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Ottoman Empire political system

• Sultan at the top

• Allowed for efficient decision making and policy implementation/enforcement

Devshirme System

Ottomans recruited Christian boys from Christian families to serve as soldiers or bureaucrats

• trained them to be comptent

• created a merit-based civil adminstration and military

Ottoman Empire legal structure

• Based on Sharia law (based on Sunni Islam)

• Had secular legal system called Kanun

• Both structures allowed for it to apply to diverse popualtion

Ottoman Empire artistic feats

• Known for architectural innovations like grand mosques and palaces

• Developed Turkish literature

• Details like tile work and caligraphy exemplify their dedication to the arts

safavid empire religion

State religion was the Twlever Shiism or Shia Islam

• foundation for governance

safavid empire politics

• Ruled by the top Shah

• Qizilbash - tribal military that helped enforce rules and policies

• Bureacracy made up of persians and foreigners for administrative and bureaucracy

safavid empire artistic feats

known for:

• persian miniature paintings

• persian carpets

• Persian art and literatuer

• Supported education by building madrasas for scholars from all over the place to study at

safavid/mughal empire economics

dominated Inidan Ocean trade networks and the Silk Road

Mughal Empire religion

emphasized religious freedom

• reformed the empire to promote religious tolerance for hidnuism, Islam, and jainism, and more

• Din-I Ilahi religion was a mix of beliefs from different religion

Mughal Empire politics

• Centralized government

• Mansabdari system - bureacratic heirarchal system. recruited a diverse range of backgrounds of officials, fostering loyalty and service

mughal empire artistic feats

• Known for architecture, specifically like the Taj Mahal

• patrons of literature and arts

• center of cultural synthesis where scholars from various backgrounds came together

ottoman economics

controlled land routes from Europe to Asia

Purpose of wealth

used to invest in frastrcutures, roads, ports, caravanseries

• expands their global influence

• facilitated commerce and communication