KEY POINTS: Chapter 20 Timeline 1453 – fall of Constantinople to Ottomans 1510 – Safavid conquest of Persia completed 1514 – Ottoman victory at battle of Chaldiran 1526 – Babur’s conquest of India 1701 – death of Aurangzeb‚ Mughal decline begins 1736 – Nadir Shah proclaimed sultan of Persia Terms‚ People‚ Events Ottomans – Turkic people who advanced from strongholds in Asia Minor during 1350s; conquered large part of Balkans‚ unified under Mehmed I; captured Constantinople in
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DBQ: Rise and Fall of Ottoman Turkey‚ Safavid Iran‚ Mughal India What factors contemporaneous observers attributed the rise and fall of the Muslim empires which factors made them successful‚ which factors weakened empires? Discuss overall strengths and weaknesses additional documents to help access rise and fall of Ottomans‚ Safavids‚ Mughals? Documents: Document 1: SAFAVID “great liking for warfare and weapons of war…fine soldier and very skilled‚ and his men so dexterous—use of muskets””realm
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I. The Ottoman Empire Expansion and Frontiers 1. Osman established the Ottoman Empire in northwestern Anatolia in 1300. He & his successors consolidated control over Anatolia. 2. Egypt and Syria were added to the empire in 1516—1517. Suleiman the Magnificent conquered much of eastern Europe. 3. The Ottoman Empire fought w/Venice for two centuries as it attempted to exert its control over the Mediterranean. Central Institutions 1. The Ottomans came to rely upon
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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 collapsed
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empires? The Ottoman empire was primarily Sunnite while the Safavid empire was Shi’ite. Mehmed I of the Ottoman empire was responsible for reunifying the empire following the Timurid invasions. The conqueror of the Byzantine empire in 1453 was Mehmed II. Slave troops of the Ottoman empire forcibly conscripted as adolescents from conquered territories were called Janissaries. What was the principle of succession within the Ottoman empire? Like earlier Islamic dynasties‚ the Ottoman empire lacked
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I. The Ottoman Empire‚ to 1750 A. Expansion and Frontiers 1. Osman established the Ottoman Empire in northwestern Anatolia in 1300. He and his successors consolidated control over Anatolia‚ fought Christian enemies in Greece and in the Balkans‚ and captured Serbia and the Byzantine capital of Constantinople. 2. Sultan Suleiman the Magnificent (r. 1520–1566) conquered Belgrade (1521) and Rhodes (1522) and laid siege to Vienna (1529)‚ but withdrew with the onset of winter. 3. The Ottoman Empire
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leadership. The Ottoman empire was one of these first Muslim empires that grew to be one of the most powerful nations in Central Asia
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1700s‚ three of the major empires were called the Gunpowder Empires: the Ottomans of Turkey‚ the Safavids of Iran‚ and the Mughals of India. Although the Ottoman‚ Safavid‚ and Mughal Empires had strong bureaucracies and economic prosperity‚ they also had absolute rulers who denied their citizens basic civil rights. One of the strengths of the Gunpowder Empires was their strong bureaucracies based on meritocracy. Jahangir‚ a Mughal Emperor‚ stated that “where I found sufficient merit‚ I conferred an
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Chapter 11 Mongol armies besieged the Genoese trading on Black Sea in 1346 Damaged trading links between East Asia and Mediterranean bubonic plague Geneose merchants and soldiers withdrew‚ taking germs with them reached Messina‚ Sicily‚ half were dead and rest dying went port to port‚ spreading the germs killed one third of European population land and sea trailes of human voyagers became accidental conduits for deadly microbes devastated societies more than Mongol warfare “murderous
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the Ottoman Empire? 2. Why was the capture of Constantinople‚ in 1453‚ significant for both the Ottoman Turks and Europeans? 3. Looking at the map on page 532‚ describe the extent of the Ottoman Empire. 4. Who were the Janissaries? 5. Describe the Devshirme System. 6. Read Islamic Law and Ottoman Rule page 537. Answer questions 1-3. 7. How did inflation affect the strength of the Ottoman Empire? 8. How did the role of Sultan change from 1650-1756? 9. What led to a decrease in Ottoman military
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