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Piri Reis was responsible for
What is preparing the Book of Seafaring.
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Shah Jahan was unable to finish the construction of the Taj Mahal because
What is he was overthrown by his son Aurangzeb
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Fatehpur Sikri was
What is the capital city that Akbar built.
100
Islamic city was the most precious jewel for urban architectural development
What is Isfahan
100
The Ottomans took the Byzantine cathedral Hagia Sofia and converted it into
What is the mosque of Aya Sofya
200
Süleyman the Magnificent called on Sinan Pasha to
What is create the religious complex known as the Süleymaniye
200
The Islamic leader who abolished the jizya was
Who was Akbar.
200
The jizya was the tax paid by
What is non-Muslims for being in an Islamic country.
200
Sikhism was a syncretic combination of
What is Hinduism and Islam.
200
Because of protests from moralists, the Ottoman sultan Murad IV
What is outlawed coffee and tobacco.
300
a concubine who had tremendous influence over Süleyman the Magnificent
Who was Hürrem Sultana
300
In the three hundred years after 1500, the population of India grew from 105 million to
What is 190 million
300
The steppe tradition that caused the greatest problem for the Islamic empires was the
What is bloody competition among heirs to the throne.
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reversed the religious toleration of Akbar and began to tax the Hindus.
Who was The Mughal emperor Aurangzeb
300
The Mughal empire reached its greatest geographic extent during the reign of
Who was Aurangzeb.
400
Akbar’s answer to the religious diversity and tension of India was to
What is create a syncretic religion called the “divine faith” that all could worship
400
Mughal ruler 1556-1605 who displayed the greatest amount of religious toleration
Who was Akbar
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The founder of the Mughal dynasty, and a descendant of Chinggis Khan and Tamerlane,
What is Zahir al-Din Muhammad
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Zahir al-Din Muhammad’s main inspiration for conquering India was to
What is win fame and conquer territory like his ancestor Chinggis Khan
400
The leader of the Safavid empire at its peak
Who was Shah Abbas ?
500
At the battle of Chaldiran in 1514 the Ottomans defeated them
Who were the Safavids
500
Shah Ismail received the greatest support for his conversion to Twelver Shiism from the
What is the qizilbash
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The Safavids traced their ancestry back to the leader Safi al-Din, who was this Islamic sect
What is Sufi
500
Central to the belief of Twelver Shiism was the idea that the twelfth infallible imam was still alive and would
What is return to spread his faith.
500
The Islamic leader who converted to Twelver Shiism was
Who was Shah Ismail?
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