<p> The Early Modern Era: 1450-1750, The Islamic Empires</p><p>Name______Period_____</p><p>Andrus AP World History Ch 27 #1 Reading Study Guide P. 594-604</p><p>1. What was the Peacock Throne?</p><p>2. What was the Taj Mahal?</p><p>3. What areas were ruled by the Ottoman Empire?</p><p>4. What was the devshirme? The Janissaries?</p><p>5. Why do you think the Janissaries were so loyal to the Ottoman Empire?</p><p>6. Why did Mehmed II consider himself the ruler of “two lands” and “two seas”?</p><p>7. Briefly describe the conquests and activities of Suleiman the Magnificent. </p><p>8. What were the years of Suleiman’s reign?</p><p>9. Why do you think Suleiman was so troubling to European rulers?</p><p>Read “Ghislain de Busbeq’s Concerns about the Ottoman Empire”</p><p>10. Why might he have assumed that conflict between Turkish and Hapsburg forces was inevitable?</p><p>11. Briefly describe the rise of the Safavids. Where did they rule?</p><p>12. What is Twelver Shiism?</p><p>13. What is the significance of the Battle of Chaldiran?</p><p>14. Why was Shah Abbas called “the great”? The Early Modern Era: 1450-1750, The Islamic Empires 15. Who was Babur? Where did he initially rule?</p><p>16. How did Babur come to found the Mughal Empire?</p><p>17. How did Akbar come to power after Babur?</p><p>18. What kind of ruler was Akbar? What was his attitude toward religion?</p><p>Read “A Conqueror and His Conquests: Babur on India”</p><p>19. What does Babur’s reaction to India suggest about his views of his own central Asian homeland?</p><p>20. What conquests did Aurangzeb attempt? What was his religious temperament like?</p><p>21. In what ways were the Ottoman, Safavid and Mughal Empires similar in foundation?</p><p>22. In what ways were the similar in Religion? How did the notion of ghazi play into these empires?</p><p>23. How did the early rulers of these empires embody the Steppe traditions of rule? </p><p>24. What problems did these traditions cause?</p><p>How did some women exert some influence in these empires?</p><p>25. Ottoman:</p><p>26. Safavid:</p><p>27. Mughal:</p>