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In their rise to power, the Ottomans were aided by the ghazi, who were |
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Muslim religious warriors. |
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The Ottoman military made use of |
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gunpowder weapons. |
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siege warfare. |
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specially trained Janissary forces. |
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armored cavalry |
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Which of the following places did NOT come under the control of the Muslim Ottomans? |
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Christian boys taken from conquered territories and raised as special forces. |
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[image] Süleyman the Magnificent |
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captured Belgrade and laid siege to the city of Vienna. |
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In his Turkish Letters, the Hungarian diplomat Ghislain de Busbecq expresses concerns that |
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Ottoman forces are hardier and more disciplined than European forces. |
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The Safavid empire began with the reign of Shah Ismail, who claimed legitimacy to the throne by |
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tracing his ancestry back to a Sufi religious leader |
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Twelver Shiism was a Muslim sect that claimed that |
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Ismail was the "hidden" imam or even a reincarnation of Allah |
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[image] At the battle of Chaldiran in 1514, |
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the Sunni Ottomans defeated the Shiite Safavids |
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Shah Abbas revitalized the Safavid regime by all of the following means EXCEPT |
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forging alliances with the Ottomans against Europeans. |
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The Mughal leader Babur originally invaded northern India in order to |
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finance his military campaigns in central Asia. |
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The reforms of Akbar included all the following EXCEPT |
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education and basic rights for Indian women. |
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The Mughal emperor Aurangzeb |
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Politically, all three of the Islamic states began as |
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Foreign trade took hold primarily in |
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the Safavid and Ottoman empires |
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One persistent challenge within all three empires was |
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achieving a peaceful succession after the death of the emperor. |
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Major trade commodities sought by European merchants from the Islamic empires included |
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silks, carpets, and other crafts |
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Which of the following is NOT an example of religious toleration under Muslim rule? |
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the jizya tax imposed by Aurangzeb |
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A major reason for the decline in the Islamic empires was |
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the refusal to accept new ideas and technologies from the West |
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[image] The Muslim resistance to new ideas and technologies by the eighteenth century is illustrated by the |
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