ch 21 Flashcards

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