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1500
Ismail’s Conquest
Ismail led an army numbering around 7,000 soldiers to conquer the kingdom of Azerbaijan. Went on a series of successful conquests in Georgia, Iran, parts of Anatolia,and parts of Iraq. The rise of this new empire led to borders between Sunni and Shia Islam. R.C -
1501
Shia Islam becoming the state religion
This border began with Ismail declaring the official state religion of the Safavid Empire to be Shia Islam.Violent tensions and conflicts between the two sects of Islam have increased recently. R.C -
1501
Geographic Position of the Safavid Empire
They became rich on the growing trade between Europe and the Islamic civilisations of central Asia and India. Their geographical position at the centre of the trade routes of the ancient world. R.C -
1502
War against Venice
During this time ottoman had a war against Venice -
1505
Ivan died
He was succeeded as Grand Duke of Muscovy by his son, Vasili III. -
1510
Safavid Empire and Iran
Ismail had conquered the whole of Iran. This would leave for a better area for trade and the capital of Isfahan was now theirs. R.C -
1514
Gunpowder in the Safavid Empire
The Safavid Empire was bordered between two Gunpowder Empires, the Ottoman and Mughal Empire. After a Safavid defeat at Chaldiran, Shah Ismail had a corps of around 7,000
soldiers trained to use muskets. During the reign of Shah Abbas, he expanded the military by buying the newest muskets from Europe, and also by buying cannons from Europe. R.C -
Jan 1, 1517
Selim conquers Egypt and Syria
The ruler Selim
Was great and conquered Egypt -
Jan 1, 1520
Suleyman I reigns and cconquers parts of western Asia and South East Europe and converts more to Islam spreading the belief.
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1520
Ottoman was the best organized state
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1521
Conquered Belgrade
At this time ottoman conquered more and more areas -
1526
First Battle of Panipat
Babur defeated the last Muslim Sultan of Delhi in 1526 and founded the Mughal Empire. -
Jan 1, 1529
Ottoman Siege of vienna
Vienna was an area that many tried to conquer -
1530
The Rewritten Shahnama
The Shahnama was about the history and conquest of ancient Iranian kings,and it was not uncommon for the Shahs to add to the Shahnama. Difference from this version is that women were actually in the manuscript. -
Period: 1530 to 1556
Humayun takes over
Humayun, son of Babur, took over the Mughal empire and managed to gain 386,000 square miles but faced conflict during his reign, at which one point had to retreat to Persia. -
1533
Vasili died
his son Ivan IV, The Terrible, succeeded him. His wife Elena Glinskaya became regent. -
1552
Siege of Kazan
Muscovite armed forces arrived at Kazan, The Muscovite army breached the walls of Kazan, and The civilian population of Kazan was massacred, the city occupied. -
1556
Abu Akbar’s mission
Akbar, the son of Humayun, takes over the Mughal empire after his farther death and and sets to regain the territory lost of is grandfarther. -
1556
Second Battle of Panipat
13 year old ruler, Akbur, defeats Hemu’s army. -
1558
Livonian War
Ivan demanded a back-breaking tribute from the Bishopric of Dorpat. The Bishop sent diplomats to Muscovy to renegotiate the amount; Ivan expelled them and invaded and occupied the Bishopric. -
Period: 1560 to 1570
Akbar’s Expansion
Akbar is able to expand Mughal rule over northern and central India which is now Pakistan and Bangladesh. -
1566
Peak of ottoman Empire
At this point in time ottoman reached their highest point everything went downhill after this -
1566
suleiman greatest ruler
Was able to conquer so much -
1576
Art and Culture in the Safavid Empire
When the Safavid Empire began its rule over Persia. Silks, tiles, and other goods that were produced in the Safavid Empire.This appreciation of art led to the creation of the empires second
capital, Isfahan, which was a showcase of the empires artistic, cultural, and architectural achievements. R.C -
Death of Ivan
Ivan died of mercury poisoning. The throne fell to his intellectually disabled son Feodor I; his son-in-law Boris Godunov took de facto charge of government. -
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Shah Abbas Improves the Economy
He also developed a state monopoly over the silk industry, which was flourishing but was independently owned. Also trade opened up with the European powers (Britain, Spain, Netherlands,
etc) who greatly desired silks from the Safavids. R.C -
Death of Dimitriy
Dimitriy Ivanovich, Ivan the Terrible's third and youngest son, died in exile from a stab wound to the throat. Long-regarded as murdered by agents of Boris Godunov, more recently scholars have begun to defend the theory that Dimitriy's death was self-inflicted during an epileptic seizure. -
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The Imjin War
Toyotomi Hideyoshi, having recently united the feuding domains of Japan under his leadership, invaded Korea as the first step in his attempt to conquer China. Korea would have a weaker government after the invasion from Japan. R.C -
Deterioration due to little ice age
The ice age destroyed so many environments -
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Tokugawa Japan Achievement in Artisanship
Japanese skills in steel making and lacquer ware would bring production of porcelain and were brought back after the Imjin war. -
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Period of Peace for Choson Korea
After being invaded, Korea would hide and not keep contacts with any other country. This would help Korea by giving them time to fix their government after almost collapsing. Trade negotiations would not happen with Europe countries. R.C -
Labor Protest at Jingdezhen
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Period: to
Tokugawa Shogunate
The economy would grow faster than the population which merchants would enjoy relative freedom and influence in Japan. -
peak of Mughal empiree
This was the highest point in Mughal empire -
Jahangir‘s success
Jahangir Is now emperor after the death of his farther, Akbur, and held Mughal economic prosperity and religious tolernace. -
end of anatolian revolts
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Ming empire falls
Ming being a huge empire has fallen and Qing will replace it -
British Interest in the Middle East
British interest in the Middle East began when the Safavids had British ships help them take the strategic waterway of the Strait of Hormuz from the Portuguese.The British helping the Safavids made the British interested in the Middle East. R.C -
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Invasion of Choson Korea from Manchus
The Manchus, who forced Korea to pay tribute to the Manchu king would disturb their time of peace after the invasion of Japan. R.C -
Qing captured North China
As Qing arose it conquered area that ming had -
fall of Ming empire
Huge empire Ming has fallen and will fall as Qing rises -
Crisis of the military state
Their military was weakening and becoming weak -
Russo-Polish War
The Muscovite army invaded Poland. -
Emperor Aurangzeb
Aurangzeb, great grandson of Akbur, took the throne and put many restrictions on portraits of political figures and depictions of clad woman. -
Russo-Polish War
The Treaty of Hadiach established a military alliance between Poland and the Zaporozhian Host, and promised the creation of a Commonwealth of three nations: Poland, Lithuania and Rus'. -
Qing acquired parts from Russia
Qing continued to conquer and along with that spreads out -
Lubomirski's Rokosz
A Polish nobleman launched a rokosz (rebellion) against the king. -
Russo-Polish War
The Treaty of Andrusovo ended the war between the Commonwealth and Muscovy without Cossack representation. Poland agreed to cede the Smoleńsk and Czernihów Voivodships and acknowledged Muscovite control over the Left-bank Ukraine. -
Russo-Turkish War
The war ended with the Treaty of Bakhchisarai. The Russo-Turkish border was settled at the Dnieper River. -
Moscow Uprising of 1682
Streltsy regiments belonging to the faction of Alexis's first wife, Maria Miloslavskaya, took over the Kremlin, executed Naryshkina's brothers, and declared Miloslavskaya's invalid son Ivan V the "senior tsar," with Peter remaining on the throne as the junior. Miloslavkaya's oldest daughter Sophia Alekseyevna became regent. -
Treaty of Nerchinsk made
This treaty was made -
Fyodor Shaklovity
the head of the Streltsy Department, persuaded Alekseyevna to proclaim herself tsarina and attempted to ignite a new rebellion in her support. The streltsy instead defected in support of Peter. He was later executed. -
Death of Ivan
Ivan died -
Great Northern War
Muscovy declared war on Sweden. -
Japanese Elite Decline
With the prices of rice increasing the economic decline of the samurai. Samurai were dependent on the willingness of the merchants to provide credit. -
Decline of the Safavid Empire
the Safavid Shahs became complacent, and then corrupt and decadent. Power passed to the Shi'a ulama which eventually deposed the Shahs and proclaimed the world's first Islamic Republic. This would start problems with one branch of religion to be put in laws. R.C -
Aurangzeb’s Death
The death of Aurangzeb began the decay and regional challenges of the Mughal Empire. -
Bulavin Rebellion
A small band of Don Cossacks killed a Muscovite noble searching their territory for tax fugitives and After a series of devastating military reversals, Bulavin was shot by his former followers. -
Capital Change
The Russian capital was moved from Moscow to Saint Petersburg. -
Demise after too many wars was matched
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Fall of the Safavid Empire
That, combined with a lavish lifestyle, military spending, and falling revenues resulted in a weak economy. The Russian and Ottoman Empires took advantage of the weakened Safavid
Empire and took over territories. R.C -
Death of Peter
Peter died of urinary problems. He failed to name a successor; one of Peter's closest advisers, Aleksandr Menshikov, convinced the Imperial Guard to declare in favor of Peter's wife Catherine I. -
After the Safavid Empire
In 1726 an Afghan group destroyed the ruling dynasty and the conquest a division of powers which led to one branch of Islam to control religion and one to control the laws. R.C -
janissary revolt
The soldiers began to revolt -
Nader Shah's invasion
Nadir Shah invaded the Mughal capital and made of with a priceless jewel-encrusted symbol of Mughal grandeur. -
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Shah Japan III’s Failure
Shah Jahan III is deposed after less than a year placed by Imad-ul-Mulk and Maratha ruler Sadashivrao Bhau, succeeded by Alamgir II's son, Shah Alam II -
Qing conquers all former Ming teerritories along with more.
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Great Sejm
Poland's Constitution of 3 May was ratified in secret. The new constitution abolished the liberum veto, reducing the power of the nobles and limiting Russia's ability to influence Polish internal politics. -
Persecution of the Catholic Church in Korea
The faithful rejected the ancestral rites and burned the ancestral tablet. These actions were condemned by their families and society as serious violations. The Catholics who were involved in were sentenced to death immediately. This event led many believers of the noble class to leave the Church. R.C -
British Empire failed to establish diplomatic relations with the Qing empire
This attempt was major -
Russo-Turkish War
The Treaty of Jassy was signed, ending the war. The Russian border in Yedisan was extended to the Dniester river. -
Kościuszko Uprising
An announcement by Tadeusz Kościuszko sparked a nationalist uprising in Poland and The uprising ended with the Russian occupation of Warsaw. -
Death of Catherine
suffered a stroke in the bathtub and died. The throne fell to her son, Paul I. -
Persian Expedition of 1796
Catherine launched a military expedition to punish Persia for its incursion into the Russian protectorate of Kartl-Kakheti.