1. Empires of Islam

2. 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 ( )
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 ( ), millet system
On all three empires Bentley and Zeigler Traditions and Encounters
Paramesvara (r CE) Treaty of Karlowitz (1699)
Suleyman the Magnificent (r )
Treaty of Passarovitz (1718) Wahhabi movement

3. 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?

4. 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?

5. Islamic World 1100 CE

6. Islamic World 1500 CE

7. 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 <

9. 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 <

10. Safavid Empire

12. Mughal Empire

13. Taj Mahal and Peacock Throne

14. Istanbul

15. Aya Sofya

16. Suleyman

17. Ottoman Empire

18. 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?