Chapter 21 Key Terms Flashcards
Mehmed II
captured Constantinople, 1453, and destroyed the Byzantine Empire.
Ottomans
Turkic-speaking people
Janissaries
Conscripted youths, became an important political influence after the 15th century.
Vizier
head of the Ottoman bureaucracy
Suleymaniye mosque
great mosque built in Constantinople during
16th-century
Safavid dynasty
founded by a Turkic nomad family; established a kingdom in Iran and ruled until 1722.
Sail al-Din
Sufi mystic; leader of the Read Heads.
Ismâ’il
Safavid leader; conquered the city of Tabriz was proclaimed shah.
Chaldiran
Ottoman victory demonstrated the importance of firearms
Abbas I, the Great
extended the empire to its greatest extent; used Western military technology.
Imams
Shi’a religious leaders descent to Ali’s successors.
Mullahs
religious leaders under the Safavids; worked to convert all subjects to Shi’ism.
Isfahan
Safavid capital under Abbas The Great I
Nadir Khan Afshar
emerged following fall of Safavids
Mughal dynasty
established by Turkic invaders in 1526; endured until the mid-19th century.
Babur
Turkic leader founded the Mughal dynasty
Humayn
son and successor of Babur; expelled from India returned restore the dynasty
Akbar
son and successor of Humayn; built up the military and administrative structure of the dynasty.
Din-i-Ilahi
blended elements of Islam and Hinduism
Sati
ritual burning of high-caste Hindu women
Taj Mahal
most famous architectural achievement of Mughal India.
Nur Jahan
created a faction ruling the empire during the later years of husbands reign
Aurangzeb
reversed to purify Islam of Hindu influences.
Marattas
people of western India
Sikhs
Indian sect, beginning as a synthesis of Hindu and Muslim faiths; pushed to opposition to Muslim and Mughul rule.
