How Did The Ottoman Safavid Conflict Affect The World

How did the Ottoman-Safavid Conflict affect the World during the First Global Age? Two empires, labeled the strongest in the world, rose from the Middle East. In the midst of the First Global Age, they waged war against each other. This destructive event lasted from 1534 CE until 1639 CE (Ways of the World : a Brief Global History with Sources, Robert W. Strayer). Shah Isma’il I, the first Safavid ruler, (ruled from 1501 to 1524), made his entire state’s religion Shia Islam, and furthermore pronounced war on all of his neighbors, whose religions were all Sunni Islam, thus marking the beginning of this conflict. To counter his act, Sultan Selim I, ruler of the Ottomans at the time, expelled those who advocated for the Safavids from Anatolia because of their beliefs
During this war, they influenced the world. The Ottoman-Safavid Conflict, a series of battles between two empires of the Middle East that lasted from 1534 CE to 1639 CE, had extraordinary impacts on the world by both empire’s land expansion, tensions between the Sunni and Shia branches of Islam, and the cultural blending of the arts. Land expansion was a key impact of this brutal conflict. The first battle of the Ottoman-Safavid Conflict occurred in 1514 CE at the Battle of Chaldiran (“The Ottoman Empire: 1299 to 1923”, Gale in Context World History). Selim I (1465-1520) was the Ottoman’s new Sultan. The Ottomans claimed victory over the Safavids, and took over Anatolia and the northern part of Iraq (“The Ottoman Empire: 1299 to 1923”, Gale in Context World History). The Ottomans gained more land throughout this war, and extended their territory. About 90 years later, the Ottomans and Safavids were in another battle, but this outcome had the Safavids taking back land for themselves from the Ottomans; a town named Azerbaijan (“Safavid Dynasty”, Gale in Context World