Unit 2: People Flashcards
1
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Ghazis
A
Warriors for Islam
2
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Osman
A
- Most successful Ghazi
- Followers were called Othman/Ottoman
3
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Orkahn 1
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- (Osman’s son) First Ottoman Emperor
- Expanded lands
4
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Mehmed 2 (The Conquerer)
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Captured Constantinople and renamed it Istanbul
5
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Selim The Grim
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Expanded empire to include Syria, Palestine, Arab. Peninsula, and North Africa
6
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Suleyman 1 (The Magnificent/Lawgiver)
A
- Ruled at Ottomans peak
- Used Islam to unify empire
- Created civil and criminal laws
- Developed devshirme system (draft)
- formed janissaries (elite soldiers)
- traded in coffee and ceramics
7
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Akbar “The Great”
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- Ruled Golden Age of Mughal Empire
- Combined military power w/political wisdom
- Allowed religious tolerance
- levied effective taxation policy
8
Q
Babur
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Built an army and laid foundation for Mughal Empire
9
Q
Shah Jahan
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Built Taj Mahal in wife’s memory
10
Q
Vasco da Gama
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- Portugal explorer
- Went South around the Cape of Good Hope & on to India
- Found direct route to India
- Avoided Ottomans
11
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Christopher Columbus
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- Spain explorer
- Went West across Atlantic Ocean
- Discovers the Americans
- Allowed for Spanish colonization in the Caribbean
12
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Hernando Cortes
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- Spain explorer
- Went West across Atlantic to Mexico
- Conquers Aztecs
- Allows Spain to colonize in Central America
13
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Francisco Pizzaro
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- Spain explorer
- Went West across Atlantic to South America
- Conquers Incas
- Allows Spain to colonize in South America
14
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Ferdinand Magellan
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- Spain explorer
- First to circumnavigate the globe
- Strait of Magellan
15
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Francis Drake
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- England explorer
- 1st ENGLISHMAN to circumnavigate the globe
