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By the 1350s the __________ had advanced from their strongholds in Asia Minor across the Bosporus into Europe.
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The victory of __________ led to the reunification of the Ottoman empire following the temporary setbacks caused by Timur's invasion.
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In May 1453 the city of Constantinople fell to the armies of __________, called the Conqueror.
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The Ottoman imperial armies were increasingly dominated by troops called __________, men who had been forcibly conscripted as adolescent boys in conquered territories.
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Day-to-day administration in the Ottoman empire was carried out by a large bureaucracy headed by a grand __________.
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The most spectacular mosque built during the Ottoman era was the __________, built during the reign of one of the most successful sultans.
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Like the Ottomans, the __________ arose from the struggles of rival Turkic groups in the wake of Timurid invasions, but they espoused the Shi'ite variant of Islam.
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In the early fourteenth century a Sufi, __________, began a militant campaign to purify and reform Islam among the Turkic tribes of Iran.
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As the numbers of the "__________" (as the followers of the Safavids were called) grew, they faced increasing resistance based on religious opposition.
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In 1501 a Sufi commander named __________ took the city of Tabriz and was proclaimed shah or emperor.
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In August of 1514 the Ottoman empire dealt the Safavids a severe setback at the battle of __________.
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The Safavid empire reached the height of its strength and prosperity under Shah __________.
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Although the later Safavid Shahs played down claims to divinity that had been set forth under Ismail and his predecessors, they continued to claim descent from one of the Shi'ite __________ or successors of Ali.
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__________, who were both local mosque officials and prayer leaders, were also supervised by and given some support from the Safavid state.
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The splendid seat of Savafid power, the capital at __________, was laid out around a great square.
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Following the fall of the Safavid capital in 1722, a soldier-adventurer named __________ proclaimed himself Shah in 1736.
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__________ led his followers into India in 1526 because he had lost his original kingdom centered on Farghana in central Asia in the preceding decades.
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Having found a foothold in Kabul in 1545, __________ launched a series of campaigns into India that gradually restored Mughal rule in 1556.
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The Mughal ruler __________ pursued a policy of reconciliation and cooperation with the Hindu princes.
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Akbar considered his new religion, the __________, which blended elements of many faiths with which he was familiar, as the long-term key to his efforts to reconcile Hindus and Muslims.
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The Muslim and Hindu warrior aristocracy that formed the core of the supporters of the __________ dynasty were, like their Ottoman and Safavid counterparts, granted villages for their support.
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Akbar did legally prohibit __________ or the immolation of high-caste Hindu women on their husbands' funeral pyre.
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The best-known architectural work of the Mughal world was the __________ which fused the Hindu love of ornament with the Islamic genius for domes and arches.
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Jahangir's wife, __________, continually amassed power and her faction dominated the empire for much of the later years of Jahangir's reign.
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__________, Shah Jahan's son and successor, seized control of an empire that was threatened by internal decay and growing dangers from external enemies.
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The rise of new religious sects like the __________ in northwest India further strained the declining resources of an imperial system that was clearly overextended.
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