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Why were these three called the “Gunpowder Empires?”

Quaestio : What features of the Ottoman and Safavid Empires gave them strength? Nunc Agenda : Write down the definitions of the following terms using your textbook: Istanbul Janizaries Shah. Why were these three called the “Gunpowder Empires?”. Ottoman. Safavid. Mughal. Ottoman Empire.

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Why were these three called the “Gunpowder Empires?”

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  1. Quaestio: What features of the Ottoman and Safavid Empires gave them strength?Nunc Agenda: Write down the definitions of the following terms using your textbook:IstanbulJanizariesShah

  2. Why were these three called the “Gunpowder Empires?” Ottoman Safavid Mughal

  3. Ottoman Empire • Ottoman Turks- Migrated from Central Asia to Asia Minor and then into Eastern Europe • 1453- Conquered Constantinople (renamed Istanbul) with cannons • Byzantium  Constantinople  Istanbul

  4. Inside the Hagia Sophia

  5. Suleiman the Magnificent • 1540-1566: Sultan Suleiman- extended Empire throughout Middle East and as far as Vienna in Europe • Four Social Classes • Men of the Sword • Men of the Pen • Men of Negotiation • Men of Husbandry • Janizaries- Elite military force made up of well-trained converts from Christianity • 1492- Catholics conquered Muslim Spain • Expelled Jews fled to the Ottoman Empire, brought banking connections and other helpful expertise. • 1700s- Ottomans decline as European power grows

  6. Selimiye Mosque (Ottoman)

  7. Selimiye Mosque (Ottoman)

  8. Selimiye Mosque (Ottoman)

  9. Hagia Sophia vsSelimiye Mosque (Byzantine) (Ottoman)

  10. Timurid Dynasty (Tamerlane)

  11. Safavid Empire • Safavid Persians defeated Timurids • Shia Muslims (conflict with SunniOttomans and Mughals) • Shah Abbas the Great • Centralized gov • Military was copy of Janizaries • Decline • Shia scholars wanted to persecute non-Shias • Afghan Sunnis rebel • Qajars take over until 1925

  12. SuleimanMagnificent or Lawgiver?

  13. PENSAPREPARE FOR DEBATES!!!

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