Unit 3 Flashcards
What are land-based empires?
empires that expand to acquire more territory.
The ________ conquered Constantinople in _____. They did this through the use of ______.
Ottomans, 1453. gunpowder
What was (Christian) Constantinople’s new name?
Istanbul (Islamic)
Who were Jannisaries?
Ottoman elite military that serve the Sultan. They consist of young Christian boys that converted to Islam.
The rulers of the Safavid Empire were ______ and ______.
Shah Ismail and Shah Abbas.
The Ottomans were ______ Muslim which meant their future ruler can be ______
Sunni, anybody that is spirtually fit to rule
The Safavids were ______ Muslim which meant their future ruler can be ______
Shi’a, have to be a blood-relative of Muhammed
The Ottomans and Safavid believed that _________.
they were each the truer version of Islam and the other was not.
Mughal Empire has a minority ______ ruling the majority _____ population.
Muslim, Hindu
The Mughals expressed religious _______. Because of this and Akbar’s _______, the Mughal’s became the most prosperous in the 1500’s.
tolerance, administration,
The Mughal Empire started when ______ overthrew the Delhi Sultanate. He was later replace by his grandson ______.
Babur, Akbar
Qing Dynasty was also known as the ______.
Manchu Empire
A bureaucracy is made up of ___________________.
thousands of government officials who make sure citizens follow laws made by ruler.
The _________ was a bureaucracy used by the Ottomans.
Devshirme
What was the Divine Right Of Kings?
Rulers belief that they were the representative of God on Earth.