AP World History: Modern time line: Difference between revisions

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|Abbasid Caliphate  
|Abbasid Caliphate
 
* 3rd caliphate
* capital Baghdad
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|Delhi Sultanate
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* Persian Tajiks who converted to Islam and
 
introduced it to northern India
 
* established Islamic capital at the ancient city, Dehli, India
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* transferred Persian culture to northern India, including literature and architecture
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* Ghurs were Tajik (Persian ethnic) tribes, likely from central Afghanistan, who, with other Turkic tribes frequently raided western and northern India
* the Ghurs fell under the Islamic Turkic rule over Persia, Afghanistan and northern India
* the Ghurs then established their own rule over Persia and expanded eastward across northern India
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|Delhi Sultanate, northern India
 
* established by a Ghurid general, a Turkish slave who became a military leader (a "'''Mamluk'''" = non-Arab slave given military and administrative duties)
* Mamluk Dynasty (1206-1290)
* oversaw migration wave of West Asian Muslims fleeing Mongol invasions
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* Muslim rulers tolerated but looked down upon local religions
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|gunpower perfected in Germany; first European cannon
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|with improved metalworking, increased firing range and durability over early Chinese and Middle Eastern guns
|having originated in China, European gunpowder was brought there by the Portuguese in the 15th century
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|Ottoman conquest of Constantinople
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|Gunpowder empires
* Islamic empires built / expanded on use of gunpowder, especially muskets and cannon
* Ottoman, Safavid, Mughal empires
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|technology
|economy
|created stable economies
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|Mughal Empire
|Mughal Empire
* Babur, warrior chief from Uzbekistan
* used firearms to conquer upper India
* expanded under constant warfare as form of government
* Akbar established imperial structure that lasted until 1720; imposed agriculture tax via which monetized peasant economy
* fell to Maratha Empire (confederacy of Hindu states)
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