Each dedicated to extending Muslim power, the Ottoman, Ṣafavid, and Mogul dynasties were also alike in establishing what historians refer to as "gunpowder empires." Their success as conquerors was based on their mastery of the technology of firearms. These empires were also similar in sharing the influence of Persian culture in literature and the arts and in gaining strength from a growing world economy.
What will they want you to know next year?
Lesson 1: The Rise and Expansion of the Ottoman Empire
Rise of the Ottoman Turks
Fall of the Byzantine Empire
Expansion of the Ottoman Empire
Life Under Ottoman Rule
The Imperial Sultans
Ottoman Society
Architecture and the Arts
Lesson 2: The Ottomans and Ṣafavids
Problems in the Ottoman Empire
The Stuarts and Divine Right
Civil War and Commonwealth
The Restoration
A Glorious Revolution
The Ṣafavid Empire
Life under the Ṣafavids
Lesson 3: The Mogul Empire
The Mogul Dynasty
The Development of Sikhism
Life in Mogul India
Europeans Come to India