AP World History AMSCO chapter 19 vocab Flashcards
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| 12369976108 | Suleimani Mosque | Built by Suleiman and is a beautiful architectural site | 0 | |
| 12369976109 | Ulama | Muslim religious scholars. From the ninth century onward, the primary interpreters of Islamic law and the social core of Muslim urban societies. (p. 238) | 1 | |
| 12369979360 | Shariah Law | the code of law derived from the Koran and from the teachings and example of Mohammed | 2 | |
| 12369979361 | Sikhism | the doctrines of a monotheistic religion founded in northern India in the 16th century by Guru Nanak and combining elements of Hinduism and Islam | 3 | |
| 12369979362 | Sati | The Indian custom of a widow voluntarily throwing herself on the funeral pyre of her husband. | 4 | |
| 12369984760 | Gunpowder Empires | Muslim empires of the Ottomans, Safavids, and the Mughals that employed cannonry and gunpowder to advance their military causes. | 5 | |
| 12370003577 | Ottoman Empire | A Muslim empire based in Turkey that lasted from the 1300's to 1922. | 6 | |
| 12370003578 | Mehmed II "The Conqueror" | 1. Expands Ottoman Empire 2. Conquers Cinstantinople 3. Controls trade from Black Sea to Mediterranean Sea | 7 | |
| 12370010832 | Sulieman I | -Sultan of the Ottoman Turks -defeated the hungarians -controlled sea trade in the eastern Mediterranean | 8 | |
| 12370010833 | Viziers | Chief assistants to caliphs | 9 | |
| 12370013437 | Safavids | rivals of the Ottomans who practiced Shia Islam and was active in military conquest. | 10 | |
| 12370013438 | Shah Abbas the Great | Safavid ruler from 1587 to 1629; extended Safavid domain to greatest extent; created slave regiments based on captured Russians, who monopolized firearms within Safavid armies; incorporated Western military technology. | 11 | |
| 12370019529 | Babur | founder of Mughal dynasty in India; descended from Turkic warriors; first led invasion of India in 1526; died in 1530. | 12 | |
| 12370023616 | Devishirme | The tribute of boy children that the Ottoman Turks levied from their Christian subjects in the Balkans; the Ottomans raised the boys for service in the civil administration or in the elite Janissary infantry corps. | 13 | |
| 12370023617 | Janissaries | Infantry, originally of slave origin, armed with firearms and constituting the elite of the Ottoman army from the fifteenth century until the corps was abolished in 1826. | 14 | |
| 12370026037 | Zamindars | Archaic tax system of the Mughal empire where decentralized lords collected tribute for the emperor. | 15 |