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Three Muslims Empires
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2. Ottoman Empire
The ottoman controlled much of Europe, Asia, Africa The ottoman empire was a political and cultural force. The ottoman warriors began to take over the byzantine empire 1453: Mehmed II ( he led the Ottomans) took over the byzantine empire Renamed Constantinople to Istanbul and made it his new capitol Also, he made the Hagia Sophia a Mosque A sultan after Mehmed expanded their empire to the east and all of the Asia Minor or Anatolia Mecca and Medina also accepted the ottoman empire Under Suleyman I, the empire reached it’s height While he still ruled, the ottomans took control of eastern Mediterranean

3. Ottoman Society Divided in two groups
There was a ruling class and in that class, there were people who advised the sultan and military matters and legal matters, and judges,
The others were mostly people from lands that the ottoman’s have conquered
Women had limits in society
Women usually lived in a harem ( a place apart from men)

4. Mughal Empire Founded by Babar “tiger” Located in Agra, India
Under the emperor Akbar, the empire grew
They were Turkish Muslims but they had a tolerance for other religions
Akbar thought that not one single religion had answers to everything
In the 16oo’s, their empire nearly controlled all of India
New emperor changed religious policies
Strict laws of religion were ordered
Hindu temples destroyed
A religious group ( the Sikhs) were persecuted
people protest and had war elephants sent on them
Revolts broke out and soon the empire fell

5. Achievements
Taj Mahal
Art work that was a mix of cultures

6. Savadid Empire
The Savadids were Persian Muslims The savadids gained conflict with the Ottomans started by an old disagreement that split Islam into two groups. The Sunni and the Shia The Shia believed that only Muslims related to Muhammad could become caliphs but the Sunni thought that you didn’t have to be related to Muhammad in order to become a caliph. You just had to be a strong and a good Muslim Empire began in 1501 when their leader Esma’íl took over Persia He was Shah (or Persian king) He made Shiism, beliefs of Shia, the official religion of the empire Wanted to take over other Muslim kingdoms and convert them all to Shiism

7. A New Leader and a mix of cultures and a great economy
1588, ‘Abbas became shah
Helped military
Gave them gun powered weapons
Greatly helped Savavid
They mixed Muslim and Persian traditions
Had great art work
The Shah’s mosque had beautiful art
It was built for ‘Abbas
Culture plays a role in economy because ’Abbas encouraged making products that were traditional
The Savavids were masters at making products
Merchants wanted to trade and this brought great wealth

8. Map of Ottoman

9. Map of Mughal Empire

10. Map of Savavid