CHAPTER 20 ISLAMIC EMPIRES
ISLAMIC STATES 16th & 17th cent C. Asia Prosperous N. Africa to E. India S. Europe C. Asia
OTTOMANS Followers=ghazi Religious warriors Servant, sword
Military Horsemen Janissaries Conscripted youth
OTTOMANS Suleyman the Magnificent (1520-1566) Expanded Major power
OTTOMANS Sultans (rulers) Absolute Bureaucracy Vizier
TOBACCO AND COFFEE Origins? Drinking coffee, pipe smoking Social
Safavid
Shi’a, sect of Islam Abbas Trade $$$
Mughal Empire
MUGHALS Akbar Toleration “divine faith”
Women Assisted men Some: politics Rights?
GROWTH Mughal empire 1500: 105 million 1800: 190 million