Chapter 27 Exam II

Pregunta	Respuesta
Mehemed the Conquerer	(reigned 1451-1481) Captured Constantinople in 1453; it became Istanbul, the Ottoman capital. Absolute Monarchy, centralized state. Expanded to Serbia, Greece, Albania, attacked Italy.
Suleyman the Magnificent	(reigned 1520-1566) Sultan Selim the Grim (reigned 1512-1520) occupied Syria and Egypt. Suleyman the mag. expanded into southwest Asia and central Europe. Suleyman also built a navy powerful enough to challenge European fleets.
The Safavid Empire	Turkish conquerors of Persia and Mesopotamia. Founder Shah Ismail (reigned 1501-1524) claimed ancient Persian title of Shah. Proclaimed Twelver Shiism the official religion; imposed in on Sunni population. Followers known as qizilbash (or "red hats")
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Twelver Shiism	Traced origins to twelve ancient shiite imams. Ismail believed to be the twelfth or "hidden" imam, or even an incarnation of Allah.

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