Studied by 6 people
The 3 Gunpowder Empires
Ottoman, Safavid, and Mughals
These empires are seen in the
Post-Mongol world in Central and South Asia
The 4 Mongol Khantes and their Regions
The Golden Horde (Russia, Eastern Europe)
Yuan Dynasty (China, East Asia)
Il-Khanate (of Persia, Southwest Asia)
Chagati (The Stans, Central Asia)
Why are these empires known as the Gunpowder Empires?
A strong military that utilized gunpowder in artillery (weapons, firearms, canons)
Where did they get gunpowder from?
Culturally diffused from China
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)
Common Traits: Leadership in All 3 Empires
Success of empires depended on leaders who were militarily competent (Ghazi Ideal) and religious (Islam)
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
Descents from Central Asia meant…
Autocratic rulers, Nomadic survival, traditions
Under Sharia Law…
Women couldn’t have certain roles
Tamerlane was known for being a…
Mongol-Turk and being Nomadic (from the steppes)
During Tamerlane’s rule he…
invaded Central and Southwest Asia
Tamerlane started the city of…
Samarkand (Uzbekistan) [where he encouraged learning, the arts and literature, corresponded with European rulers and wrote his memoirs]
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
Tamerlane’s descendants, Babur established the
Mughal Dynatsy
Countries in Central Asia includes:
Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan, Tajikistan, Afghanistan
Because of the Central Asian steppes they had a
Nomadic lifestyle for survival
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)
Note 
Flashcard (50)