Names

Question 1

Muhammad

Answer 1

the prophet

Question 2

Selim I

Answer 2

Ottoman Sultan. Conquered the Middle Eastern Heartlands.

Question 3

Saladin

Answer 3

Founder of Ayyubid dynasty (Sunni). Led the Muslim military campaign against the Crusader states. Captured Jerusalem.

Question 4

Timur

Answer 4

Sunni. Founded the Timurid Empire. Eventually defeated by Golden Horde. Conquered most of the Muslim world, central Asia, and parts of India.

Question 5

Osman I

Answer 5

Founder of the Ottoman Empire

Question 6

Suleyman I (1520-1566)

Answer 6

reached the peak of its military and political power. Conquered Hungary and advanced as far as Vienna, threatening the Habsburg

Question 7

What are some things Suleyman did

Answer 7

Suleyman codified a centralized legal system for the Ottoman state, expanded territory and revenue, and built up Constantinople as the empire’s capital

Question 8

Hurrem Sultan

Answer 8

wife of Suleyman the Magnificent, advisor to Suleyman

Question 9

Mehmed II (1444-1446) and (1451-1481)

Answer 9

Ottoman sultan. Led the seige of Constantinople. Renamed it to Istanbul. Converted Hagia Sophia to a Mosque. Rebuilt the city with many different groups

Question 10

Mustafa Ali

Answer 10

Ottoman historian, bureaucrat, and major literary figure. Part of the Royal Court under Selim II

Question 11

Abd al Rahman

Answer 11

Founded the Umayyad dynasty in Spain

Question 12

Hulagu Khan

Answer 12

Mongol ruler. conquered Persia, eliminated the Abbasid caliphate, destroyed Baghdad, and established the Mongol empire of the Il-khans in persia

Question 13

Isma’il

Answer 13

Founder of the Safavid dynasty.