AP World History 84-98 Flashcards
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| 8592750802 | Ottoman Empire | • conquered Byzantines, took Constantinople in 1453 • controlled eastern Mediterranean trade A Muslim empire based in Turkey that lasted from the 1300's to 1922. | 0 | |
| 8592751674 | Osman Bay | The founder of the Ottoman Empire | 1 | |
| 8592753244 | janissaries | slave soldier in the Ottoman Empire, usually Christian members of an elite force in the army of the Ottoman empire | 2 | |
| 8592758115 | Suleiman the magnificent | Great Ottoman leader, expanded land area of Ottomans, and restructured system of law. | 3 | |
| 8592758755 | Instanbul | modern day Constaninople, named Instanbul after the Ottomans gained control in 1453 | 4 | |
| 8592759367 | devshirme | Ottoman policy of taking boys from Christian peoples to be trained as Muslim soldiers | 5 | |
| 8592760487 | Safavid Empire | Iranian kingdom (1502-1722) established by Ismail Safavi, who declared Iran a Shi'ite state. | 6 | |
| 8592760976 | Mughal Empire | Muslim state exercising dominion over most of India in the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries. | 7 | |
| 8592762993 | Babur | founded the Mughal empire, claimed to be a descendant of Timur and Genghis Khan (1526) First sultan of the Mughal Empire; took lots of land in India. | 8 | |
| 8592763763 | Akbar | Babur's grandson who brought Mogul rule to most of India. He practiced religious tolerance | 9 | |
| 8592764114 | jizya | Poll tax that non-Muslims had to pay when living within a Muslim empire | 10 | |
| 8592765246 | Sihkism | commanality between islam and Hinduism | 11 | |
| 8592766153 | Shah Jahan | Akbar's Grandson and king. ruled 1628-1658, built the Taj Majhal | 12 | |
| 8592766594 | Taj Mahal | A beautiful tomb in Agra, India, built by the Mughal emperor Shah Jahan for his wife Mumtaz Mahal. | 13 | |
| 8592767002 | Aurangzeb | Shah Jahan's third son who ruled from 1658 to 1707; executed his brother and his father Mughal emperor who succeeded Shah Jajan known for his religious zealotry | 14 |