Ottoman & Safavid Empires Flashcards
What were the gunpowder empires?
The ottoman and safafvid.
Who had cannons and muskets?
Ottoman and safavid empires.
What language did ottomans speak?
Turskish
Who were nomads from central asia?
Ottomans.
Who is the target of turks?
Byzantine.
What city was very fortified?
Consantinople!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Byzantine was falling apart and the ottomans did what to constantinople.
They hauled shipes over the land and launched them into harbor. They blasted holes in the walls with cannons and destoryed water chains.
What did constantinople turn into?
ISTANBUL
Who was the briliant general of the ottoman golden age?
Sultan suleiman.
How was the army modernized and whos army was modernized?
gunpowder Modernized the ottoman empire.
What is the most powerful empire?
Ottoman.
Where was the rule of Ottoman extended to?
Middle east and europe.
What was a theocracy?
When religion and law were closely connected.
Warriors were of the “… “
“Sword and pen”
What was the special tax given to christians in the Ottoman empire?
It was called Janazaries and christian boys had to be given as a form of “Special tax”
Persia was modern day…
iran
Who was the Safavid empire between?
Mughal and Ottomans.
What kind of muslims were Ottomans?
Sunni muslims
What kind of muslims were safavids?
Shiite
Shah Abbas were crucial to…
the success of safavid.
Who had a powerful miliatary?
Safafvids.
Who were given reduced taxes?
Farmers.
Safavids tolerated who?
Non-muslims.
What contributed to the decline of the safavid empire?
Death of Shah Abbas
