137130856 | seljuk turks | predecessors to Ottoman Empire | 0 | |
137130857 | Anatolia | Ottoman Empire originated: modern day Turkey | 1 | |
137130858 | Mehmed II | conquered Constantinople 1453 | 2 | |
137130859 | Constantinople | conquered and rebuilt by Ottoman sultan Mehmed II | 3 | |
137130860 | Janissaries | in charge of artillery and firearms of Ottomans; slaves | 4 | |
137130861 | Vizier | aka wazir; head of bureaucracy; more power than sultan of Ottomans | 5 | |
137130862 | Suleymaniye | mosque built in rebuilding of Constantinople | 6 | |
137130863 | Ottoman Language | Ottoman Turkish; formerly Persian and Arabic | 7 | |
137130864 | Decline of Ottoman Empire | Janissaries didn't want to lose power; Janissaries prevented new technologies; religious scholars didn't want less religion; lack of leadership; revolts | 8 | |
137130865 | 16th century | Ottoman Empire lost to Spanish control over the Mediterranean Sea (Battle of Lepanto 1571); decline of Ottoman Empire | 9 | |
137130866 | Portugal vs. Ottoman | control over sea (Asian Trading Network) | 10 | |
137130867 | Results of Ottomans loss of monopoly over the Indian Ocean | trade of Portugal to west made Europe rich; merchants and tax collectors lost revenue; Muslim ports weren't sending money to Europe; gold and silver from Latin America caused inflationq | 11 | |
137130868 | comparison of Ottomans vs. Safavids | both rose from rivaling Turkish groups; both were frontier warriors of Islam; Safavid: Shi'a; Ottoman: Sunni | 12 | |
137130869 | Safavid Dynasty Origin | Sufi mystics and religious preachers; Iran(Ardabil) | 13 | |
137130870 | Isma'il | shah of Safavid in 1501; took city of Tabriz | 14 | |
137130871 | Red Heads | Safavid followers; distinctive headgear | 15 | |
137130872 | Battle of Chaldiran | religious and territorial battle between Ottomans and Safavids; 1514; Ottomans win; Safavid's artillery is on eastern side and can't get it because of expansion | 16 | |
137130873 | Abbas I | aka Abbas the Great; Safavid Empire reaches greatest extent; moved capital to Isfahan | 17 | |
137130874 | Turkish chiefs | gained power; similar to Janissaries | 18 | |
137130875 | Persian Language | official language of Safavid Empire | 19 | |
137130876 | Safavid economy vs. Ottoman economy | Safavid: more constrained and only contact is Portuguese; Ottoman: contact with Christians and Jews and more availability and better quality of products | 20 | |
137130877 | decline of Safavid Empire | lack of leadership; lock up leaders-weak; Turkish chiefs influence who takes power | 21 | |
137130878 | Nadir Khan Ahshar | overthrows Safavid Dynasty; not successful | 22 | |
137130879 | Babur | founder of Mughal dynast; military strategist; bad with government **can't fix Lodi bureaucracy**; musician and artist **gardens at capital**; writes history for India | 23 | |
137130880 | Humayan | Babur left Mughal empire to; exiled to Persia (Safavid dynasty); comes back and falls down stairs | 24 | |
137130881 | Akbar | fixed Lodi bureaucracy; improves military; expansionl peace with Muslims and Hindus; creates religion **Din-i-Ilahi** | 25 | |
137130882 | Din-i-Ilahi | created by Akbar; designed to unite Muslims and Hindus; fails | 26 | |
137130883 | Mughal Empire trade economy | through cotton textile | 27 | |
137130884 | Aurangzeb | expands empire greatly; took away religious aspects which led to conflict | 28 |
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