Chapter 13 Vocab

Question 0

Osman

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The founder of the Ottoman Empire, a Turk whose group was in Anatolia by the 1200s, but only rose to power in the 1400s after the kahnate of Jagadi crumbled

Question 1

Gunpowder empires

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Most empires after 1450, called so because they used advanced technology to subjugate their rivals

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Suleiman the Magnificent

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An Ottoman leader(1520-1566) who tried to take much of europe(stopped at Vienna bc winter) and expanded the empire(Venice into tribute state)

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Janissaries

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The infantry/bureaucrats of the Ottoman Empire, who were made through devshirme(Christians contributed boys, who were trained). They got guns, while cavalry didn’t, and by the 1500s had a high place in society

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Devshirme

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The ottoman system in which they took Christian boys, converted them to islam and trained them to be either bureaucrats of infantry

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Vizier

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Administrative heads who helped sultans and took care of the easy day jobs. Related to ottomans

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Imam

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Heirs of Muhammad(in the shi’te view). Existed until the 800s, when the 12th one dissapeared

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Hidden imam

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The 12th imam, who disappeared as a child in the 800s

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Ismail

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An early Safavid leader who emerged in the early 1500s, and established the Safavid empire

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Twelver Shi’ism

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The religion of the Safavid empire

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Quizilbash

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Safavid “redheads” for their turbans. Best warriors, cavalry with swords and knives. Fought ottoman janissaries in 1514

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Chaldiran

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Where the Ottomans kicked Safavid butt in 1514, bc they had guns and Safavids had knives

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Shah Abbas I

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A Safavid ruler from 1588-1629. He used Russian boys as “slave infantrymen”, grew the army, and was interested in technology

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Isfahan

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The Safavid Capitol city, in inland Iran(far from oceanic trade). Famous for rugs, has guilds, but not cosmopolitan

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Mullahs

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Safavid mosque leaders, who were supervised by the government

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Babur

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A descendant of Genghis Kahn, who founded the Mughal empire in 1523(probably driven to attack India by the loss of homeland+living up to relatives)

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Akbar

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Babur’s grandson, ruled from 1555-1605. Under his rule Mughal=great

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Aurangzeb

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A Mughal leader, devout Muslim, who reinstated a bunch of restrictions on Hindu ppl and generally messed a lot of stuff up in the late 1600

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Taj Mahal

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A tomb built for Mumtaz Mahal by her husband, shah Jahan

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Sati

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The Hindu practice of widow suicide by throwing themselves on their husbands’ pires

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Purdah

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Seclusion of women

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Divine Faith

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Alkbar’s attempt to combine a bunch of religions. It didn’t work.

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Nanuk

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The first guru of Sikhism, who used both Hinduism and islam

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Guru

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Sikh religious leader

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Army of the pure

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An army that the tenth guru lead against the Mughals in the 1700s after his father was beheaded

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Fatehpur Sikri

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The Capitol city that Akbar built from scratch (Mughal)