Gunpowder Empires
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Sea based empires
Empires that derive their power from the sea during the same period.
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Gunpowder Empires
The empires during this period expanded, largely due to the militaristic use of gunpowder.
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Mehmed II
The Ottoman Sultan who sent his military with cannons to lay siege to Constantinople in 1453.
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1453
The year Constantinople was sieged.
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Istanbul
Constantinople was renamed this and became the crown jewel of the Ottoman Empire.
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Safavid Empire
Established in the early 1500s from former Muslim empires.
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Ismail
The Shah who declared the Safavid Empire a Shia Muslim state.
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Shia and Sunni
Two major divisions of Islam with conflicting beliefs about who was the legitimate successor of Muhammad.
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