AP World History Chapter 27: The Islamic Empires

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The 3 Gunpowder Empires

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The 3 Gunpowder Empires

Ottoman, Safavid, and Mughals

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These empires are seen in the

Post-Mongol world in Central and South Asia

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The 4 Mongol Khantes and their Regions

  1. The Golden Horde (Russia, Eastern Europe)

  2. Yuan Dynasty (China, East Asia)

  3. Il-Khanate (of Persia, Southwest Asia)

  4. Chagati (The Stans, Central Asia)

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Why are these empires known as the Gunpowder Empires?

A strong military that utilized gunpowder in artillery (weapons, firearms, canons)

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Where did they get gunpowder from?

Culturally diffused from China

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Common Traits of these Empires

  • warrior societies & expanded their territory top neighboring lands

  • descended from Turkish nomads - Central Asia, steppe traditions (geographic, mountains, distribute water) and Turkish language (unification, sense of culture)

  • new technology- gunpowder, guns, cannons

  • breakup of Mongol Khanates

  • talented rulers

  • Europeans fighting with each other - not unified (Feudalism)

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Common Traits: Leadership in All 3 Empires

Success of empires depended on leaders who were militarily competent (Ghazi Ideal) and religious (Islam)

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They began to move away from

Muslim Scholars educated in Quran and Sharia Law to Muslim Secular leaders who didn’t follow the law as strictly

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Descents from Central Asia meant…

Autocratic rulers, Nomadic survival, traditions

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Under Sharia Law…

Women couldn’t have certain roles

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Tamerlane was known for being a…

Mongol-Turk and being Nomadic (from the steppes)

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During Tamerlane’s rule he…

invaded Central and Southwest Asia

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Tamerlane started the city of…

Samarkand (Uzbekistan) [where he encouraged learning, the arts and literature, corresponded with European rulers and wrote his memoirs]

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Tamerlane made conquests to ________ which were possible due to ___________ and ________, but they had ____________

Persia (Modern day Iran) and India, gunpowder and military, no efficiently government

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Tamerlane’s descendants, Babur established the

Mughal Dynatsy

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Countries in Central Asia includes:

Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan, Tajikistan, Afghanistan

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Because of the Central Asian steppes they had a

Nomadic lifestyle for survival

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Ghazi Ideal

Began in Central Asia, a model warrior life blending nomadic culture (for survival) with willingness to fight and die for Islam (holy warrior)

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