Vocabulary
a Persian word for king
What is a "shah"?
The first ruler of what would become the Ottoman Empire; his name is the root of the word "Ottoman."
Who is Osman?
The capital of the Safavid Empire
What is Esfahan?
the Mughal emperor whose penchant for religious violence and overtaxation brought down the Mughal Empire
Who is Aurangzeb?
An language that developed in the Mughal army; a blend of Persian, Sanskrit, and Arabic.
What is Urdu?
the Ottoman practice of forcibly taking the children of conquered peoples and raising them as soldiers and bureaucrats in the religion of Islam
What is devshirme?
The Ottoman ruler who established strict anti-corruption policies and a bureaucracy that would guide and organize the Empire for centuries.
Who is Suleyman the Lawgiver?
Shah Abbas
Who led the Safavid Empire into a Golden Age?
The ornate tomb Shah Jahan built for his wife.
What is the Taj Mahal?
A mystic form of Islam that appealed to the Hindus in the Mughal Empire.
What is Sufism?
the Muslim tax on non-Muslims
jizya
Ghengis Khan, the mongol ruler.
Who is the grandfather of Timurlane?
Between the Ottoman and Mughal Empires
The Delhi Sultanate
What is the evolving Empire to the north of the Mughal Empire?
Chinese calligraphers and Italian painters
A way of life.
What is culture?
Mehmed II (the Ottoman ruler) captured Constantinople from the Byzantine Empire.
What happened in 1453?
The type of Islam practiced by the Safavids.
What is Sunnism?
The ornament that Sikhs began wearing to protect themselves from Nur Jahan's wrath in the medieval Mughal Empire, and still wear to this day.
What is a sword?
the Mestizo ethnicity in South America and the creole ethnicity in the Caribbean,
What are examples of racial cultural blending?