1. Safavid Warm up/Assignment: Afshari Objective: Analyze cultural blending that occurred in the Safavid Empire Standard: ESLRS appreciation of Diversity Homework: 78-81

3. Cultural Blending Cause Migration Trade Conquest Pursuit of Religious Converts

4. Safavid Empire Sunni vs. Shii – Caliphate vs. Decadency Safavid as Shii are persecuted and form large army and shii brotherhood Model their rule on Ottoman Empire

5. Ismail and Persia Conquers Persia (today Iran) with his trained (redheads) took ancient Persian Title of shah Transforms Persia into a Shii region Fought Selim the Grim in religious war. Killed Sunni in Baghdad (original Iran Iraq war) Also Took Caucus Mountains

6. Shah Abbas Abbas formed a culture that took the best of Arab, Persian, and Ottoman culture Limited the power of the “redheads” Like the Janissaries he formed an army of slaves He brought in Chinese artisans, and focused on arts Rebuilds Esfahan

7. Decline Decline similar to Ottomans to maintain power best rulers killed Were attacked by tribes in Afghanistan and Ottoman. Nadir Shah was killed by his own troops

8. Legacy Shows the blending of cultures Modern Day Iran and Shii

9. Summary Questions 1)What contributed to Safavid Cultural blending? 2)What religious brotherhood were the Safavid based on? 3)What did Ismail conquer? 4) What did Shah Abbas rebuild? 5)Who did the Safavid model their government from?