Crystal Castaneda AP World History Period 3 April 6‚ 2011 Safavid and Mughal Mughal and Safavid were a few of the strongest empires in their time. These empires shared many similarities‚ but one major similarity is their political structures. The Safavid and Mughal both had a centralized government‚ based on military conquest‚ and were both Muslim based empires. But like many things these two empires do have differences‚ they were both in different regions‚ overall population was different
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been utilized in previous empires. While the Umayyad and Safavid empires were powerful‚ the Ottoman and Mongol Empires became two of the strongest empires in the Middle East and Central Asia due to their inclusion of minorities‚ powerful tactics‚ and expansion through military force and trade. The Ottoman Empire lasted for more than four centuries (1299-1922)‚ and was not dismantled until the end of the World War I (Gelvin‚ 9). The Ottoman Empire governed a vast amount of territory from the Middle
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Anthony Gustely and Delaney Pressler WHAP B Block The Safavids (15011736) Who are they? ● The Safavids were members of the Safavid Empire that ruled Persia (present day Iran) from 15011736 and strayed from Sunni Islam and founded Shia Islam as the official religion of the state. Where are they from? ● The Safavids were from Persia‚ which is now presentday Iran. What nations or empires bordered this kingdom? ● The Ottoman Empire bordered the Safavid Empire from the west ○ composed of Turkey‚ Egypt‚ Greece‚ Bulgaria
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The Ottoman‚ Safavid‚ and Mughals were all gunpowder empires. The purpose of this essay is to compare and contrast the differences between all of these empires mentioned. Each fall into five different categories. Socially‚ the Ottoman Turks were each millet‚ or a nation‚ inside the empire and had separate social customs in accordance with the religion of the millet. Muslim women had harsh restrictions as with Islamic law‚ but the non-Muslim women were subject to separate laws. Even Muslim women
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The Ottoman and Mughal empires were two of the greatest and most successful empires to ever form in history. However‚ they both had some similarities as well as differences. Both empires went through tough periods of time‚ but at some point they also went through times of growth and prosperity. Although the Ottoman and Mughal Empire both did not force conversions into Islam‚ the Ottoman’s development relied on their tough military force‚ while the decline of the Mughal Empire was caused by Aurangzeb’s
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OTTOMAN EMPIRE: 1.The Ottoman Empire was the Islamic world’s most important empire in the early modern period 2. long conflict (1534–1639) between Sunni Ottomans and Shia Safavids 3. the Ottoman Empire was the site of a significant cross-cultural encounter a. in Anatolia‚ most of the conquered Christians converted to Islam b. in the Balkans‚ Christian subjects mostly
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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
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Rise and Fall of Ottoman Empire And Rise of Modern Turkey Ottoman Empire also known as “Sultanat e Osmania” or Ottoman Turkish Empire was the largest Muslim empire ever established. Its territories were spread across Europe‚ Asia and Africa. In short the largeness of the Ottoman Empire could be judged from the fact that modern day Turkey‚ Greece‚ Romania‚ Bosnia‚ Poland‚ Hungary‚ Bulgaria‚ Armenia‚ Georgia‚ Albania
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The Ottoman position on the Safavid state was that Sharia law was supreme. That is to say‚ the Ottomons treated it as underlie all principles of legislation‚ and embed itself in the very framework of the government. And so the law was seen as providing the perfect framework of rules that could be taken on higher authority‚ and all Shi’ites were to adhere to this law. +++++++++++++++ From the conduct of partners in marriages‚ to the granting of property rights‚ to even whether one has the right
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Mughal Influence on India Sourabh Cheedella Table of Contents I. Introduction 2 II. Style and Schematics of Government 4 III. Views on Religion 6 IV. Merging of Arts 8 V. Conclusion 13 VI. Works Cited 14 * Introduction The Mughal Dynasty in India and its intervening emperors were‚ with few exceptions‚ among the world’s most aesthetically minded rulers. (Welch‚ 11) Each emperor was always reaching an unattainable goal. Babur‚ the poet-conqueror‚ was possessed with the dream of expanding and
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