key terms chapter 21 Flashcards
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| 296787776 | ottomans | turkic speaking people who advanced into aisa minor during the 14th century; established an empire in the middle east, north africa, and eastern europe that lasted until after world war 1 | 0 | |
| 296787777 | Mehemed II | "the conqueror"; ottoman sultan; captured Costantinople, 1453, and destroyed Bryzatine Empire. | 1 | |
| 296787778 | Janissaries | conscripted youths from conquered regions who were trained as ottoman infantry divisions; became an important political influence after the 15th century. | 2 | |
| 296787779 | Vizier | head of the ottoman bureacracy; after the fifteenth century often more powerful than the sultan. | 3 | |
| 296787780 | Suleymaniye mosque | great mosque built in constinople during the riegn of the 16th century ottoman ruler suleyman the magnificent. | 4 | |
| 296787781 | safavid dynasty | founded by a turkic nomad family with Shi'a Islamic beliefs; esablished a kingdom in Iran and ruled untill 1722. | 5 | |
| 296787782 | Sali al-Dine | Eponymous founder of the safavids, sufi mystic; leader of the read heads. | 6 | |
| 296787783 | IsmA'il | safavid leader, conquered city of Tabriz in 1501 and was proclaimed shah | 7 | |
| 296787784 | chaldiran | an important battle between the safavidsand the ottomans in 1514; ottoman victory demonstrated the importance of firearms and checked the western advance of the safavid shi'a state. | 8 | |
| 296787785 | Abbas I, the great | safavid shah (1587-1629); extended the empire to greatest extent; used western military technology. | 9 | |
| 296787786 | Imams | shi'a religious leaders who traced there decents to Ali's successors. | 10 | |
| 296787787 | Mullahs | religious leaders under the safavids; worked to convert all subjects to shi'ism. | 11 | |
| 296787788 | Isfahan | safavid capitol under safavids; worked to convert all subjects to shi'ism | 12 | |
| 296787789 | Nadir khan afshar | emerged following fall of safavidss proclaims herself shah, 1736 | 13 | |
| 296787790 | mughal dynasty | established turkic invaders in 1526; endured untill the mid 19th century | 14 | |
| 296787791 | Babur | turkic leader who founded mughal dynasty died 1530 | 15 | |
| 296787792 | akbar | son & successor of Humy; built the military and administrive structure of the dyasty. followed policies of cooperation and toleration with the hindu. | 16 | |
| 296787793 | Sati | burning of the high caste hindu women on there husbandss funerals. | 17 | |
| 296787794 | Taj mahal | mausoleum for mumtaz mahal, built by her husband shah jahan; most famous arch. achievement of mughal india | 18 |