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Chap 27
The Islamic Empires
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Undergraduate 2
04/02/2012

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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.
  [image]   siege warfare.
  [image]   specially trained Janissary forces.
  [image]   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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the Iranian plateau
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The Janissaries were
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Christian boys taken from conquered territories and raised as special forces.
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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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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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replaced many Hindu temples with mosques.
  [image] B)[image] required all nonbelievers to pay a special tax.
  [image] C)[image] extended Mughal authority into southern India.
  [image] D)[image] faced many rebellions and religious conflicts
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Politically, all three of the Islamic states began as
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military states
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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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The Muslim resistance to new ideas and technologies by the eighteenth century is illustrated by the
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  Ottoman ban on the printing press.
  [image] B)[image] purchase of outmoded weapons from Europe.
  [image] C)[image] banning of "impious" telescopes.
  [image] D)[image] reluctance of Muslims to travel abroad.
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