AP World History: Gunpowder Empires Flashcards
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| 2245746724 | Gunpowder Empires | Mughal, Safavid, and Ottoman Empires | 0 | |
| 2245746725 | The Safavid battled with the ____________ empire. | Ottoman | 1 | |
| 2245746726 | The Safavid state religion was the __________ branch of Islam | Shia (aka Shi'ite) | 2 | |
| 2245746727 | Most important ruler of the Safavid Empire | Shah Abbas | 3 | |
| 2245746728 | The Ottomans were __________ nomads. | Turkish | 4 | |
| 2245746729 | The Ottomans captured ___________ and named it ______________, then it became their capital city. | Constantinople, Isanbul | 5 | |
| 2245746730 | Jizya | Levied tax on non-Muslims put in place by the Ottomans | 6 | |
| 2245746731 | Janisarries | Elite soldiers in the Ottoman emperor's prized military corps. | 7 | |
| 2245746732 | Haren | Home of the Sultan's coccubines and female residents. | 8 | |
| 2245746733 | The Ottoman empire became the dominant force after the _________ empire. | Ilkhanate | 9 | |
| 2245746734 | Devshirme | System of forced recruitment of Christian boys from the Balkans | 10 | |
| 2245746735 | The Mughal empire was located in modern day ___________. | Northern India | 11 | |
| 2245746736 | Ahkbar | Increased religious tolerance increased and the arts flourished. | 12 | |
| 2245746737 | Taj Mahal | Tomb built by Shah Jahan for his favorite wife | 13 | |
| 2245746738 | Zamindars | Mughal elites who were tax collectors or land owners | 14 | |
| 2245746739 | Mehmed the Conqueror | Captured Constantinople in 1453. | 15 | |
| 2245746740 | Suleyman the Magnificent | Promoted Ottoman expansion both in southwest Asia and in Europe. Conquered Baghdad, captured Belgrade, defeated and killed the king of Hungary at the battle of Mohacs | 16 | |
| 2245746741 | Twelver Shiism | Held that there had been twelve infallible imams (religious leaders) after Mahammad. | 17 | |
| 2245746742 | Qizilbash | Red heads | 18 | |
| 2245746743 | Battle of Chaldiran | Ottomans deployed heavy artillery and thousands of Janissaries equipped with firearms behind a barrier of carts. Fight between Ottomans and Safavids. | 19 | |
| 2245746744 | Babur | "The Tiger" Zahir al-Din Muhmmad | 20 | |
| 2245746745 | Aurangzeb | Waged a relentless campaign to push Mughal authority deep into southern India. | 21 | |
| 2245746746 | Kanun | Laws | 22 |