| A | B |
|---|
| Ghazis | warriors for Islam |
| Osman | successful ghazi who created a small state in Anatolia |
| Sultans | rulers of Ottoman Muslim state |
| Timur the Lame | Mongol, Conqueror of Persia and Russia |
| Mehmed II | Conqueror who made Constaninople hic capital |
| Devshirme | policy of creating the sultans’ army |
| Janissary | solider slave drawn from conquered Christian territories |
| Safavid | member of Shi’a Muslim group that built empire in Persia |
| Isma’il | Safavid warrior who seized most of what is now Iran |
| Shah | Persian title meaning king |
| Shah Abbas | leader during the Safavid “golden age” |
| Esfahan | capital city of the Safavid Empire |
| Babur | founder of the Mughal Empire |
| Mughal | one of the nomads who invaded the Indian subcontinent and establish a powerful empire |
| Akbar | Mughal ruler with a genus for cultural blending, military conquest, art , literature, etc. |
| Sikh | non-violent religious group that became the enemy of the Mughals |
| Shah Jahan | Mughal ruler who had the Taj Mahal built |
| Taj Mahal | tomb built the wife of Shah Jahan |
| Aurangzeb | Last important Mughal, known for misguided governance. |
| Murad II | Ottoman, restored power of Ottoman military and began expanding the Ottoman Empire; defeated Venetians, invaded Hungary, and overcame Italian crusaders in Balkans |
| Mehmed II | Ottoman, opened ship traffic between Ottomans’ territories in Asia and in the Balkans; opened Constantinople to citizens of many religions, who rebuilt the city |
| Selim the Grim | Ottoman, defeated Safavids of Persia, then conquered Syria, Palestine, the Islam holy cities of Mecca and Medina, and Egypt, ending the Egyptian Mameluke Dynasty another province of the growing Ottoman |
| Timur the Lame | Mongol warrior who halted Ottoman expansion and burned Baghdad |
| Suleyman the Lawgiver | Ottoman, AKA ‘The Magnificent,” captured Rhodes, gaining control of the eastern Mediterranean; conquered peoples of the North African coastline, controlling trade routes to the interior. Almost captured Vienna |
| Cultural blending | the mixing of various cultures and elements of culture |
