Chapter 28 AP World History Flashcards

8427580183	Osman	the founder of the Ottoman empire (1289-1923) him and his followers sought to be ghazi, and they waged many holy wars	0
8427580184	Mehmed the Conqueror	conquered Constantinople in 1453, which opened up the door to Ottoman expansion. He planned to expand the empire to Europe	1
8427580185	Suleyman the Magnificent	Ottoman imperialism climaxed in his reign (1520-1566). He promoted expansion and made Ottoman a major naval power	2
8427580186	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
8427580187	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
8427580188	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
8427580189	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
8427580190	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
8427580191	Ottomans	a successful frontier state around the Mediterranean Sea, completely over Anatolia and parts of Egypt (1289-1923)	8
8427580192	Safavids	a dynasty located in Iran and part of Armenia (1501-1722)	9
8427580193	Mughals	a dynasty located in India, taking all but the southern tip (1526-1858)	10
8427580194	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
8427580195	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
8427580196	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
8427580197	Qizilbash	followers of Twelver Shiism who wore red hats with 12 pleats	14
8427580198	Taj Mahal	a tomb for Shan Jhan's wife and represented the Islamic judgement day, very elaborate and expensive, signifies the wealth	15
8427588811	Sikhs	A significant syncretic religion that evolved in India, blending elements of Islam and Hinduism. Founded by Guru Nanak	16