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Gunpowder Empires

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Ottoman Turks came from central Asia; Abbasid and Seljuk armies; ruled largest and most powerful empire; conquered North Africa, middle east, and Eastern Europe; Constantinople
Suleiman known as a law giver; golden age
Vizier overall head of administration
Janissaries elite force of young christian boys taken as a tax; first to use gunpowder as a weapon
Divan council that was consulted on all matters
Sinan architect that worked with Suleiman
Battle of Lepanto Ottomans that fought the Spanish; Spanish won
Safavid Turks took over Persia/Iran; turkish group from central asia; fought with ottomans; Shi'a; called red-heads; used Shah for emperor
Abbas the Great force and diplomacy with ottomans; growth of silk industry; capitol at Isfahan
Battle of Chaldiran fight between ottomans and safavids; ottomans had better tech; ottomans won; established western border
Mullah prayer leader and mosque official
Urdu new language mix between Persian and Hinduism
Sikhism mix of religion between Hindu and Islam
Mughal Dynasty
Babur
Akbar
Aurangzeb
Taj Mahal
Sati
Delhi
Isfahan
Constantinople
Mehmed II
Anatolia
Red Heads
Shah
Isma'il
Sunni
Shi'ite
Sufi
religious toleration safavids had toleration, then didn't; ottomans were to a point; mughals had toleration
characteristics of gunpowder empires focus on art & architecture; first used gunpowder weapons in that area
cause of rise of empires mongols decline and spread of gunpowder
goals to expand
ended the advances Austria/hungary area; mughals; ottomans; safavids
decline stoped expanding; didn't keep up with tech; economy was declining
muslim empires different different religions; different variations of poor women treatment
ottoman rulers chosen whoever was strongest
Aurenzeb strictly muslim; cut back on spending
Europe wanted India spices for trading
economy organized mostly farmers; some merchants; warrior aristocracy
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