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Southwest Asian Empires

Southwest Asian Empires. Ottoman, Safavid, and Mughal Empires from 1300s to 1600s Divide your notes into 3 columns. Label each column with then name of an empire. Ottoman Empire. from a tiny town to the largest empire in the world. Setting the Stage 1300s. Byzantine Empire was in decline

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Southwest Asian Empires

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  1. Southwest Asian Empires • Ottoman, Safavid, and Mughal Empires • from 1300s to 1600s • Divide your notes into 3 columns. Label each column with then name of an empire

  2. Ottoman Empire • from a tiny town to the largest empire in the world

  3. Setting the Stage1300s • Byzantine Empire was in decline • Nomadic Turks were growing in power

  4. Osmon • Osmon builds a small Muslim state in Anatolia Osmon’s state grows through alliances(1300-1326) • Used gunpowder/ cannons to conquer more land • Janissary: converted foreigners in army • Janissaries were paid well and worked hard

  5. Orkhan • Orkhan was the son of Osmon • Orkhan was the second leader • He declared himself sultan • He captured Andrianople • He assigned officials to conquered lands • He was kind to conquered people

  6. Ottomans Take Holy Lands • The Ottoman army took the following cities • Constantinople (1453) • Mecca and Medina (1514) • Cairo (1514)

  7. Suleyman the Magnificent • -Suleyman came to power in 1520 • -He used naval power to capture more land • - He used the devishirme system: • method of converting conquered people to janissary army • -Suleyman was tolerant of other religions • - He encouraged the arts

  8. Mughal Empire

  9. Where did the Mughals come from? • Mongels who made their way through southwest Asia.

  10. Background • For 200 years the area was run by a group of sultans called the Delhi Sultanate.

  11. Babur • He inherits land at age 11, but his elders take it • He started an army using artillery and attacks • He started the Mughal Empire in 1526 • His son was incompetent and lost most of the land that Babur conquered.

  12. Akbar • Akbar was Babur’s son • He ruled from 1556 to 1605 • He expanded the empire with artillery • Appointed rajputs as officers

  13. Why was Akbar great? Fatehpur Sikri • Unified over 100 million people • defended religious freedom • cultural blending

  14. Book of Akbar

  15. Safavid Empire • The Empire in the Middle

  16. Background • Safavids were a group of people who followed the religious leader, Safi al Din

  17. Religion • In the 15th century, the Safavids made Shi’ism their official religion

  18. Location • - The Safavids were living in between the Ottoman empire and the Mughal empire • - They concentrated for protection

  19. Isma’il • Isma’il was the first leader of the Safavid empire • He seized Iran in 1499 • He established Shi’ism as the state religion • He fought the Ottomans (started a sh’ia/sunni conflict) • His son expanded the empire using artillery

  20. Shah Abbas • Shah Abbas took the throne in 1587 • He was known as Abbas the Great • + He created 2 new armies • + He created a new capital (Esfahan) • + He supported cultural diversity • - He killed any rivals which led to weak successors

  21. Journal • What do you think women were doing in these empires? What about religious or ethnic minorities? Were the conquered people really happy? • Write a 5 sentence response

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