Chapter 18 Review

He encouraged religious tolerance in the Mughal Empire and presided over a great cultural and artistic age.

• Akbar

• Esfahan

• Ishmail

• Shah Jahan

Christian boys were taken as slaves, converted to Islam, and turned into warriors and government officials as part of this Ottoman policy.

• Devshirme

• Ghazi

• Constantinople

• Cultural Blending

He built the Taj Mahal in memory of his wife, Mumtaz Mahal.

• Ishmail

• Shah Abbas

• Shah Jahan

• Timur the Lame

This interaction of two or more cultures produces new languages and new ideas in art, religion, and society.

• Constantinople

• Cultural Blending

• Defshirme

• Ghazi

This was the term for a warrior for Islam who belonged to a military society with a strict code of conduct.

• Constantinople

• Devshirme

• Ghazi

• Esfahan

He drew from many cultural influences and reformed civilian and military life in the Safavid Empire.

• Ishmail

• Shah Abbas

• Shah Jahan

• Timur the Lame

This Shi'a warrior led the Safavids to conquer what is now Iran.

• Ishmail

• Shah Abbas

• Shah Jahan

• Timur the Lame

This Central Asian conqueror interrupted the growth of the Ottoman Empire.

• Ishmail

• Shah Abbas

• Shah Jahan

• Timur the Lame

Artists from many cultures worked together in this capital city of the Safavid Empire.

• Constantinople

• Esfahan

• Ishmail

• Ghazi

Mehmed I was able to conquer this Byzantine city using cannons and military strategy.

• Constantinople

• Akbar

• Esfahan

• Ghazi