Ottoman Empire Safavid Empire Mughal Empire Political: Sultan - autocrat/basis of power is Sultan - autocrat/basis of power Sultan - autocrat/basis of power is Rise to Power: religious piety is religious piety religious piety Large central bureaucracies; sultan Large central bureaucracies Large central bureaucracies aided by vizier Land grants to aristocracy (reward for Land grants to aristocracy military service) Characteristics: Millet system (reward for military service) Gunpowder empires - to withstand Military powerful nomadic invaders and enlarge Bureaucracies Land grants to aristocracy (reward Gunpowder empires - to territory Administration for military service) withstand powerful nomadic Key figure invaders and enlarge territory; Army of the pure - attempt of the heads Gunpowder empires - to withstand ghazi and Russian slaves - slave tenth guru to challenge the Mughal powerful nomadic invaders and infantrymen army and reassert Sikh beliefs enlarge territory; ghazi and Janissaries (devshirme) Battle of Chaldiran - illustrated Babur the Tiger invaded for plunder Powerful Navy the importance of gunpowder Founder technology - Ottomans Akbar Battle of Chaldiran - illustrated the victorious but held up due to Aurangzeb - less religiously tolerant importance of gunpowder technology winter; extended warfare Shah Jahan - Ottomans victorious but held up due Marker event - showed the to winter; extended warfare limits of Shiite expansion (still today the Shiites are Osman - founder surrounded by Sunni and Mehmed II conflicts continue) Suleyman/Suleiman the Magnificent/the Lawgiver Inland capitals - sea vessels privately owned - control of sea ports to Europeans Shah Ismail - founder Shah Abbas the Great
Ottoman Empire Safavid Empire Mughal Empire Political: Rise to Power: Characteristics: Military Bureaucracies Administration Key figure heads Sultan - autocrat/basis of power is religious piety Large central bureaucracies; sultan aided by vizier Millet system Land grants to aristocracy (reward for military service) Gunpowder empires - to withstand powerful nomadic invaders and enlarge territory; ghazi and Janissaries (devshirme) Powerful Navy Battle of Chaldiran - illustrated the importance of gunpowder technology - Ottomans victorious but held up due to winter; extended warfare Osman - founder Mehmed II Suleyman/Suleiman the Magnificent/the Lawgiver Sultan - autocrat/basis of power is religious piety Large central bureaucracies Land grants to aristocracy (reward for military service) Gunpowder empires - to withstand powerful nomadic invaders and enlarge territory; ghazi and Russian slaves - slave infantrymen Battle of Chaldiran - illustrated the importance of gunpowder technology - Ottomans victorious but held up due to winter; extended warfare Marker event - showed the limits of Shiite expansion (still today the Shiites are surrounded by Sunni and conflicts continue) Inland capitals - sea vessels privately owned - control of sea ports to Europeans Shah Ismail - founder Shah Abbas the Great Sultan - autocrat/basis of power is religious piety Large central bureaucracies Land grants to aristocracy (reward for military service) Gunpowder empires - to withstand powerful nomadic invaders and enlarge territory Army of the pure - attempt of the tenth guru to challenge the Mughal army and reassert Sikh beliefs Babur the Tiger invaded for plunder Founder Akbar Aurangzeb - less religiously tolerant Shah Jahan
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