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315447110What were the Ottoman, Safavid, and Mughal empires known as?gunpowder empires0
315447111Who were the gazi?warriors for the Ottoman empire1
315447112Who created the Ottoman empire?Osman Bay2
315447113Who were Janissary?"slaves of the sword", member of elite fighting force comprised of christian slaves in the Ottoman Empire3
315447114What was the system of taking boys for soldiers called?Devshirme4
315447115Who captured Constantinople?Mehmed5
315447116When did Mehmed capture Constantinople?14536
315447117What were Sulleymans major accomplishments?Capturing Belgrade and getting control of the Balkans and creating a major naval power, attacked Vienna in 1578 (Haspurgs)7
315447118What religion did Islam believe in?Twelver Shism8
315447119Who were the Safavids named after?Sufi al-Din9
315447120What was Sulleyman known as?law giver10
315447121What did twelvers believe in?that there were twelve imams(leaders) and the twelfth imam was in hiding and would eventually come back11
315447122Who was in the Battle of Chaldiran?Safavids and Ottomans12
315447123Who won the battle of Chaldiran and why?Ottomans because Safavids did not use gunpowder13
315447124How did Abbas change government?built bureaucracy, moved capital to Isfahan, used slaves in army, started to use gunpowder, allied with Europeans14
315447125Who did Babur claim relationship to?Genghis Khan and Tamerlane15
315447126What empire did babur create?Mughal16
315447127What was babur known for?taking over Delhi17
315447128What was Jaham known for?Taj Mahal18
315447129What religion did Akbur create?Din i Ilahi- divine faith, was a mix of all religions19
315447130What did Akbur change about religious tolerance?extremely tlerant, got rid of jizya tax and sati20
315447131How was empire split up?Relatives manage parts of the states21
315447132Why was this a problem?caused fighting and murder over the thrown22
315447133Who said killing a relative for the throne was legal?Mehmed23
315447134How were relatives killed and why?with silk bow so that no royal blood was spilled24
315447135Why were women important?were revered as mother and wife and help make political decisions25
315447136What women did suleyman refer to?Herrum sultana his concubine26
315447137What twwo mmajor crops were adopted from the Columbian exchange?coffee and tobacco27
315447138What religions were in the Ottoman empire?Islams, Christians, and Jews28
315447139What religions were in the Safavids empire?Islams, Christians, and Jews, Zoraostrains29
315447140What religions were in the Mughals empire?Hindu, Jains, Zoroastrains, Christians, Sikhism30
315447141Dhimmi"proteected people" a person of a non-Muslim religion whose right to practice that religion is protected within an Islamic society (during Mughal and Ottoman empires)31
315447142Who reinstated Jizya?Aurangzeb32
315447143Why did ottoman decline?princes were lazy through luxury and locking them in the castle did not help33
315447144Who built the Taj MahalJahan34
315447145Who did Safavids persecute?non-muslims, sunnis, and twelvers35
315447146What caused Jenissaries to rebelwere payed in debased coinage36
315447147Why did empires declineforeign trade was controlled by Europe, had unproductive wars, europe produce technology faster than they could by it,, fell behind in technology37
315447148Who were the main rulers of Ottomans?osman, mehmed, sulleyman38
315447149Who were the main rulers of Savafids?Ismail, Abbas39
315447150Who were the main rulers of Mughal?babur, akbur[:)], Jahan[:l] Aurangzeb[:(]40

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