Asian Migration,
1300-1750
By:
Erin O’Dell, Katelynn Roman, Breanna
Edwards, Symphony Graves
Mughal Empire, 1526-1707
How Migration impacted them:
•The commanding Emperor Akbar (1556-1605) had spent many
years moving around with his troops, building new capitals for
himself every where he went.
•He eventually migrated his troops to the Hindu country.
•He allowed them keep their ancestral lands, and offered them
roles in his government along with his armies.
•He still allowed Muslims to practice polygamy.
•For it they paid him back with supplies for his troops, gave him
alliances and paid tribute to him.
Why are Ottoman, Mughal and safavid
called gunpowder empires
Ottoman
.Ottomans challenged
empires dominated most of
modern day turkey in 1453.
.Invaded Constantinople
ending byzantine Empire
.Ottomans conquered most
of the ancient roman empire
except westward Italy
.Ottoman enslaved Christian
children subjected turning
them into
Janissaries(warriors)
Austrians and others battled
for a century but never
expanded much beyond
European territories
Mughal
•Invaded Northern India
•Quickly defeated the
Delhi Sultanate
•Dominated the Indian
subcontinent for the
next 300 years.
Safavid
•Dominated by Shia
Island
•Based on military
conquest.
Ottoman Empire, 1300-1700
Major events and turning points:
1301: Osman established its foundation in northwest Anatolia
1354: Gallipoli was taken over
1389: the battle of Kosovo and took control of the western Balkans
1453: ottomans conquered Constantinople
1451-81: mehmed “the conqueror”
1492: many Jews were expelled from Spain
1514: the battle of chaldiran
1520-30: about 1/5 Balkans population was Muslim, 4/5 was Christians, and
a small amount of Jews
1527: the slave infantry numbered to about 28,000
1512-20: selim defeated the shi’a safauid empire in Persia
1520-66: Suleiman “the magnificent”
1571: the ottomans were defeated at sea
1580: a peace treaty confirmed the boundaries of the Mediterranean
Ottoman Empire, 1300-1700 cont.
1600: the ottoman empire rose the same time Spain and Portugal did in western
Europe, Constantinople was rebuilt into a capital city and it became the largest city
in Europe
1606: battles on land continued until the peace treaty was confirmed
1683: last attempt to seize Vienna failed
1682-1725: Russia had built a military power under peter the great
1700s: the ottomans once again brought in western Europe experts to retrain their
military
Mid- 1700s: pushed the ottomans back
1762-96: Catherine “the great”
Mughal empire 1526-1707
major events and turning points
• 1568: siege of chitor massacre at 30,000
• 1572-1573: conquered Gujarat, gained control of cotton and indigo and
commercial network
• They conquered Bengal: gained rice, silk, and saltpeter resources
• Conquered Kashmir, Orissa, Sind: each bout new riches.
• Conciliation with Hindus: allowed them to keep their ancestral land, and offered
them roles in his government and armies.
Abul-Fazl
presenting his
book of the
Akbarnama
to Akbar.
Akbar
the
Great
A map of the Ottoman Empire.