Chapter 15 Sections 1 &2 World History

"What a city we have given over to plunder and destruction"

What did Mehmet II say when he saw the ruin he had inflicted on the city of Constantinople?

They served the Sultan

What happened after the Ottomans recruited janissaries from the local Christian population of the Balkans?

Defender of faith, Caliph, and successor to Muhammad

What three things did Sultan Selim I declare himself to be after taking control of Mesopotamia?

Istanbul

What was the new Muslim name for the city of Constantinople?

Equal to men

What was the status of women in Ottoman society?

Horse, camels

Most goods in the empire traveled by ___ or ___ caravans.

Sunni, Shias

Unlike many of their Islamic neighbors who were ____ Muslims, the Safavids became ardent ____.

Abbas

After the death of Shah ___ in 1629, the Safavid dynasty gradually lost its vigor.

Government

For example, Shah Abbas hired a number of foreigners from neighboring countries for positions in his ____.

Europeans, Ottoman, Europe

Hemmed in by the sea power of the ____ to the south and the land power of the ___ to the west, the Safavids found trade with ___ difficult

Sat behind a screen, overheard, and indicated his disires

How did a sultan communicate his desires to the grand vizier?

Bureaucracy, merit, birth

In addition, appointment to serious positions in the ___ was based on ___ rather than ____.

Afghan

In the early eighteenth century, during the reign Shah Hussein, ____ peoples invaded and seized the capital of Isfahan.

Political and military sense

In what two ways was the sultan the supreme authority in the ottoman system?

Science, mathematics

Knowledge of _______, science, medicine, and ___ under the Safavids was equal to that of other societies in the region.

Ishbana

Much of the original city of ___ still stands and is a gem of modern-day Iran.

Collected taxes, maintained law and order, and was responsible to the Sultan

Name three responsibilities of a pasha appointed by the central government of the Ottomans.

Political, social

Persia then sank into a long period of ___ and ___ anarchy.

Flowering

Persia witnessed an extraordinary ____ of the arts during the region of Shah Abbas from 1588 to 1629.

Iran and Iraq

Shah Ismail used his forces to seize much of ___ and ___ in 1501. He founded the Safavid dynasty.

Power

Strong-minded shahs firmly controlled the ____ of the landed-aristocracy.

Trade

The Safavid shahs played an active role in ____ and manufacturing.

Roads

The ___ were kept fairly clear of thieves and bandits.

They expanded

What change came over the Osman Turks as the Seljuk Empire began to decline?

Architecture

What was the greatest contribution of the Ottoman Empire to the world of art?

Empires success was based on its mastery of technology and firearms

Why was the Ottoman empire labeled gunpowder empire?