| A | B |
|---|
| ghazis | warriors for Islam |
| Osman | the most successful ghazi |
| Timur the Lame | halted the expansion of the Ottoman forces |
| Mehmet II | ruler who achieved the most dramatic feat in Ottoman history |
| Suleiman the Lawgiver | Under his rule the Ottoman Empire reached its peak size and grandeur |
| janissaries | sultan's slaves |
| devshirme | policy that allowed the sultan to take boys from their families, educate them and turn them into soldiers |
| Safavids | past members of an Islamic religious brotherhood |
| Isma'il | 14 year-old leader of the redheads |
| Shah Abbas | leader who was the ruler during the Safavid golden age |
| Isfahan | rebuilt capital city |
| Babur | 11-year-old boy that inherited a kingdom in the area that is now Uzbekistan and Tajikistan |
| Akbar | Ruler who ruled India with wisdom and tolerance between 1556 and 1605 |
| Jahangir | Akbar's son |
| Sikhs | A nonviolent religious group whose doctrines blended Buddhism, Hinduism and Sufism |
| Taj Mahal | Magnificent tomb built for Shah Jahan's deceased wife |
| Aurangzeb | Shah Jahan's son that killed his older brothers and imprisoned his father |
| Ramcaritmanas | Retold Indian story of Rama and Sita |
| Agra | town where the Taj Mahal stands |
| Punjab | where the Sikhs built a state |
