Islamic Empires

1. What are the names of the two Islamic Empires ?
    Ottomans and Safvid Persia.

2. Who was their leaders ?

    Ottomans: Osman (1300) and Sulyman (1520)

    Safavid Persia: Shah Abbas

3. Did they get along with eachother ?
    No, they fought to see who were true followers of Muhammad

4. Which country did the Ottomans take over ?
    Turkey, Egypt, Arabia and Constantinopla.

5. What happened to Constantinopole ?
    Get under the power of the Ottomans who changed it to Istanbul

6. What did Sultan Bayezid and his son achieve ?
    They built a powerfull navy and took control of the holy cities of Medina and Mecca

7. Why was it called the "Golden Age of the Ottoman Empire" ? (1481-1566)
    Because the Ottomans grew rich by taxing Asia

8. What were the 2 passions of the Ottomans Empire ?
    Music and Dancing

9. How did the Savavids and the Ottomanns were different speaking of Religion ? The Safavids were shi'ite muslams and belived in relatives of Muhammad only; and the Ottomans were Sunnite muslims and belived that anyone could lead the Muslims.

Ottoman Empire.

The Ottoman Empire or Sublime Ottoman State which lasted from 27 July 1299 to 29 October 1923 is one of 16 Turkish empires established throughout history.

 The Ottoman Empire was one of the largest and longest lasting empires in history. It was an empire inspired and sustained by Islam, and Islamic institutions. At the height of its power, in the 16th and 17th centuries, it controlled territory in southeast Europe, western Asia, and North Africa. The Ottoman Empire contained 29 provinces and numerous vassal states, some of which were later absorbed into the empire, while others were granted various types of autonomy during the course of centuries.

The Ottoman Empire came to an end, as a regime under a monarchy, on 1 November 1922. It formally ended, as a de jure state, on 24 July 1923, under the Treaty of Lausanne. The Republic of Turkey, which was officially proclaimed on 29 October 1923, became one of the successor states of the Ottoman Empire as part of the treaty.

 

Safavid Empire.

The Safavid dynasty was one of the most significant ruling dynasties of Iran. They ruled one of the greatest Persian empires since the Muslim conquest of Persia and established the Twelver school of Shi'a Islam as the official religion of their empire, marking one of the most important turning points in Muslim history. The Safavids ruled from 1501 to 1722.

The Safavid dynasty had its origin in the Safaviyya Sufi order, which was established in the city of Ardabil in the Azerbaijan region. It was of mixed ancestry and Azerbaijani, which included intermarriages with Georgian and Pontic Greek dignitaries. From their base in Ardabil, the Safavids established control over all of Greater Iran and reasserted the Iranian identity of the region, thus becoming the first native dynasty since the Sassanid Empire to establish a unified Iranian state.

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