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

• Akbar

• Shah Abbas

• Shah Jahan

• Isma'il

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

• cultural blending

• devshirme

• janissary

• ghazi

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

• Shah Abbas

• Isma'il

• Esfahan

• Shah Jahan

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

• cultural blending

• devshirme

• ghazi

• Esfahan

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

• devshirme

• ghazi

• Akbar

• Isma'il

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

• Shah Jahan

• Shah Abbas

• Timur the Lame

• Akbar

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

• Shah Abbas

• Timur the Lame

• Akbar

• Isma'il

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

• Shah Abbas

• Akbar

• Timur the Lame

• Esfahan

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

• Esfahan

• Constantinople

• ghazi

• Mecca

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

• Esfahan

• Constantinople

• Mecca

• Medina