Gunpowder/Islamic Empires

Why was Suleyman the Magnificent so magnificent?

• He created a new law code.

• He reduced taxes.

• He gave religious freedom.

• All of the above

A group of trained soldiers that were converted to Islam at a young age in the Ottoman Empire.

• Serfs

• Slaves

• Janissaries

• Dardanelles

Constantinople is modern day_______________.

• Turkey

• Istanbul

• Athens

• Jerusalem

Suleiman the Magnificent ruled this empire...

• Safavid
• Ottoman
• Mughal
• Delhi

Caused the decline of the already weakened Byzantine Empire.

• Ottoman

• Safavid

• Mughal

What primarily led to the decline of the Ottoman and Safavid Empires?

• massive droughts

• incompetent leadership

• invading armies

• religious wars

He was the most important ruler of the Mughal Empire. He even tried creating a new faith to decrease religious tension between the Hindus and Muslims.

• Akbar

• Sulyman

• Abbas

• Shah Janah

What was the main religion during the Mughal Empire?

• Judaism
• Hinduism
• Christianity
• Buddhism

The main religion of the Safavid Empire was

• Sunni Islam

• Sufi Islam

• Shia Islam

• Hinduism

Art & culture flourished with blending of many cultures.

• Ottoman

• Safavid

• Mughal

• All of them