- This was when a new group of Turks under their leader Osman began to build power.
Bosporus, Dardanelles and the Sea of Marmara
- From Peninsula, the Ottomans expanded westward and eventually controlled the Bosporus and the Dardanelles.
- Bosporus and Dardanelles are separated by the Sea of Marmara which connects to the Black Sea and the Aegean Sea that leads to the Mediterranean.
- The Byzantine Empire had controlled this are for centuries.
Makkah and Madinah
- This is when Selim I took control of these holy cities and declared himself to be the new caliph, defender of the faith and successor to Muhammad.
Constantinople (Istanbul)
- This is when Mehmet II conquered Constantinople (later renamed Istanbul) after 2 month of fighting against the Byzantine Emperor.
Vienna and Lepanto
- Ottoman forces were defeated at Vienna in 1529.
- Spanish destroy Ottoman fleet at Lepanto at 1571.
Safavid Empire - Places and Events:
Azerbaijan
- This was where Safi al-Din had been the leader of a community of Turkish ethnic groups in the early fourteenth century.
Caspian Sea:
- In 1580s, the Ottomans went on the attack.
- They placed Azerbaijan under Ottoman rule and controlled the Caspian Sea with their fleet.
- This forced the new Safavid shah, Abbas, to sign a peace treaty in which he lost much territory.
Tabriz:
- This was where the Ottoman sultan, Selim I, advanced against the Safavids in Persia and won a major battle.
- But few years later, Ismail regained Tabriz.
Isfahan:
- One of the cities of the Safavids.
Mogul Empire - Places and Events:
Khyber Pass
- After Babur seized Kabul in 1504, his forces crossed the Khyber Pass to India thirteen years later.
Delhi and Agra
- With twelve thousand troops against an enemy force nearly ten times that size, Babur captured Delhi and established his power in the plains of North India.
- This was where Taj Mahal was built by the emperor Shah Jahan in the mid-seventeenth century.
- The emperor built the Taj Mahal in memory of his wife, Mumtaz Mahal.
Deccan Plateau
- This is where Shah Jahan expanded the Mogul Empire through successful campaigns against the city of Samarkand, north of the Hindu Kush.
Calcutta (Surat) and Chennai (Madras)
- These places were the British trading forts which were established in 1650.
Muslim Empires - Places and Events
Ottoman Empire - Places and Events:
Anatolian Peninsula
- This was when a new group of Turks under their leader Osman began to build power.
Bosporus, Dardanelles and the Sea of Marmara
- From Peninsula, the Ottomans expanded westward and eventually controlled the Bosporus and the Dardanelles.
- Bosporus and Dardanelles are separated by the Sea of Marmara which connects to the Black Sea and the Aegean Sea that leads to the Mediterranean.
- The Byzantine Empire had controlled this are for centuries.
Makkah and Madinah
- This is when Selim I took control of these holy cities and declared himself to be the new caliph, defender of the faith and successor to Muhammad.
Constantinople (Istanbul)
- This is when Mehmet II conquered Constantinople (later renamed Istanbul) after 2 month of fighting against the Byzantine Emperor.
Vienna and Lepanto
- Ottoman forces were defeated at Vienna in 1529.
- Spanish destroy Ottoman fleet at Lepanto at 1571.
Safavid Empire - Places and Events:
Azerbaijan
- This was where Safi al-Din had been the leader of a community of Turkish ethnic groups in the early fourteenth century.
Caspian Sea:
- In 1580s, the Ottomans went on the attack.
- They placed Azerbaijan under Ottoman rule and controlled the Caspian Sea with their fleet.
- This forced the new Safavid shah, Abbas, to sign a peace treaty in which he lost much territory.
Tabriz:
- This was where the Ottoman sultan, Selim I, advanced against the Safavids in Persia and won a major battle.
- But few years later, Ismail regained Tabriz.
Isfahan:
- One of the cities of the Safavids.
Mogul Empire - Places and Events:
Khyber Pass
- After Babur seized Kabul in 1504, his forces crossed the Khyber Pass to India thirteen years later.
Delhi and Agra
- With twelve thousand troops against an enemy force nearly ten times that size, Babur captured Delhi and established his power in the plains of North India.
- This was where Taj Mahal was built by the emperor Shah Jahan in the mid-seventeenth century.
- The emperor built the Taj Mahal in memory of his wife, Mumtaz Mahal.
Deccan Plateau
- This is where Shah Jahan expanded the Mogul Empire through successful campaigns against the city of Samarkand, north of the Hindu Kush.
Calcutta (Surat) and Chennai (Madras)
- These places were the British trading forts which were established in 1650.