at Agra | 29 | |
| 310501200 | Humayan | Babur's son - his grave is an architectural model for the Taj Mahal | 30 | |
| 310501201 | Akbar | Babur's grandson - greatest Mughal ruler; uses guns to gain power, was very tolerant, unifies 100 million people | 31 | |
| 310501202 | zamindars | Safavid tax collectors under Akbar | 32 | |
| 310501203 | Jahangir | Akbar's son who did not actually rule | 33 | |
| 310501204 | Nur Jahan | wife of Jahangir who ruled from Agra with her father | 34 | |
| 310501205 | Shah Jahan | Becomes king after Jahangir; is a great warrior - builds Taj Mahal to celebrate beauty of his wife | 35 | |
| 310501206 | Aurangzeb | Shah Jahan's son - moves capital city to Delhi; is not tolerant - tries to convert everyone to Islam | 36 |
