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The Ottoman Empire. Agenda. Bell Ringer: Brief Lecture: Ottoman Empire Video: Hagia Sophia Safavid Empire Life as a King, how would you run things? Ottoman Empire/ Safavid Map Accomplishments of the Ottoman Timeline Review of Test HW: Finish Vocabulary. Turks settle down (Othman). - PowerPoint PPT Presentation
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The Ottoman Empire
Agenda1. Bell Ringer: What is the purpose of the Council of
Trent?2. Brief Lecture: Ottoman Empire
1. Video: Hagia Sophia3. Safavid Empire4. Life as a King, how would you run things?5. Ottoman Empire/Safavid Map6. Accomplishments of the Ottoman Timeline7. Review of Test
HW: Finish Vocabulary Unit 2, study for Unit 1 test
Turks settle down (Othman)
• Anatolian Turks similar to crusaders, and they kill “infidels”.
• Built a State in Anatolia between 1300-1326.
• Used cannons and gunpowder to take cities.
• Conquered people were treated well, but were required to pay taxes.
Timur the Lame• Early 1400, Rebel from
Samarkand.• Claimed to be descendant
of Genghis Kahn. • Conquered Russia and
Persia.• Pillaged Baghdad• Massacred population in
Delhi.• He takes the Sultan, and
violence breaks out among the brothers.
Expansion of the Empire• Mehmet I defeats his
brothers and takes the throne.
• Expansion continues through 1566.
• Mehmet II takes Constantinople with 100,000 soldiers. (1453)– Pillaged the city for 3 days,
ransacking the Hagia Sophia.– Inhabitants were made
slaves. • Hagia Sophia turned into a
Mosque.
Suleiman and the Height of the Empire
• Controlled major trade routes on Eastern Med and throughout Continent.
• Complex Military State– 20,000 slaves
• Janissaries, took young boys and trained them in Islamic tradition, making them soldiers.
• Allowed Freedom of Religion.
Cultural Achievements and Decline• Taxation simplified.• Mosque of Suleiman
– Contained a hospital, library, and college.
• Decline– Killed his ablest son,
incompetent one took power in 1571.
– Everyone scared of losing power, so they kill anyone they feel can take it.
• Lack of modernization leads to end in 1924.
Safavid’s
• Aligned themselves with Shi’a Islam.
• Since they were attacked by the Ottomans, they built a large military.
• Isma’il became a religious tyrant– Killed anyone of the
Sunni sect. • Similar to the Ottomans,
including its decline.