Islamic Empire by Zian Yuan

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The Ottoman Empire became the largest empire in the world in the 1500s.

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A great ottoman ruler named Suleyman I also known as Suleyman the Magnificent ruled the Ottoman Empire at its height and led a powerful navy and a large army.

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Suleyman was also a poet, a talented goldsmith, and generous patron.

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The Ottomans relied heavily on special slaves to staff the government and army.

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The woman had more restricted lives than the men.

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The Mughals were nomads from central Asia who invaded India.

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A Mughal leader Akbar come to the throne in 1556 and led Muslim India into a golden age.

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Akbar allowed different religions to flourish in the empire and he tried to end traditional conflicts between Muslims and Hindus by creating a new religion.

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Mughal Empire became most famous for its wealth.

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Mughal power eventually began to decline because rebellious Hindus and European countries sought to gain control of India.

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The Abbasids were descendants of Muhammad's uncle and they took over the Umayyads.

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Abbasids ruled during a prosperous golden age.

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The caliphs were isolated from the people so the government was left to trusted advisers who held the empire together.

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They built a huge army that relied on mainly Turkish mercenaries.

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A group called the Seljuk Turks converted to Islam and came to control the government of the Muslim empire. In 1258, an invading group from central Asia called the Mongols raided Baghdad and killed the last Abbasid caliphate.

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After the last caliph were killed, the Umayyads gained power.

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The Umayyads expanded the Muslim empire which gave Islam new areas to explore.

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The Umayyads made a great and efficient bureaucracy.

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Suleyman built a lot of mosques and palaces. He made Istanbul a artistic center of the Muslim lands.

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They also divided the empire into provinces governed by the Muslim rulers and they made a postal service connecting the provinces.

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Shah Jahan commissioned India's most famous building. Taj Mahal. It was built in memory of his wife who died at a young age. The building served as a testament to the power and glory of Mughal rule.

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Many Muslims believed that the Umayyads was trying to gain wealth and power.

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Non-Arab converts and Shi''ites lent support to the Abbasids, who moved the capital to Baghdad in central Iraq.

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The Muslims had conquered Spain in 711. Spain was under the Umayyads control by 750.

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The last surviving Umayyad prince went to this region is 755 and he founded an Umayyad dynasty in 756.

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The prince Abd al-Rahman established a powerful state called al-Andalus.

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Abd al-Rahman lll transformed Cordoba into one of the largest and greatest cities in the world. Cordoba became the center of learning, holding about 400,000 books.

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After the death of Abd al-Rahman a civil war erupted. Al-Andalus was split into many small kingdoms.