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Transcript of Three Empires and Many Cultures Ottoman, Safavid, Mughal.
THE GUNPOWDER
EMPIRES
Three Empires and Many Cultures
Ottoman, Safavid, Mughal
ISLAM: A MAJOR WORLD RELIGION The Five Pillars of Islam 1. No God but God 2. Salat: (worship) five per day 3. Zakat: alms-giving 4. Fast during month of Ramadan 5. Hajj: pilgrimage to Mecca
History and Misunderstandings
The Three Gunpowder Empires The Ottoman Empire
IMPERIAL ISLAMIC SOCIETIES: OTTOMAN, SAFAVID, MUGHAL
Steppe bureaucracies:Turkish, Mongol people
Dynastic states, military creations, personal command, king owned land
Autocratic authority of rulers All leaders of the Sufi order or closely
associated with it Agriculture economics were at
foundation of Islamic empires All significant change 16th to 18th
centuries, Safavid disappeared entirely