1450-1750 AP World History Flashcards
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| 51887427 | Gunpowder Empires | era of eastern empires that used guns (1450-1750) | 51887427 | |
| 51887428 | Osman | leader of semi-Nomadic Turks that founded the Ottoman Empire | 51887428 | |
| 51887429 | Sulemain the Magnificent | most glorious Ottoman emperor (ruled 1520-1566) | 51887429 | |
| 51887430 | Janissaries | elite Ottoman military group | 51887430 | |
| 51887431 | devshirme | young Christian boys who became bureaucratic slaves to the sultan (Janissaries) | 51887431 | |
| 51887432 | vizier | head of the imperial administration; took care of day-to-day work | 51887432 | |
| 51887433 | imams | heirs to Ali; shiite clerics | 51887433 | |
| 51887434 | Hidden Imam | last imam; disappeared mysteriously | 51887434 | |
| 51887435 | Ismail | Shiite general who united a large area known as the Safavid realm | 51887435 | |
| 51887436 | Twelver Shi'ism | followed the Hidden Imam | 51887436 | |
| 51887437 | qizilbash | swordsmen calvary of the Safavid | 51887437 | |
| 51887438 | Shah Abbas I | peak ruler of the Safavid (1588-1629) | 51887438 | |
| 51887439 | Babur | descendant of Timur and Gengis Khan; founded the Mughal Empire | 51887439 | |
| 51887440 | Mughal Empire | mixture of Mongol and Turkish people from central Asia in India | 51887440 | |
| 51887441 | Akbar | grandson of Babur; ruled the Mughal Empire from 1556-1605 | 51887441 | |
| 51887442 | Taj Mahal | Mughal Empire tomb dedicated to a shah's wife | 51887442 | |
| 51887443 | sati | Hindu practice of suicide of widows by jumping on husband's pyre | 51887443 | |
| 51887444 | purdah | seclusion for women | 51887444 | |
| 51887445 | Divine Faith | Akbar's failed attempt to combine Muslim, Hindu, Zoroastrian, Christian, and Sikh beliefs | 51887445 | |
| 51887446 | Nanuk | (1469-1539) stressed meditation and drew upon Islam and Hinduism; first guru | 51887446 | |
| 51887447 | guru | religious leader of Sikhism | 51887447 | |
| 51887448 | army of the pure | Sikh army that challenged the Mughals | 51887448 | |
| 51887449 | Fatehpur Sikri | Akbar's capital city | 51887449 |