Gunpowder Empires

Islamic Gunpowder Empires

Review and Prewrite

Multiple Choice

The following information best describes which Islamic Gunpowder Empire:

• Longest Lasting
• European based
• Sunni

• Ottoman

• Safavid

• Mughal

• Ming Dynasty

Multiple Select

Check the factors that describe the Safavid Empire.

• Sunni Islam

• Shi'a Islam

• Persian (Iran)

• Indian

• Forced People to convert

Fill in the Blanks

The Mughal Empire aspired to combine all major faiths into one, known as the _______ _____ (Two words, lower case)

Deepening Rivalries

"Islamic" Differences

Territory Troubles

• The Safavids and Ottomans fought over territory, like the Mughals as well

• Shah (Safavid) versus Sultan (Ottoman)

• At first, the Shah sent preachers to different parts of the Ottoman Empire

• But soon they would go to war.

Difference in Islamic Beliefs

• One of the biggest differences between the Islamic Gunpowder Empires was their interpretation of the Islamic Faith

• The Ottomans practiced Sunni Islam and only taxed non-muslims.

• The Safavids exercised Shi'a Islam and forced their conquests to convert.

• The Mughal ruled mostly non Muslims and attempted to blend religions - - Divine Faith

Multiple Choice

A historian would most likely interpret the rhetoric in the passage as evidence that rulers of imperial states in the period circa 1450–1750 continued to

• use religious ideas to highlight their political legitimacy and attack the legitimacy of their enemies

• prefer to resolve interstate conflicts through warfare rather than through diplomatic means

• patronize religious establishments and preside over religious ceremonies

• seek to unite forces to prevent the spread of secular ideas

Political Rivalry between the Ottomans and Safavids Intensified due to the split between Sunni & Shi'a

(Remember)

Reliance on Technology

"Gunpowder"

Gunpowder Empires

• Their success was largely based on the use and mastery of firearms

• However, rivalries and growing conflicts between the Gunpowder Empires led to an early "Arms Race."

Multiple Choice

The conduct of the siege as described in the passage could best be used to explain which of the following processes in the period 1450–1750 ?

• The transmission of new weapons along trade networks

• The use of new weapons by expanding imperial states.

• The use of new weapons to establish trading-post empires

• The development of alternative uses for gunpowder weapons.

Islamic Gunpowder States used gunpowder weapons to establish large empires

(Remember)

Legitimize Power

Growing "Empires"

Force and Aggression

• At times, the Islamic Gunpowder Empires used force and aggression to legitimize their rule.

• ​Many would recognize the superiority of their weapons and bend to their will.

Adopt and support religion

• At other times, they would support different religions, cultures, or schools of thought.

• The Mughal's practiced Syncretism by attempting to combine different aspects of different faiths

• Mughal emperor Shah Jahan built the Taj Mahal in honor of his favorite wife, combining Hindu and Islamic architecture.

Multiple Choice

The following description of the Taj Mahal could support what claim of the Mughal Empire?

• The Mughal Empire sought to eliminate any conflicting ideals to their own.

• Rulers supported and blended various religions to legitimize their position.

• Mughal practices were more similar to Safavid policies of convertion than Ottoman.

• The Taj Mahal was built to support Islamic rule of the Mughal Area. 

DBQ Prewrite

• How did the Islamic Gunpowder Empires legitimize their power?

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