1. Southwest Asian Empires Ottoman, Safavid, and Mughal Empires from 1300s to 1600s Divide your notes into 3 columns. Label each column with then name of an empire

2. Ottoman Empire from a tiny town to the largest empire in the world

3. Setting the Stage 1300s Byzantine Empire was in decline Nomadic Turks were growing in power

4. Osmon Osmon builds a small Muslim state in Anatolia Osmon’s state grows through alliances(1300-1326) Used gunpowder/ cannons to conquer more land Janissary: converted foreigners in army Janissaries were paid well and worked hard

5. Orkhan Orkhan was the son of Osmon Orkhan was the second leader He declared himself sultan He captured Andrianople He assigned officials to conquered lands He was kind to conquered people

6. Ottomans Take Holy Lands The Ottoman army took the following cities Constantinople (1453) Mecca and Medina (1514) Cairo (1514)

7. Suleyman the Magnificent -Suleyman came to power in 1520 -He used naval power to capture more land - He used the devishirme system: method of converting conquered people to janissary army -Suleyman was tolerant of other religions - He encouraged the arts

8. Mughal Empire

9. Where did the Mughals come from? Mongels who made their way through southwest Asia.

10. Background For 200 years the area was run by a group of sultans called the Delhi Sultanate.

11. Babur He inherits land at age 11, but his elders take it He started an army using artillery and attacks He started the Mughal Empire in 1526 His son was incompetent and lost most of the land that Babur conquered.

12. Akbar Akbar was Babur’s son He ruled from 1556 to 1605 He expanded the empire with artillery Appointed rajputs as officers

13. Why was Akbar great? Unified over 100 million people defended religious freedom cultural blending Fatehpur Sikri

14. Book of Akbar

15. Safavid Empire The Empire in the Middle

16. Background Safavids were a group of people who followed the religious leader, Safi al Din

17. Religion In the 15th century, the Safavids made Shi’ism their official religion

18. Location - The Safavids were living in between the Ottoman empire and the Mughal empire - They concentrated for protection

19. Isma’il Isma’il was the first leader of the Safavid empire He seized Iran in 1499 He established Shi’ism as the state religion He fought the Ottomans (started a sh’ia/sunni conflict) His son expanded the empire using artillery

20. Shah Abbas Shah Abbas took the throne in 1587 He was known as Abbas the Great + He created 2 new armies + He created a new capital (Esfahan) + He supported cultural diversity - He killed any rivals which led to weak successors

21. Journal What do you think women were doing in these empires? What about religious or ethnic minorities? Were the conquered people really happy? Write a 5 sentence response