| Term | Definition |
|---|
| Akabar | impearalist, great general, tolerant of hindus, great leader b |
| Constantinople | hard to conquer, on the bosporus strait |
| cultural blending | cause: war, migration, religion, trade, |
| Timur the Lame | conquered russia persia northern india, died on his way to china, crushed ottoman forces, stopped expansion of the ottoman empire |
| Osman | followers called ottomans, small muslim state anatolia, used guns |
| Suleyman | magnificent ruler, dominated mediterranean, lawgiver, simplified taxes and government bureaucracy, tolerant of hindus |
| Mehmed II | conquered Constantinople by dragging boats, built Hagia Sophia, changed name of Constantinople to Istanbul |
| Jahangir | weak ruler, married to Nur Jahan, intolerant |
| Shah Jahn | Taj Mahal, spent luxuriously, overthrown by his own son |
| Mughal Empire | India |
| janissaries | elite soldiers loyal to the Ottoman Sultan only |
| devshirme system | drafted christian boys into the sultan's army |
| aurangzeb | imprisoned family and father Shah Jahn, not tolerant of Hindus |
| hagia sophia | church of holy wisdom, inspired the muslims, largest enclosed space in the world |
| sikhs | non violent relgious group similar to hinduism |
| bad rulers | decline of the ottoman and safavid empires |
| urdu | mugal army language |
| Esfahan | beautiful capital city in the safavid empire, showplace for artisans |
| Ismail | religious tyrant, put people to death who were not shite muslim, conquered persia |
| ghazi | warrior for islam |
| Shah Abbas | ruled during golden age of safavids,demand for persian carpets, brought hundreds of chinese to esfahan, reformed military and civilian life, two new armies, |
| Taj Mahal | built by shah jahan, memorial to mumtaz mahal |
| babur | founded mughal empire, brilliant general, driven away by elders |
| Selmin the Grim | defeated the Safavids, conquered north africa, syria and palestine |
| decline of the Ottomans | ? |
| safavid empire | ? |
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