Chapter 28 AP World History Flashcards

294875258	Osman	the founder of the Ottoman empire (1289-1923) him and his followers sought to be ghazi, and they waged many holy wars	0
294875259	Mehmed the Conqueror	conquered Constantinople in 1453, which opened up the door to Ottoman expansion. He planned to expand the empire to Europe	1
294875260	Suleyman the Magnificent	Ottoman imperialism climaxed in his reign (1520-1566). He promoted expansion and made Ottoman a major naval power	2
294875261	Shah Ismail	Took revenge on enemies of his family by claiming the Persain title "Shah" (r. 1501-1524) willing to use whatever force to switch people's religions	3
294875262	Shah Abbas	Revitalized the Safavid empire by encouraging trade (r. 1588-1629) He strengthened the military and led them to many victories. Brought northwestern Iran, Caucaus and Mesopotamia under Safavid rule	4
294875263	Babur	A Turk who claimed decent from Chinggis Khan and Tamerlagne. He wanted to build a big empire, and he did, but it was loosely constructed and administered. It was called the Mughal empire	5
294875264	Akbar	architect of Mughal empire (r. 1556-1605), built a centralized administrative structure, "laid down the law", in conquered lands, wanted reduced religious tensions and encouraged syncretic faiths	6
294875265	Aurangzeb	reached Mughal height (r 1659-1707) pushed into South India, faced rebellion because he destroyed Hindu temples to put up mosques and taxed Hindus to encourage conversion to Islam	7
294875266	Ottomans	a successful frontier state around the Mediterranean Sea, completely over Anatolia and parts of Egypt (1289-1923)	8
294875267	Safavids	a dynasty located in Iran and part of Armenia (1501-1722)	9
294875268	Mughals	a dynasty located in India, taking all but the southern tip (1526-1858)	10
294875269	Ghazi	Muslim religious warriors "the ghazi is the instrument of the religion of Allah, a servant of God who purifies the earth from the filth of polytheism..."	11
294875270	Janissaries	boys who learned Islam and became soldiers who had a reputation for loyalty to the sultan and readiness to use new military technology	12
294875271	Twelver Shiism	the religion that shah Ismail imposed; there were 12 infallible iams (religious leaders) after Muhammad that went into hiding and would come spread their religion someday	13
294875272	Qizilbash	followers of Twelver Shiism who wore red hats with 12 pleats	14
294875273	Taj Mahal	a tomb for Shan Jhan's wife and represented the Islamic judgement day, very elaborate and expensive, signifies the wealth	15