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Babur

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1st Mughal emperor of India

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Safavid

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Turkic nomads; Sufi mystic; established kingdom in Iran

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All empires were founder but what type of nomads

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Turkic speaking from Central Asia

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4
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All took advantage of what

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Falling of Mongols empire and Timurs assault

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Who was the only one not to conquer due to religion

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Babur

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What caused warfare between empires

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Sunni-shite split

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Mehmed II

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The conquerer; ottoman sultan; conquest of Constantinople

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What part of the ottomans military were they known for

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Naval

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Janissaries

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

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Warrior aristocracy

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Taxed peasants heavily

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Vizier

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Head of bureaucracy

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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

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What city was restored by ottomans

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Constantinople

St. Sophia converted to mosque

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16
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What from all over the world happened at Constantinople

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Trade

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Artisans from ottoman organized into

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Guilds

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What was the main language of ottomans

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Turkish

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How long did ottoman decline last

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600 years

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20
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Abandonment of what during ottoman decline and due to what

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Cultivated lands

Slave revolts

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Successor imprisoned where

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Harem; ottoman

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22
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Fell behind Europe ________ porque de

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Militarily

Janissaries

23
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Didn’t drive who out

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Portuguese

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Spanish and Venetian fleet defeated ottoman in

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Battle of Lepanto

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Inflation in ottoman due to

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Spanish silver

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Infrastructure during ottoman decline

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Insufficient

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Ottoman dependent on

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Conquest

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Because of Portugal finding passage to India ottomans lost

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European trade

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Continuity for women in all Muslim empires

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Few rights and no artistic outlets

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Safavid was what strain of Muslim

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Shi’a different from others

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Sailal-Din

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Sufi mystic; campaign to purify Islam; first Safavid

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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

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Safavid gov

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Theocracy

36
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Abbas the great

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Created slave regiments from captured Russians similar to suleyman

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Language of Safavid court and bureaucracy

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Persian

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Imams

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Successors of Ali

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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

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Din-I-llahi

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Religion made by Akbar; blended Muslim and Hindu; failed

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Purdah

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Seclusion in homes imposed on women

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Europeans wanted Indian

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Cotton textiles

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Akbars successors were known for

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Lavish lifestyles and patronage to the arts

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Taj Mahal

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Built by shah jahan

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Nur Jahan

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

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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

54
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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

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