Empires of Islam
Lecture Outline 1. Foundations of Islam and the Growth of Islamic Empires 2. The Ottoman Empire 3. Challenges and Responses On foundations of Islam see: Frederick Denny, An Introduction to Islam, New York, 1985. John L. Esposito (ed.) Oxford History of Islam, Oxford, 1999. Abbasid Empire Safavid Empire Shah Ismail (1501-24) Mughal Empire Babur the Tiger; Shah Jahan, Taj Mahal; Peacock Throne Video: Islam: Empire of Faith Ottoman Empire Osman, Byzantine, Constantinople, Santa Sophia, Suleyman the Magnificent (1520-66), millet system On all three empires Bentley and Zeigler Traditions and Encounters Paramesvara (r. 1403-24 CE) Treaty of Karlowitz (1699) Suleyman the Magnificent (r. 1520-66) Treaty of Passarovitz (1718) Wahhabi movement
Focus Questions What were the three great Islamic empires of the early modern world? How and why did Islam spread across so much of the globe? What challenges faced the Islamic empires and how did they respond?
Focus Questions What were the three great Islamic empires of the early modern world? How and why did Islam spread across so much of the globe? What challenges faced the Islamic empires and how did they respond?
Islamic World 1100 CE http://hourmo.eu/Karten%20-%20Maps/1100-1100_AD_Islamic_World.html
Islamic World 1500 CE http://faculty.txwes.edu/csmeller/Human-Experience/ExpData09/03Biee/BIEE-MAPs/islMAP-Brice06.htm
World Trade Patterns Beaujard, Philippe, The Indian Ocean in Eurasian and African World-Systems before the Sixteenth Century. Journal of World History 16.4 (2005): 77 pars. 11 Jul. 2007 <http://www.historycooperative.org/journals/jwh/16.4/beaujard.html>.
World Trade Patterns Beaujard, Philippe, The Indian Ocean in Eurasian and African World-Systems before the Sixteenth Century. Journal of World History 16.4 (2005): 77 pars. 11 Jul. 2007 <http://www.historycooperative.org/journals/jwh/16.4/beaujard.html>.
Safavid Empire http://coursesa.matrix.msu.edu/~fisher/hst373/Maps/Safavid_Empire_1660.html
Mughal Empire http://www.wwnorton.com/college/history/ralph/resource/mughal.htm
Taj Mahal and Peacock Throne
Istanbul
Aya Sofya
Suleyman http://www.mtholyoke.edu/~aycui/turkempire.htm
Ottoman Empire www.zonu.com/fullsize-en/2010-01-02-11577/The-decline-of-the-Ottoman-Empire-1798
Focus Questions What were the three great Islamic empires of the early modern world? How and why did Islam spread across so much of the globe? What challenges faced the Islamic empires and how did they respond?