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Turn in Me Tree
3 min - Quiz
5 min - Wikispaces tutorial
10 min - Ch. 11 Part I
20 min - Primary Document and discussion
H.W. – Wiki paragraph write
The Black Death
Islamic Empires
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How did it happen?
What were the primary effects?
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My brother! My brother! My brother! A new beginning to a letter,
though used by Marcus Tullius [Cicero] fourteen hundred years
ago. Alas! my beloved brother, what shall I say? How shall I begin?
Whither shall I turn? On all sides is sorrow; everywhere is fear. I
would, my brother, that I had never been born, or, at least, had died
before these times. How will posterity believe that there has been a
time when without the lightnings of heaven or the fires of earth,
without wars or other visible slaughter, not this or that part of the
earth, but well-nigh the whole globe, has remained without
inhabitants. When has any such thing been even heard or seen; in
what annals has it ever been read that houses were left vacant, cities
deserted, the country neglected, the fields too small for the dead
and a fearful and universal solitude over the whole earth?... Oh
happy people of the future, who have not known these miseries and
perchance will class our testimony with the fables. We have,
indeed, deserved these [punishments] and even greater; but our
forefathers also have deserved them, and may our posterity not also
merit the same...
(M.R., ed: D.S.) Adapted from: George Deaux, The Black Death
1347. New York: Weybright and Talley, 1969. Chapter IV, pp. 92-94.
What were the similarities and differences between
the Ottoman, Safivid, and Mughal Empires?
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“Talk to the text” as we read.
Put ? next to points you don’t understand, then ask.
When you answer a question, try to use evidence
from the text to support your interpretations and
analysis.
When responding to another student, use their
name.
Take notes using a T chart: “my thoughts” and
“friends’ thoughts”
Use information from the text, your classmates, and
your own thoughts to answer the paragraph writes.
Describes Ottomans to Austria, 1550’s
 What does Busbecq’s first meeting with Suleiman
reveal about the sultan’s attitudes toward Europeans?
 What does Busbecq see as the main difference
between Ottoman and European attitudes toward
social privilege and inherited status? How does he
think these attitudes affect Ottoman government?
 What were the advantages and disadvantages of the
Ottoman attitudes toward imperial succession?
 How would you describe Suleiman, from this
description?
 Wiki paragraph write: Do you agree with the 16th
century European label, “Suleiman the Magnificent”?
Explain using evidence.
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Founded
1453 – conquered Constantinople (Istanbul)
Military strength
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Disrupted European - East Asian trade
routes
Culture: blended Greco-Roman/Byzantine
with Islamic
Sultan Suleiman I: Named “the
Magnificent” by Europeans. Ruled over a
Golden Age.
Diversity and merit system
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Janissaries
Deshirme –
4 Social Classes: Men of the: Pen; Sword;
Negotiation; husbandry
Millets – non-Muslim religious communities
Decline
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In making arrangements for marriage, how much legal authority is
exercised by the following:
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the future husband and wife
Fathers and grandfathers
Male relatives of the future husband and wife
What do the divorce cases reveal about the obligations of husbands
to their wives?
What rights does a married woman have against an abusive
husband?
How did Khayr al-Din Ramli view rapists and abductors of
women? What penalties are prescribed for perpetrators of such
crimes?
In one case a widow is appointed by her dying husband to be
guardian of their children. What does this reveal about inheritance
practices?
Wiki paragraph write: What do you think about women’s legal
standing in 17th C Syria-Palestine? What situations and laws affect
your opinion?
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i5jE7y5vT5M
What were the major events in the Rise of the
Ottomans?
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Persian Roots
Rise of Faith in wake of Mongol
destruction
Theocratic authority
Shiite Islam
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Persecutions
Ismael I
Shah Abbas I
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Beliefs
appeal
United the Iranian empire in 1501
Divinely ordained to rule
Suppressed rebellion
Fell apart in 1736. Became Iran in
1979
Ottoman Sultan Selim I letter to Ismail I, early 1500’s
 Even though Selim’s letter is designed to malign Shiism,
not define Islam, it contains many references to essential
Muslim beliefs? Which ones can you find?
 What does Selim’s letter reveal about differences
between Sunnis and Shias?
 How does Selim perceive himself within the Islamic
world?
 Selim must have realized that the deeply religious Ismail
was unlikely to abandon Shiism. Why might he have
written the letter to deaf ears?
 Wiki paragraph write: Write a response from Ismail I.
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1526-1857
Descended from
the Timurids
Sunni-Muslims
Babur
Hindu-Muslim
Conflict
OTTOMANS
Sunni Islam;
Christian
Subjects;
archrivals of
Europeans
SIMILARITIES
Islamic; absolute
ruler; military
origin; flourished in
arts; strong
economic start;
weakened in mid
1600’s
SAFIVIDS
Shiite Islam; few
non-Muslim
subjects; good
relations with
Europe
MUGHALS
Hindu subjects;
eventual trade
with Europeans
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H.W. - Wiki paragraph write: