Chapter 27

Question 0

ghazi

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Muslim religious warriors

Question 1

Shah Jahan

Answer 1

Emperors of Mughal India, who took his seat on the Peacock Throne

Question 2

devshirmie

Answer 2

Institution through which the Ottomans required the Christian population of the Balkans to contribute young boys to become slaves of the sultan

Question 3

Mehmed II

Answer 3

Captured Constantinople (which became the Ottoman capital) and helped to stimulate its role as a commercial center

Question 4

Twelver Shiism & the qizilbash

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Held that there were 12 infallible leaders after Muhammad. Qizilbash: Turkish followers who wore red hats w/ 12 pleats

Question 5

Battle of Chaldiran

Answer 5

Sunni Ottomans persecuted Shiites within Ottoman Empire. The two empires remained locked in intermittent conflict for 2 centuries

Question 6

Hürem Sultana

Answer 6

A concubine of Ukrainian origin. Suleyman the Great elevated her to the status of a legal wife

Question 7

Murad IV

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Outlawed coffee & tobacco; also executed those who continued to use it

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Sikhism

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Combined elements of Hindu and Islam into a new syncretic faith

Question 9

jizya

Answer 9

special tax for the dhimmi

Question 10

Isfahan

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Site of Shah Abbas’ capital. One of the most precious jewels of urban architectural development

Question 11

Taj Mahal

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A the most famous of the Mughal monuments. Shah Jahan had 20,000 workers tool for 18 years to build it

Question 12

dhimmi

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“Protected people.” Maintained personal freedom, kept their property, practiced their religion, & handled their own legal affairs.

Question 13

Piri Reis

Answer 13

Ottoman admiral and cartographer who produced large-scale maps and a major navigational text-the book of seafaring