Chapter 13 Flashcards
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| 119889710 | Gunpowder Empires | Era after 1450..Virtually every powerful state used guns effectively to subjugate their enemies and build their control. | 0 | |
| 119889711 | Osman | founder of Ottoman Empire..leader of a band of semi-nomadic Turks who migrated to northwestern Anatolia in the 13th century | 1 | |
| 120019667 | Suleiman the Magnificent | ruled Ottoman empire from 1520 to1566..the empire reached height of power under Suleiman | 2 | |
| 120330289 | Janissaries | Christian boys taken from families, converted to Islam, and then rigorously trained to serve the sultan | 3 | |
| 120330290 | Devshrime | In the Ottoman Enpire, the policy/system of taking boys from conquered Christian peoples to be trained as Muslim soldiers | 4 | |
| 120330291 | Vizier | the head of the imperial administration that took care of the day to day work of the empire | 5 | |
| 120330292 | Imams | Decendents of Ali, Muhammad's son-in-law. | 6 | |
| 120330293 | "Hidden Imam" | The 12th decendant of ali who went missing as a child. | 7 | |
| 120330295 | Ismail | United large area south of Caspain Sea and west of the Ottoman Empire; declared official religion of his new Safavid realm-named after a Sufi mystic called Safi al-den. | 8 | |
| 120330296 | Twelver Shi'ism | based on legacy of Hidden Imam. | 9 | |
| 120330297 | Qizibash | Ismails best calvary.."red heads" known for distinctive turbans..armed with knives and swords against cannons and muskets of the Ottoman Janissaries.. | 10 | |
| 120330298 | Shah Abbas I | helped Safavids reach peak of power..ruled from 1588 to 1629 | 11 | |
| 120918765 | Babur | Attacked India in 1523..descendant of Timur and Genghis Khan | 12 | |
| 120918766 | Mughal Empire | Founded by Genghis Khan in 1526..mixture of Turkish and Mongol peoples from central Asia | 13 | |
| 120918767 | Akbar | Babur's grandson..ruled Mughal Empire from 1556 to 1605..reached height of power and influence | 14 | |
| 120918768 | Taj Mahal | Building of breathtaking beauty built of white stone inlaid with precious stones, built by the shah for Shah Jahans wife when she died | 15 | |
| 120918769 | Sati | Suicide of widows by jumping into husband's funerals pyres | 16 | |
| 120918770 | Purdah | Seclusion; more strictly enforced for upper class women, who did not venture outside home unescorted..Muslim women were veiled when leaving house | 17 | |
| 120918771 | "Divine Faith" | Akbar's combination of Muslim, Hindu, Zoroastrian, Christian, and Sikh beliefs | 18 | |
| 120918772 | Nanuk | (1469-1539) stressed meditation as a means of seeking enlighenment and drew upon both religions (Hindu and Islamic) in his teachings..became first guru of new religion called Sikhism | 19 | |
| 120918773 | Guru | Religious leader | 20 | |
| 120918774 | Sikhism | New religion started by Nanuk (first guru) | 21 | |
| 120918775 | "Army of The Pure" | Army started by 10th guru to avenge his fathers death (9th guru..beheaded in 1675 when wouldnt convert to Islam by Mughal Shah Aurangzeb) | 22 | |
| 120918776 | Fatehpur Sikri | Akbar's entirely new capital city | 23 |