Gunpowder Empires

Question 1

Babur

Answer 1

1st Mughal emperor of India

Question 2

Safavid

Answer 2

Turkic nomads; Sufi mystic; established kingdom in Iran

Question 3

All empires were founder but what type of nomads

Answer 3

Turkic speaking from Central Asia

Question 4

All took advantage of what

Answer 4

Falling of Mongols empire and Timurs assault

Question 5

Who was the only one not to conquer due to religion

Answer 5

Babur

Question 6

What caused warfare between empires

Answer 6

Sunni-shite split

Question 7

Mehmed II

Answer 7

The conquerer; ottoman sultan; conquest of Constantinople

Question 8

What part of the ottomans military were they known for

Answer 8

Naval

Question 9

Janissaries

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Infantry divisions; conscripted as boys in conquered Balkans ; legally slaves

Question 10

Warrior aristocracy

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Taxed peasants heavily

Question 11

Vizier

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Head of bureaucracy

Question 12

Devshrime

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Boys taken and trained for janissaries

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Trade in ottoman

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Controlled by gov and heavily taxed

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Issues with

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Succession

Question 15

What city was restored by ottomans

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Constantinople

St. Sophia converted to mosque

Question 16

What from all over the world happened at Constantinople

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Trade

Question 17

Artisans from ottoman organized into

Answer 17

Guilds

Question 18

What was the main language of ottomans

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Turkish

Question 19

How long did ottoman decline last

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600 years

Question 20

Abandonment of what during ottoman decline and due to what

Answer 20

Cultivated lands

Slave revolts

Question 21

Successor imprisoned where

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Harem; ottoman

Question 22

Fell behind Europe ________ porque de

Answer 22

Militarily

Janissaries

Question 23

Didn’t drive who out

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Portuguese

Question 24

Spanish and Venetian fleet defeated ottoman in

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Battle of Lepanto

Question 25

Inflation in ottoman due to

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Spanish silver

Question 26

Infrastructure during ottoman decline

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Insufficient

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Ottoman dependent on

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Conquest

Question 28

Because of Portugal finding passage to India ottomans lost

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European trade

Question 29

Continuity for women in all Muslim empires

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Few rights and no artistic outlets

Question 30

Safavid was what strain of Muslim

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Shi'a different from others

Question 31

Sailal-Din

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Sufi mystic; campaign to purify Islam; first Safavid

Question 32

Red heads

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Safavid followers

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Ismâ'il

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Sufi commander who conquered Tabriz; first Safavid shah

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Chaldiran

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Battle between Safavid and ottoman ottoman win

Question 35

Safavid gov

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Theocracy

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Abbas the great

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Created slave regiments from captured Russians similar to suleyman

Question 37

Language of Safavid court and bureaucracy

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Persian

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Imams

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Successors of Ali

Question 39

Mullahs

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Mosque officials; tried to convert all pop. To sh'ism

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Isfahan

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Capital under Abbas; planned city layout

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Babur

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Wanted to conquer C Asia | Defeated Delhi sultanate

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Humayan

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Expelled from india but restored Mughal rule throughout

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Akbar

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Policy of cooperation with Hindus; tried to create new religion; abolished jizya; tolerant and raised status of Hindus; outlawed sati; tried to recast gender relations; encouraged merchants to set aside market days for women

Question 44

Din-I-llahi

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Religion made by Akbar; blended Muslim and Hindu; failed

Question 45

Purdah

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Seclusion in homes imposed on women

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Europeans wanted Indian

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Cotton textiles

Question 47

Akbars successors were known for

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Lavish lifestyles and patronage to the arts

Question 48

Taj Mahal

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Built by shah jahan

Question 49

Nur Jahan

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Wife of Jahangir; created faction of male relatives who dominated court

Question 50

Mumtaz Mahal

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Wife of shah jahan

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Women's rights in Mughal

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Child marriage grew Seclusion No widow remarriage

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Aurangzeb

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Believed it was his duty to conquer the rest of India and purify Islam

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Nonmuslims postions in Mughal bureaucracy

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Lower

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Sikhs

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Sect in NW India; early leaders tried to bridge Hindu and Muslim but Mughal persecution led to anti-Muslim feelings around 1600s