Chapter 28 – The Islamic Empires
Ch. 28, Sec. 1: Formation of the Islamic Empires. Pages 754 – 762
How did the Islamic Empires form?
Memory Questions:
Thinking Questions:
Divergent Thinking:
Evaluative Question:
 How was the Ottoman
Empire a “frontier state”?
How did the Ottomans
resemble other nomads?
What if Constantinople had
not fallen?
How did the Safavids use
religion in their rise to power?
 Who were the Janissaries
and how were they unique?
What motivated Ismail
(Safavid) & Babur (Mughal)?
How did the personalities of
Babur and Akbar shape their
government?
Ch. 28, Sec. 2: Imperial Islamic Society. Pages 762 – 770
What were the similarities in the Islamic societies?
Memory Questions:
Thinking Questions:
Divergent Thinking:
Evaluative Question:
How did rulers choose their
successors?
What were the rights and
responsibilities of the ruler?
What if the Islamic empires
had never patronized the arts?
Evaluate views on religion in
the Ottoman Empire
 What was the effect of the
Columbian Exchange?
What was the role of women?
… the Mughal empire
… what did many Muslims
think?
Ch. 28, Sec. 3: The Empires in Transition. Pages 770 – 775
How did the empires change between the 16th and 18th centuries?
Memory Questions:
Thinking Questions:
Divergent Thinking:
Evaluative Question:
 What was the problem
with weak rulers?
How did religious tensions
help bring change?
What if Islamic empires had
not been so culturally
conservative?
Evaluate the role of warfare
and trade in the decline of the
Islamic empires.
 How did policies tend to
bring about weak rulers?
How did a focus on stability
help end their empires?