The World in 1500

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The World in 1500
What are the big superpowers of the day and why
should I care?
Persian - Safavid - Iran
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Our World
The big idea is for you to know how much the
Europeans changed the world in the 1500s but
first... You have to know what that world was
like in order to understand that big change the
Europeans wrought
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Our World
We will discuss the major trade, political forms,
and society of Ottoman Empire Mughal
Empire Safavid/Persian Empire Chinese
Empire Songhai Empire Aztec, Mayan, Incan
Empire
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Capitol City of Iran and/or the Persian Empire?
Tehran
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Safavid Empire was bound on the west by the
Ottoman Empire and on the east by the Mughal
Empire of India
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Most Safavids were Sunni Muslims but in 1400 they
switched to the Shiite sect of Muslims...they
would be/are prosecuted by the Sunni Muslims ever
since
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The man responsible for conquering and unifying
the Savafid Empire
Ismail or Esmail
he is a Shiite Muslim
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Safavid or Persian Empire all the way to India...
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Ismail/Esmail too the ancient title of Shah which
means king
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Ismail/Esmail was considered saint as well as
Shah. Persians were forced to convert to Shiite
Muslim
This separated the Safavid/Persian Muslims from
the Sunni Muslims who were more Turk or Arabian
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The Muslims of Persia/Safavid were called the
Shiite Muslims
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The Muslims of the Arab and Ottoman Empires were
called
Sunni Muslims
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What is the difference between Sunni and Shiite
Muslims you say?
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The leader of the Safavid Dynasty in 1587
Shah Abbas
He reformed the military to make it more like the
mighty army of the Ottomans He allies his empire
with the Christian European countries. He built
the city of Isfahan/Esfahan- major city in the
Muslim world. Iman Mosque is located in Isfahan.
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Isfahan (Esfahan) city- Iman Mosque - UNESCO
Heritage Site
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Finally, in 1794 the Persian Empire was seized by
one family which would rule it until 1925!
Qajar Dynasty
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The kings in Iran were called Shahs
In the 1940s and 1950s, For the United States
and Western Europe, the Shah transformed Iran
into a country that was exclusively devoted to
containing the spread of communism in its
surrounding neighborhood