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21 Cards in this Set
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Modern World History
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He created a law code and extended the Ottoman Empire to the Balkans, the Middle East, and northern Africa.
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Suleyman the Lawgiver
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An ancient Persian term for "king" reintroduced tinthe early 1500's during the expansion of the Safavid Empire.
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Shah
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The system in which boys from conquered Christian territories were taken to be trained as Muslim soldiers.
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Devshirme
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An elite force of 30,000 soldiers in the Ottoman Empire who were trained to be strictly loyal to the sultan.
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Janissary
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He took the throne in 1587, reformed military and civilian life, and ushered in the Safavid golden age.
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Shah Abbas
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He defended religious freedom and ruled India (1556-1605) with well-equiped armies and political wisdom.
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Akbar
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A member of a religious group that blended beliefs from Buddhism, Hinduism, and Sufism (Islamic Mysticism)
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Sikh
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A Structure of white marble and jewels built to memorialize the Persian wife of Shah Jahan.
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Taj Mahal
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A warrior for Islam; an Anatolian Turk who was part of a military society under an emir, or chief.
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Ghazi
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A follower of the Muslim warrior Osman, who built a small Muslim state in Anatolia between 1300 and 1326.
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Ottoman
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An Ottoman ruler: a term meaning "overlord" or one with power.
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Sultan
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A Central Asian warrior who was injured by an arrow: he crushed the Ottomans at the Battle of Ankara (1402).
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Timur the Lame
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Ottoman ruler who conquered Constantinople in 1453 and renamed it Istanbul.
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Mehmed II
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The Shi'ite Muslim dynasty that ruled in Persia between the 16th and 18th centuries.
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Safavid
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A religious tyrant who, in 1499, at the age of 12, began bulding the Safavid Empire.
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Isma'il
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The capital of the Safavid Empire during its golden age, it was a showplace for foreign and Safavid artisan.
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Esfahan
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A Mongol descendant of Muslim Turks and Afghans: an invader aof the Gupta Empire in the 16th century.
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Mughal
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The Brilliant general who laid the foundation for the vast Mughal Empire in India.
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Babur
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The son and successor of Jahangir who built beautiful buildings, but ignored many social needs.
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Shaj Jajan
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An oppressive ruler and empire builder (1658-1707) who killed his brother and imprisoned his father.
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Aurangzed
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