The World in 1500

The World in 1500What are the big superpowers of the day and why should I care?

Persian - Safavid - Iran

Our World The big idea is for you to know how much the Europeans changed the world in the 1500sbut first...

You have to know what that world was like in order to understand that big change the Europeans wrought

Our World We will discuss the major trade, political forms, and society of:

* Ottoman Empire

* Mughal Empire

* Safavid/Persian Empire

* Chinese Empire

* Songhai Empire

* Aztec, Mayan, Incan Empire

Capitol City of Iran and/or the Persian

Empire?Tehran

Safavid Empire was bound on the

west by the Ottoman Empire

and on the east by the Mughal Empire

of India

Most Safavids were Sunni Muslims but in 1400 they switched to the Shiite sect of Muslims...they would be/are prosecuted by the Sunni Muslims ever since

The man responsible for conquering and unifying the Savafid

EmpireIsmail

or Esmail

he is a Shiite Muslim

Safavid or Persian Empire

all the way to India...

Ismail/Esmail too the ancient title of Shah which means king

Ismail/Esmail was considered saint as well as Shah. Persians were forced to convert to Shiite Muslim

This separated the Safavid/Persian Muslims from the Sunni Muslims who were more Turk or Arabian

The Muslims of Persia/Safavid were called the

Shiite Muslims

The Muslims of the Arab and Ottoman

Empires were called

Sunni Muslims

What is the difference between Sunni and Shiite Muslims you say?

The leader of the Safavid Dynasty in

1587Shah Abbas

He reformed the military to make it more like the mighty army of the Ottomans

He allies his empire with the Christian European countries.

He built the city of Isfahan/Esfahan- major city in the Muslim world. Iman Mosque is located

in Isfahan.

Isfahan (Esfahan) city- Iman Mosque - UNESCO Heritage

Site

Finally, in 1794 the Persian Empire was seized by one family which would rule it

until 1925!

Qajar Dynasty

The kings in Iran were called ShahsIn the 1940s and 1950s,

For the United States and Western Europe,

the Shah transformed Iran into a country that was exclusively devoted to containing the spread of communism in its surrounding neighborhood