Chapter 2 Flashcards
Warriors for Islam
Ghazis
Most successful Ghazis
Osman
Rebellious warrior and conqueror from Samarkand in Central Asia
Timor the Lane
Achieved the most dramatic feat in Ottoman history
Mehmet II
Elite force of 30,000
Janissaries
Sultan’s army took boys from their families and trained them to be soldiers
Devshrine
Why were the Ottomans such successful conquerors?
Success largely based on gunpowder, replaced archers on horseback with musket-carrying soldiers, and among first people to use cannons as offensive weapons
Why did Mehmet the Conqueror show his tolerance of other cultures?
He opened Constantinople to many other cultures
Why was Selim he Grim’s capture of Mecca, Medina, and Cairo so significant?
Mecca and Medina were the holy cities and Cairo was the intellectual city
What role did slaves in Ottoman society?
They took boys from their homes and then trained them to Benin the army and then they could work themselves up to high government posts. They also took non-Muslim girls to become slaves to the wealthy.
Member of Shi’a Muslim dynasty
Safavid
Abbas the Great
Abbas rebuilt capital city
14 year old leader of the Safavid military
Isma’il
What ideas did Shah Abbas borrow from his enemies, the Ottomans?
Created a slave system much like the janissaries, equipped army with modern artillery, reformed government, and installed capable leaders
In what others ways did the Safavids interweave foreign ideas into their culture?
Established relations with Europe and brought Chinese artists and to the Safavid empire
