1. The Muslim World Expands
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2. The Ottomans Followers of Osman
A successful ghazis (warriors for Islam)
Built a small Muslim state in Anatolia between 1300 and 1326
Successors expanded it

3. The Ottomans Military success based on use of gunpowder
Archers on horseback -> musket-carrying footsoldiers
Among the first to use cannons

4. The Ottomans Treatment toward conquered peoples:
Ruled through local officials
Improved lives of peasants
Did not require military service- taxed exemption

5. The Ottomans Conquer Constantinople: 1453 Led by Mehmed II
Opened Constantinople to new citizens of many religions and backgrounds
Constantinople -> Istanbul

6. The Ottoman Empire
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7. The Ottoman Empire Governmental Structure:
Law code (civil and criminal)
Simplified and limited taxes
Reduced government bureaucracy

8. The Ottoman Empire Social Structure:
Devshirme- system of collecting Christian boys from the Balkans and turning them into slaves
Janissaries- Member of the Turkish infantry

9. The Ottoman Empire Decline: Slow Weak sultans
Will influence the world into the 20th Century

10. The Safavid Empire Shiite Muslim dynasty that ruled Persia
16th -18 centuries

11. The Safavid Empire
Cultural Blending:
Persians
Ottomans
Arabs

12. The Safavid Empire
Decline
Incompetent successor
Cruel leaders

13. Mughal Empire Descended from Muslim Turks and Afghans
Led by a descendant of Genghis Khan

14. Mughal Empire Akbar- Leader during Golden Age
Unified a land of 100 million people

15. Mughal Empire Cultural Blending under Akbar:
Islamic tradition of religious toleration
Natives and foreigners in government
Welcomed foreign influences

16. Mughal Empire Decline: War drained resources Famine Wars of succession
Power of local lords grew