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Jan 1, 1243
Mongol invasion of Asia Minor
This event is important since it opened the way for the Ottomans to seize power. It also allowed them to advance from Asia Minor and conquer across the Bosporus straits into Europe. (452) -
Jan 1, 1281
Ottoman Empire Founded
After the collapse of the Seljuk Turkic Empire and the invasion of Mongols, the Ottomans found a way to seize power (452). -
Period: Jan 1, 1300 to Dec 31, 1450
Italian Renaissance
It suggested an amount of political innovation and more commercialized economy. It encouraged new Western interest in exploring (363-364). -
Period: Jan 1, 1450 to Dec 31, 1460
Recruitment of Janissary troops / Shi'ite influences enter Safavid teachings
Start of large scale recruitment of Janissary troops
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Jan 1, 1453
Ottoman capture Constantinople
After the collapse of the Seljuk Turkic Empire and the invasion of Mongols, the Ottomans found a way to seize power (452). -
Jan 1, 1514
Ottoman victory over Safavids at Chaldiran
The battle between the Ottomans and the Safavids was won by the Ottomans and this was an important event because it was the most fateful battles in Islamic history and it was symbolically a battle between the champions of the Shi’i and Sunni (460). -
Period: Jan 1, 1520 to Dec 31, 1566
Rule of Suleyman/ Mosque in Constantinople made
Suleyman (the Magnificent) was the most ausoicious sultans.The famous Suleymaniye mosque was built under the rule of Suleyman. The mosque was a proud creation for the Islamic civilizations (455). -
Period: Jan 1, 1540 to Dec 31, 1545
Humayan in exile at the Safavid court
Babur’s son, Humayan, inherited the Mughal dynasty and he was a good soldier but then his armies were shattered so he was forced to flee to Peria. There he stayed in exile for a decade (468). -
Period: Jan 1, 1556 to
Reign of Akbar
Son and successor of Humayan and he pursued policy of cooperation with Hindu prince and tried to create a religion to mend Muslim and Hindus(468). -
Jan 1, 1571
Battle of Lepanto
The Ottomans fought the Spanish and Venetian fleets. This event was important because it was the greatest sea battles in history(458) -
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Rule of Abbas (1) the Great
Safavid ruler who extended the empire to a great extent and created slave regiments based on captured Russians along with having Western military technology for armies (463). -
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Reign of Aurangzeb
Son and successor of Shah Jahan who extended Mughal control and had the desire to purify Islam of Hindu influences (471). -
Fall of the Safavid Dynasty
Once Abbas 1 steped down and Abbas 2 gained control the qualtiy of leadership had changed a lot. Eventually 80,000 people under the rule of the Safavid Dynasty died from starvation and finally marked the ending of the Safavid dynasty. -
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Rule of Nadir Shah
He followed the fall of the Safavid dynasty in 1722, and then he declared himself shah or in other words, the emperor. The empire was under his rule for a very short time (466). -
Transformations in West
Due to the West transforming scientifically, technologically, and commercially, the Ottomans were falling behing the Cristians and declining.(458).