The Ottoman Empire

Agenda1. Bell Ringer: What is the purpose of the Council of

Trent?2. Brief Lecture: Ottoman Empire

1. Video: Hagia Sophia3. Safavid Empire4. Life as a King, how would you run things?5. Ottoman Empire/Safavid Map6. Accomplishments of the Ottoman Timeline7. Review of Test

HW: Finish Vocabulary Unit 2, study for Unit 1 test

Turks settle down (Othman)

• Anatolian Turks similar to crusaders, and they kill “infidels”.

• Built a State in Anatolia between 1300-1326.

• Used cannons and gunpowder to take cities.

• Conquered people were treated well, but were required to pay taxes.

Timur the Lame• Early 1400, Rebel from

Samarkand.• Claimed to be descendant

of Genghis Kahn. • Conquered Russia and

Persia.• Pillaged Baghdad• Massacred population in

Delhi.• He takes the Sultan, and

violence breaks out among the brothers.

Expansion of the Empire• Mehmet I defeats his

brothers and takes the throne.

• Expansion continues through 1566.

• Mehmet II takes Constantinople with 100,000 soldiers. (1453)– Pillaged the city for 3 days,

ransacking the Hagia Sophia.– Inhabitants were made

slaves. • Hagia Sophia turned into a

Mosque.

Suleiman and the Height of the Empire

• Controlled major trade routes on Eastern Med and throughout Continent.

• Complex Military State– 20,000 slaves

• Janissaries, took young boys and trained them in Islamic tradition, making them soldiers.

• Allowed Freedom of Religion.

Cultural Achievements and Decline• Taxation simplified.• Mosque of Suleiman

– Contained a hospital, library, and college.

• Decline– Killed his ablest son,

incompetent one took power in 1571.

– Everyone scared of losing power, so they kill anyone they feel can take it.

• Lack of modernization leads to end in 1924.

Safavid’s

• Aligned themselves with Shi’a Islam.

• Since they were attacked by the Ottomans, they built a large military.

• Isma’il became a religious tyrant– Killed anyone of the

Sunni sect. • Similar to the Ottomans,

including its decline.