Muslim World 1200-1450
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| 321529192 | ghazi | A warrior for Islam | 0 | |
| 321529193 | Safavid | The shi'ite muslim dynasty that ruled in persia between the 16th and 18th centuries | 1 | |
| 321529194 | Mughal | one of the nomads who invaded the Indian subcontinent in the 16th century and established a powerful empire there | 2 | |
| 321529195 | Akbar | The greatest of the Mughal Emperors. Second half of 1500s. Descendant of Timur. Consolidated power over northern India. Religiously tolerant. Patron of arts, including large mural paintings. | 3 | |
| 321529196 | Tahmasp | Isma'il's son; adopted the use of artillery with his military forces; expanded the use of artillery with his military forces; layed the groundwork for the golden age of the Safavids | 4 | |
| 321529197 | Cultural Blending | The principle that when civilizations interact there is an exchange of ideas as each culture, way of life impacts the other. | 5 | |
| 321529198 | Mehmed II | Ottoman sultan called the "Conqueror"; responsible for conquest of Constantinople in 1453; destroyed what remained of Byzantine Empire. | 6 | |
| 321529199 | Suleyman | ruled for 46 years, spread the empire, many cultural interests, expanded military, millet system, devshirme system, | 7 | |
| 321529200 | Selim | also known as Suleyman the Magnificent, ruled from 1520 to 1566, credited with great military leadership as well as implementing a highly structured social organization. Created a law code, simlified the system of taxation & reduced gov't bureaucracy. Viewed as having improved the daily life of almost every citizen. | 8 | |
| 321529201 | Devshirme | 'Selection' in Turkish. The system by which boys from Christian communities were taken by the Ottoman state to serve as Janissaries. | 9 | |
| 321529202 | Taj Mahal | beautiful mausoleum at Agra built by the Mogul emperor Shah Jahan (completed in 1649) in memory of his favorite wife | 10 | |
| 321529203 | Aurangzeb | despotic ruler, whose strict laws led to divisions and decentralization of government in the Mughal Empire | 11 | |
| 321529204 | Sikhs | Nonviolent religous group that blended Buddhism, Hinduism and Sufism | 12 | |
| 321529205 | Shia | the branch of Islam whose members acknowledge Ali and his descendants as the rightful successors of Muhammad | 13 | |
| 321529206 | Ismail | A great Safavid ruler who, at the age of 14, conquered much of the territory that became the Safavid Empire. He was a religious tyrant who made Shi'ia the state religion. | 14 | |
| 321529207 | sultan | military and political leader with absolute authority over a Muslim country | 15 | |
| 321529208 | shah | title for the former hereditary monarch of Iran | 16 | |
| 321529209 | ottoman turks | captured Constantinople in 1453 and rename it Istanbul; as a result the Byzantine people flee to Italian City-States which becomes a catalyst for the expansion of language and art | 17 | |
| 321529210 | Delhi Sultanate | created by the Sultan Mahmud; lasted from 1206 AD to 1526 AD; the first Muslim empire in India | 18 | |
| 321529211 | Hidden Imam | Last in a series of twelve descendants of Muhammad's son-in-law Ali, whom Shi'ites consider divinely appointed leaders of the Muslim community. In occlusion since ca. 873, he is expected to return as a messiah at the end of time. (p. 532) | 19 | |
| 321529212 | mansabs | In India, grants of land given in return for service by rulers of the Mughal Empire. (p. 536) | 20 | |
| 321529213 | rajputs | Members of a mainly Hindu warrior caste from northwest India. The Mughal emperors drew most of their Hindu officials from this caste, and Akbar I married a Rajput princess. (p. 537) | 21 | |
| 321529214 | Oman | a strategically located monarchy on the southern and eastern coasts of the Arabian Peninsula, a strategically located monarchy on the southern and eastern coasts of the Arabian Peninsula | 22 | |
| 321529215 | Batavia | Fort established ca. 1619 as headquarters of Dutch East India Company operations in Indonesia; today the city of Jakarta. | 23 |
