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12369976108Suleimani MosqueBuilt by Suleiman and is a beautiful architectural site0
12369976109UlamaMuslim religious scholars. From the ninth century onward, the primary interpreters of Islamic law and the social core of Muslim urban societies. (p. 238)1
12369979360Shariah Lawthe code of law derived from the Koran and from the teachings and example of Mohammed2
12369979361Sikhismthe doctrines of a monotheistic religion founded in northern India in the 16th century by Guru Nanak and combining elements of Hinduism and Islam3
12369979362SatiThe Indian custom of a widow voluntarily throwing herself on the funeral pyre of her husband.4
12369984760Gunpowder EmpiresMuslim empires of the Ottomans, Safavids, and the Mughals that employed cannonry and gunpowder to advance their military causes.5
12370003577Ottoman EmpireA Muslim empire based in Turkey that lasted from the 1300's to 1922.6
12370003578Mehmed II "The Conqueror"1. Expands Ottoman Empire 2. Conquers Cinstantinople 3. Controls trade from Black Sea to Mediterranean Sea7
12370010832Sulieman I-Sultan of the Ottoman Turks -defeated the hungarians -controlled sea trade in the eastern Mediterranean8
12370010833ViziersChief assistants to caliphs9
12370013437Safavidsrivals of the Ottomans who practiced Shia Islam and was active in military conquest.10
12370013438Shah Abbas the GreatSafavid ruler from 1587 to 1629; extended Safavid domain to greatest extent; created slave regiments based on captured Russians, who monopolized firearms within Safavid armies; incorporated Western military technology.11
12370019529Baburfounder of Mughal dynasty in India; descended from Turkic warriors; first led invasion of India in 1526; died in 1530.12
12370023616DevishirmeThe tribute of boy children that the Ottoman Turks levied from their Christian subjects in the Balkans; the Ottomans raised the boys for service in the civil administration or in the elite Janissary infantry corps.13
12370023617JanissariesInfantry, originally of slave origin, armed with firearms and constituting the elite of the Ottoman army from the fifteenth century until the corps was abolished in 1826.14
12370026037ZamindarsArchaic tax system of the Mughal empire where decentralized lords collected tribute for the emperor.15

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