Chapter 7 The Ottoman Persian Safavid and Mogul

Chapter 7 The Ottoman, Persian (Safavid) and Mogul Empires, Chinese Dynasties and a Taste of Japan and Indo-china! IN On. E Power Point!!

Photo Analysis: 4 details Plus a headline. . Predict which Empire?

Photo Analysis: 4 details Plus a headline. . Predict which Empire?

Similarities/differences?

1 st Empire: Ottoman Empire • Late 1200 s Turkish Clans, calling themselves Ottoman Turks, After their first leader Osman, settled part of Asia Minor • Conquered much of the Old Byzantine Empire • Ruled diverse peoples such as Jews, Christians and Muslims • Set up rulers named Sultans, Most well known: Suleiman 1 st…he had the new empire adopt “RELIGIOUS TOLERANCE” so he could effectively rule his diverse peoples… • Worshipped one of the 2 main types of Islam called SUNNI Islam • Raised ELITE troops called Janissaries which were boys taken from conquered Christian families in the Balkans • JANISSARY “slave troops” were raised as Muslims and became the Tough and loyal fighting force of the Ottomans. Summarize this slide in one definitive headline! And/Or make it Punny!

Ottoman Empire 1300 -1699 AD

2 ND Major Muslim empire: Persian/Safavid (sah-FAH-weed) • To east of the Ottoman Empire lay Persia. ADD Persian Empire first started way back in 400 BC. • LATER in the 1500 s They broke way from Islamic Empire because of religious differences • In 1500 s Shiite (She-ite) Muslims, enemies of the Ottoman Turks, conquered land of present day Iran under the first leader Ismail who declared himself founder of Safavid dynasty. • Safavid rulers required all subjects to accept their form of Shiite Islam How was this different than Ottoman Empire? • (Shiites differ from Sunni in arguing over who was the true successor of Mohammad, the original prophet of Islam. ) • Safavids ruled Iran and most of present day Iraq and part of Arabia from 1500 s until 1740 s. Broken up under Western Europe Imperialism later….

Safavid Empire 1500 -1600 s

3 rd Empire: The Moguls • Islamic Invaders (Moguls) began to conquer much of northern India in 1100 s. (present day Pakistan) • Biggest ruler of the Moguls was Akbar the Great ruled in early 1500 s encourage religious tolerance with the native Hindus (who worship many gods) • Another Mogul leader, Shah Jahan, created the Taj Mahal, the worlds greatest tomb, and symbol of his power. • Filled the marble with semi precious stones, created large dome top and reflecting pools around it. • in honor of his wife who died in childbirth (her 14 th!!) • Hindus and others in India eventually rebel and weaken Mogul rule in most of India • Add: Moguls ruled N India until 1700 s, covered 1. 25 million sq. miles and ruled over 150 million subjects at its height…(nearly ¼ of world’’s population at the time!)

Mogul Empire 1550 s-1707

VLA Review: • In groups appoint a presenter, a recorder and fact finder and collaborate on 5 KEY details found in vid clips: Janissaries: • http: //www. youtube. com/watch? v=Rt 05 D 89 B mj 4 • The Persians: • http: //www. youtube. com/watch? v=y. Zlqgtd. Q o. Ho

Wrap UP: • IN groups or solo appoint a team leader, and collaborate to create a Travel brochure that can creatively blend the Top 4 History contributions from EACH: The Ottoman, Persian and Mogul Empires. One page from each member. What did they leave us in history? • Begin research now. You may use internet/cell phones/textbooks/notes to find five odd facts about each. Due by first half of class tom. • Appoint one member of your team to create A selfassessment rubric where you grade yourself.

Chinese Dynasties • China’s first major reform Dynasty after being ruled by foreign Mongols was the MING dynasty which started in late 1300 s • Hong Wu first ruler of the Ming, established a capital at Nanjing and led and won rebellion against Mongol rulers • Brought peace and stability and used boats called JUNKS to conduct coastal trade and explore seas. • Created famous blue and white porcelin pottery led to famous MING vases…. 1 st to use silk from the silk worm!! • **CHINA REJECTED trade requests from Europe b/c they felt Europeans had nothing worthwhile to trade! • Followed the writings and philosophy of a writer named Confucius • Another Ming Emperor moved capital north to Beijing • and Created a Royal Palace of huge size inside Beijing called the Forbidden City (could hold 90, 000 people in courtyard)

• A 2 nd Major dynasty formed from northern Manchu conquers in the 1600 s called the Qing (CHING) Dynasty • Chinese major religions: Buddhism and Taoism • As population increased Qing started mass production of foods such as rice and other crops in water filled rice paddies cut into hillsides • This food production method required lots of peasants to carry water and till the crops and was called LABOR-Intensive Farming

Ming/Qing (manchu) Dynasty Area

China VLA Review • http: //www. youtube. com/watch? v=f. St 0 aw. Gb i 84 • Great Wall • http: //www. youtube. com/watch? v=KKTR 6 Q 2 y. GRg

JAPAN Islands of Japan spent 1400 -1500 s in wars between Samurai Clans (using swords, bows and later with early muskets from Portuguese Traders) • Used Samurai and Ninja to fight between clans • First Western European contact came in 1453 when Portuguese traders landed and began trading muskets and cannons. At first Japanese loved Western style/goods. . • Then. . Japanese became ISOLATIONIST after 1636 and did not allow Western ships to land again until 1850 s! • JAPAN reaction to European culture: Was mixed, first they welcomed new ideas then most contact with West as banned as a threat to Japanese to culture! (ie: The Novel Shogun…. shipwrecked Portuguese sailors beheaded/enslaved) Shogun • Unified in 1598 under Tokugawa Ieyasu who became SHOGUN and new capital of all 3 Japanese Main islands at EDO (later named Tokyo) CULTURE: * Had 4 social classes: Shogun ruled daimyos(minor lords) : Samurai and daimyos (with swords), farmers, artisans, with merchants at the bottom • Geisha: highly trained women who entertained upper class samurai and lords • Wrote Haikus: 17 syllables, was to express a thought that was to surprise a reader •

Japan VLA Review • http: //www. youtube. com/watch? v=Ffdap. Tawi -c • Geisha: http: //www. youtube. com/watch? v=Ec 3 hb. Vni Fm. U • Samurai • http: //www. youtube. com/watch? v=NP 5 Vu. W n. JDL 4 • Did anyone think of how a Ninja could use a string as a non-touch lethal weapon? I could string this along….

Indochina • INDOCHINA: Includes people from Vietnam, Thailand, Cambodia and Laos (all countries just below China) • French took over Vietnam starting the 1860 s. . stayed with colonies there until WW 2 • Thailand stayed independent • Area grew rice, and followed Buddhist teachings • Other parts of South East Asia such as: • Island of INDONESIA produced SPICES for DUTCH • and the SPANISH who BRUTALLY took over the PHILIPPINES in 1565. Has over 7000 small islands, Converted many natives to Catholicism. Founded colony at Manila for access port to Mainland Asia and Spice trade.

Haiku examples 5 -7 -5 syllables CREATE YOUR OWN FOR HW