Three Empires and Many Cultures Ottoman, Safavid, Mughal.

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THE GUNPOWDER EMPIRES Three Empires and Many Cultures Ottoman, Safavid, Mughal

Transcript of Three Empires and Many Cultures Ottoman, Safavid, Mughal.

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THE GUNPOWDER

EMPIRES

Three Empires and Many Cultures

Ottoman, Safavid, Mughal

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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

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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