Short lived empires Flashcards
(30 cards)
What was the first rename Constantinople got?
Byzantium.
Name the sequences of names Constantinople got over the years
Constantinople, Byzantium, and Istanbul
What language did the Byzantines speak?
Greek.
What is the Byzantine speak Greek?
Because Byzantium was so close to Greece.
What religion did the Byzantines practice?
The Eastern orthodox religion
Why is Byzantium/Constantinople important to the Muslims?
It is the only way to get to Europe from Asia/Arabia on land.
What is the Ottoman Empire made out of?
A group of Muslim Turks
What did Mehmed II do to make himself famous?
Conquered Byzantium and defeated the Byzantine Empire.
What was Mehmed II nicknamed?
Mehmed the conqueror.
What name did Mehmed create?
Sultan.
Byzantium became what city?
Istanbul.
Who are janissaries?
Born boys from Concord city to convert to Islam to help Mehmed take over the Byzantine Empire.
Who were the first to use gunpowder in Europe?
Janissaries.
What type of people was the Mughal empire made of?
Muslim Turks in India
Who is Emperor Akbar?
The leader of the Mughal empire who began a religious tolerance policy.
What did emperor Akbar’s religious policy include?
He believed that Muslims and non-Muslims should have the same rights, and paid the same amount of taxes.
What allowed Muslims and Hindus to live together in peace in the Mughal empire?
Akbar’s religious policies
What did the Mughal Empire become known for
The monumental works of architecture.
Why was the Taj Mahal built?
To be a tomb for an emperor.
What happened after Akbar died?
The new emperor reversed the religious tolerance policies and destroyed many Hindu temples and violent killings broke out
Why did Mughal empire fall?
When the new emperor reversed Akbar’s policies he killed many Hindus and killings broke out.
Eastern Rome grew into what Empire?
The Byzantine Empire
Who conquered Ghana?
Mali.
What was the 3 things Sundiata did to become famous?
Took back Mali’s independence.
Took control of the salt and gold mines and improved agriculture by adding cotton.
Took power from local rulers.
Called himself Monsa.
