WHI 9.05 CP Safavid Empire

Religion and Intelligence

Land And Sea Military

Land military and strong leadership

Strong leadership and religion

Iran

Ottoman

Mughal

Safavid

Abbasid

Shah Abbas

Suleiman the Magnificent

Ibn Battuta

Mansa Musa

many bazaars were enclosed & had high vaulted ceilings.

Europeans were not interested in Safavid goods, especially Persian carpets.

the empire was hemmed in by powerful neighbors.

the roads were in terrible condition & unsafe.

Active trading markets in major cities, where a wide variety of goods were bought & sold.

Religious schools where Safavid administrators studied the Shia faith.

An appointed official of the Ottoman Empire who collected taxes, maintained law & order, and was responsible to the sultan's court.

Special gardens where exotic plants & animals were kept.

Rice

Trade

Building

Twitch streaming

Shia

Sunni

Neither