Ottoman Empire I
The modern-day country that the Ottoman Empire was located in.
What is Turkey?
When the Ottomans concurred Constantinople from the Byzantine Empire, they renamed the city this.
What is Istanbul?
The Safavid Empire is located in this modern-day country.
What is Iran?
The modern-day country was the Mughal Empire is located in.
What is India?
The name of the holy text in Islam.
What is the Qur'an?
The founder of the Ottoman Empire
Who was Osman I?
What were domes, arches, and minarets?
The Safavid Empire practices this religion and sect.
What is Shi'a Islam?
The founder of the Mughal Empire, originally based in Northern India.
Who was Babur?
The name of the religious schools in the Safavid Empire.
What were madrasas?
The Christian boys raised by the Ottoman state to become elite military forces.
Who were the Janissary corps?
The Ottoman system of taxation that allowed religious minorities rights.
What was the Millet system?
The Shah founded the Safavid Empire by defeating Sunni rivals.
Who was Shah Ismail I?
The son of Babur, also a major Mughal leader
Who was Humayun?
The title of the leader of the Islamic world.
Who was the Caliph of Islam?
The name of the assistant to the Ottoman Sultan (king).
Who was the Grand Vizier?
One other name for modern-day Turkey.
What was Anatolia or Asia Minor?
The Safavids suffered defeat to the Ottomans in this major battle between the two powers.
What was the Battle of Chaldiran?
The Mughal leader, known for religious synchronism, founded a new religion called Din-i Ilahi.
Who was Akbar the Great?
The major different between Sunni and Shi'a Islam.
Sunnis follow Abu Bakr as prophet. Shi'a follow Ali and the lineage of Imams as prophets.
This Ottoman leader, arguable the greatest Sultan, lead the empire during its military and cultural peak.
Who was Suleiman the Magnificent?
This Ottoman leader captured Constantinople and was known for religious tolerance.
Who was Mehmed II?
What were the three major buildings built under Shah Abbas I?
Shan Mosque, Ali Qapu Palace, and Si-o-se-pol Bridge
The place Shah Jahan was imprisoned in when his son, Aurangzeb, overthrew him.
Who was the Agra Fort?
What are the Five Pillars of Islam?
1. Worship Allah/Muhammad 2. pray 5 times a day 3. charitable giving 4. fasting for Ramadan 5. make a pilgrimage to Mecca