otsamo Flashcards
who founded the ottoman empire
osman
who founded the safavid empire
sha esma il
who founded the mogul empire
babur
ottoman religon
sunni muslim
safavid religion
shia muslim
mogul religion
hindu
difference between the religions
Sunni-prophet mohammed who had no succesors
Shia- believed moh. had a successor
Hinduism- reincarnation and karma
How theyre culturally dif
Dif religions, dif govts, dif trades
OE-textilerugs
SE-silk (hard to trade bc blocked in by OE+ME
ME-eventually oil
Year OE collapsed
1922
Year safavid empire collapsed
1722
When they found oil in persian ter.
1908
Persian territory named iran
1935
Year iran nationalized oil
1951
Big bc more trade+western ideas
Year khomeini took over
1979
Why the ottoman empire wanted byz emp
Connected asian+european emp
Gave access to med sea
what did the OE rename constantinople
istanbul
What city did the OE fail to capture 2x
vienna
what did the OE call their rulers
sultans
How to become sultan
It was hereditary and the brothers fought to death to become it
Pashas
govt business
Ulema
religious busines
social pyramid
sultan->grand vizier/bureocrats->jannassaries->merchants->peasants->pastoral people-> artisans
otts treatment to non muslims
Tolerant but they had to pay a tax
Treatment of women in the OE
Own property
Divorce
Work in govt
Refuse arranged marriage
Suleyman I
Most successful sultan;too good
Selim II
Drunken sultan
2 problems that led to OE downfall
Western ideas
Trading problems
What year did the OE collapse
1922
Young turks(muslims)
Wanted a constitutional monarchy
Armenian territory
Dominant christians
They went after the armenians bc
they felt they were a threat to the muslim government
Armenians were better educated/better off than otts
Who got control of the OE after the collapse
Brittain
Partition plan
The idea brits came up w to split palestine into independent arab state and independent jewish state
Israel gained independence
Arab-israeli war
Egypt got control of the gaza strip
Jordan got control of west bank
6 day war
Israel claimed gaza+west bank
Oslo peace accords
Arab palestinians got gaza+wb
Can create own govt
Hamas
Militant group that took over
Shah
leader
safgovt
Shia islam
Shah abbas
Most successful shah of the saf emp
Geographic impacts of trade
SE boxed in by OE and Moguls
Event that happened to saf land after collapse
Qajar dynasty pulled the persians out of anarchy
White revolution
Westernization embraced in iran
Ayatollah khomeini
Did hated westernization
Islamic revolution
Used religion as fear tactic to rid iran of western ideas
Where was the ME located
India
Were they from india
No-indus valley region
Zamindars
Grouping in ME = to pashas
Nur jahan
Shah jahans wife who was a persian princess from safavid
Aurangzeb
Intolerant towards hindus
Sha jahan
Tolerant towards other rels/hindus
Sikhism
Believed in monotheism and every religion led you towards the same god
Nanak
Founder of sikhism
Women in mogul empire/mogul society
Even hindu women had to answer to islamic law; best ex of how the dif cultures mixed in the ME mixed society- various ppl+rels
who came into the ME
brittain
What 2 empires fought for india
Britain
France
East india trading company
Monopolized overseas trade
Robert clive
Chief of the EIC
safavid trade
Merchants came from across central asia to trade in the safavid region
The bazaar was the heart of their commerce
boxedin by ME+OE