Islamic Empires
Tax on non Muslims in many Islamic Empires
Jizya Tax
First Shah of the Safavid Empire
Ismail
Chinese Explorer who mapped much of the Indian Ocean
Zheng He
The slave warriors of the Ottoman Empire
Janissaries
Empire Which gained wealth thanks to its control of the Trans Saharan trade
Songhai Empire
Leader who conquered Constantinople
Mehmed II
Valuable Type of goods that Europeans wanted to find the source of ______
spices
The Slave system used by the Safavids
gholum
Empire that took control of parts of Southern Europe in the 15th Century
Ottoman Empire
Empire whose government reflected ideals of religous tolerance
Mughals
Explorer who conquered the Aztecs
Hernan Cortes
The Warrior Aristocrat class of the Safavid Empire who helped their first Shah come to power
Quizilbash/ Kizilbash
Ruler who overhauled the Ottoman legal
Suleiman The Magnificent
Empire who Persecuted Shiites in the 1500s
Ottomans
The first European country to begin claiming land in the "New World"
Spain
Sect of Islam that believed only Muhammad's descendants could act as Caliph
Shia
Ruler who brought Mughal India to its greatest territorial extent
Aurangzeb
Abbas the Great founded the Capital city _________
Isfahan
Key weather factor in the Indian Ocean trade
monsoons
Islamic Empire that ruled over a majority non-muslim population
Mughals