The Flowering of the Islamic Empire Islamic Empire was one of the most powerful empires in the world. Islam began on the Arabian Peninsula. By the middle of the 8th century‚ Arab conquests had created the Muslim Empire. Spain‚ North Africa‚ western and central Asia ruled by the religion of Islam. Over the next 500 years‚ Islamic civilization flowered over this area. This large land empire united under Islam in the 700s to 1200s. Many advances were made in Islamic Empire; such as mathematics‚ art and
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What exactly is an empire? Macedonia‚ Rome‚ Byzantium‚ Ottoman Turkey‚ China‚ Peru‚ the Soviet Union‚ the United States‚ even by its enemies‚ the European Union have all been described as empires. We talk of “informal” and “economic” empires‚ of “business” empires‚ even of the empire of the heart or reason’s empire. “Empire” has become as much a metaphor as the description of a particular kind of society. today the word is generally used as a term of abuse‚ although one that is also often tinged
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Muslim Empires In 1280‚ the Ottoman Empire rose to gigantic empire‚ controlling parts of Europe‚ Asia‚ and Africa‚ from a small frontier. Later on in 1500 CE Persia and India‚ two other Muslim empires became powerful; the Safavids and Mughals shared common strengths‚ and weaknesses with the Ottoman Empire. The empires controlled many rich lands‚ and fought many victorious wars until their decline beginning in the 1700’s CE. Due to their weaknesses‚ the Ottomans‚ Safavids‚ and Mughals were all
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The Safavid Empire really put Iran on the map for their economic strength. The Safavid Empire was founded by the Safavids and covered all of Iran‚ parts of Turkey‚ and Georgia. The Shiite based empire lasted from 1501-1722. The reason for their success was their locations on the trade routes. Shah Ismail‚ age 14 ruled from 1501 to 1524 and by 1510 he had conquered all of Iran. Shi’ism was introduced to Iran and many Sunni Muslims were murdered. But there was a positive side to their religion; the
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The Fall of the Abbasid Empire While the start of the Abbasid Empire‚ around 750 CE was explosive and revitalizing in nature‚ it couldn’t mask the unfortunate truth that a series of wealth-bloated and soft-handed caliphs were to rule the new empire. By the third caliph‚ al-Mahdi‚ the empire was already in decline; the royal harem was outrageously large‚ mosques were built bigger and bigger‚ crushing the peasant class under the weight of extreme taxation. All the while‚ the caliphs in their garnished
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Long ago‚ the Eastern Roman Empire became known as the Byzantine Empire because the Roman Empire was split into two. The Roman Empire was no longer controllable by Diocletian‚ who was the emperor at the time‚ so he decided to split it into two parts. The Eastern Empire governed out of Byzantium (which became known as Constantinople)‚ while the Western Empire was governed from Rome. After a civil war‚ Constantine claimed it all‚ he changed the empire in a way that many others could not. The term
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religious‚ and cultural changes and continuities from the now extinct classical empires to the post-classical empires? Periodization: There were diplomatic dealings with Harun al-Rashid. There was political turmoil and other concerns so they laid the foundation of European Christendom- a region that never experienced political unity but adopted Christianity as the dominant source if cultural authority. The Byzantine Empire remained a political and economic powerhouse of the postclassical world. It was
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Q u e s t i o n s 1. Describe the Ottoman policy concerning the religious practices of conquered people. What were the advantages of this policy for the Ottomans? Explain. After the sultan Mehmet the second captured the city of Constantinople‚ he wanted to ensure that he had the support of the Christian religious leaders. More specifically‚ he wanted to make sure that the Greek Orthodox Church would remain separated and not combine with the Roman Catholic Church. The sultan therefore established
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The Gunpowder Empires of the 16-17 Century The term Gunpowder Empire refers to the military exploits of the Ottoman‚ Safavid and Mughal Empires in the 16-17th century when these three empires flourished. Previously‚ the strength of their armies relied on well trained‚ horse mounted soldiers. During the 17 century‚ this changed to a new military resource of gunpowder and weapons. Large canons could destroy fortresses and walled cities and armed soldiers could use small handguns to shot and kill
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The Mughals and Ottomans were both very powerful and successful empires that left their mark on the world. Although both empires had very similar strategies in keeping peace and maintaining their power‚ there were many key differences that clearly highlighted the two apart. Both the Mughals and Ottomans were Islamic empires that imposed Islamic laws on their population. However‚ there was also a great non-Muslim population living in their boundaries. In order to keep the non-Muslim population satisfied
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