Gunpowder Empires AP World History Flashcards
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| 11950435980 | Akbar | Greatest of the Munghal rulers; greatest achievement was cultural blending and religious toleration. | 0 | |
| 11950435981 | Suleyman the Magnificent | Brought Ottoman Empire to its height; he created a law code that governed criminal and civil issues; he created a simplified and fair tax system to raise money for his empire; and he granted freedom to Christians and Jews who lived in the empire. | 1 | |
| 11950435982 | Babur | A Muslim who founded Mughal empire | 2 | |
| 11950435983 | Mehmet II | Under his rule, the ottomans laid siege on Constantinople. | 3 | |
| 11950435984 | Shah Abbas the Great | Revitalized the Safavid empire; modernized military; sought European alliances; permitted European merchants and missionaries. | 4 | |
| 11950435985 | Shah | Title for Safavid rulers; Persian title for king | 5 | |
| 11950435986 | Sharia law | Islamic law | 6 | |
| 11950435987 | Janissaries | Christian boys from Blakans, Military Slaves that are trained to be loyal to the ottoman government (firearms) | 7 | |
| 11950435988 | Istanbul | Used to be Constantinople, capital of the Ottoman Empire | 8 | |
| 11950435989 | Sultans | Ottoman rulers who governed with absolute power | 9 | |
| 11950435991 | Qizilbash | A Shia cavalry-based militant group, who did not rely on payment from royal treasury, but were instead granted land. "Red hats" followers of Shah Ismail | 10 | |
| 11950435992 | The divine faith | A blending of ideas from Islam, Hinduism, Christianity, and Zoroastrianism made by Akbar who hoped it would end Muslims and Hindus | 11 | |
| 11950435994 | Taj Mahal | Greatest example of Mughal architecture; built by shah jahan | 12 | |
| 11950435995 | Xenophobia | Fear of outsiders | 13 | |
| 11950435996 | Exports of gunpowder empires | Sill, carpet, spices, ceramics, crafts, pepper, jewels, metal, and artwork. | 14 | |
| 11950435997 | Battle of chaldiran (1514) | Ottomans vs Safavid; safavid lost because they considered firearms unmanly | 15 | |
| 11950435999 | Ottoman | Tobacco was popular in which empire? | 16 | |
| 11950436000 | Mughal | Great Britain caused the collapse of which empire? | 17 | |
| 11950436001 | Shia Muslims | The Safavids were ruled by who? | 18 | |
| 11950436002 | Turkic | The Islamic Gunpowder empires were founded from _______ nomadic cultures. | 19 | |
| 11950436003 | Autocratic | Gunpowder empires had _______ rule | 20 | |
| 11950436004 | Military conquest, Land Empires | Gunpowder empires are based on ______ _______. | 21 | |
| 11950436005 | Non-Muslim | Mughals ruled over predominately _______ population. | 22 | |
| 11950436006 | People would be punished according to the rules of their own religion. | Explain how crimes across millets were handled | 23 | |
| 11950436007 | Devshirme. | Blood tax or tribute in blood; Practice which Ottoman Empire sent military to abduct boys and converted them to Islam and selecting and training them for military or civil service in the Ottoman Empire to become Janisaries. | 24 | |
| 11950436008 | Millet System | In the Ottoman Empire; it is a separate legal court involving "personal law" where a religious community was allowed to rule itself under its own system while remaining loyal to the empire still. | 25 |