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Painting to represent the various painters in their leadership roles

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Painting to represent the various painters in their leadership roles

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Political Rivalry between ottoman and Safavid empires

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Political Rivalry between ottoman and Safavid empires

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The Safavid empire traded many luxury goods on The Silk Road such as spices, pearls, and silk. They also traded more basic items such as horses, goat hair, and metals.

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The empire was very interested in the arts because most of their leaders were various types of artists such as poets and painters. They were also Shia Muslims. Shia Muslims are Muslims who believe that only descendants of Muhammad should be caliphs. The empire forcibly imposed a Shia version of Islam as the official religion of the state.

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They were on the Arabian sea, despite not having any real Navy. Their geographic location allowed them to get rich because they were at the center of most of the ancient world trade routes.

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There was a territorial rivalry between The Ottoman empire and Safavid empire. The Ottoman leader Selim I was Sunni and believed he was the leader of all Muslims while Shah Abbas I was Shia and believed he was the leader of all Muslims which caused a major conflict between the two empires.

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A very lavish and wasteful upper class who made many unnecessary expenditures. Safavid brought in scholars from Shias countries to form a new religious elite. The religious leaders became a tool of the government. The empire was dominated by a warrior aristocrat class due to the rapidly expanding military who constantly conquered.