Muslim Empires Online Assignment
In two stages, you will study early empires of the Muslim world
Stage 1: Umayyad and
Abbasid
Background Movies
o As you read the documents, highlight passages that support the focus question
o In the comment section, explain how the document supports the question
o Click on which side of the focus question that comment supports
**Remember**--you should not make a judgment until you’ve read all the documents, so look for support for each side of the focus question.
When you are done, click here for wrap-up thoughts and questions
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- User Name: RCOEstudent; NO PASSWORD IS NEEDED
- QL #: 1223
Background Movies
- Watch the Background movies and fill in the notes to the right.
- You may watch the videos as many times as you need to get all of the information.
- Remember to keep the focus question in mind as you watch the videos.
- Watch the video “Learn how to analyze a document”
- Click on each document
o As you read the documents, highlight passages that support the focus question
o In the comment section, explain how the document supports the question
o Click on which side of the focus question that comment supports
**Remember**--you should not make a judgment until you’ve read all the documents, so look for support for each side of the focus question.
- When you have finished, click on “Save Print Send” to create a PDF. Save your document and then print it to turn in.
When you are done, click here for wrap-up thoughts and questions
Stage 2: The Ottomans, Safavids,
& Mughals
Background Information
Use the links below to answer the background information quesitons.
2. What weaknesses were common to all of the Muslim empires?
3. What were the differences and similarities in the social and economic organization of the Ottomans, Safavids, and the Mughals?
4. What were the reasons and/or causes of in the declines of each of the empires?
Mughal Empire:
Ottoman Empire:
Safavid Empire:
Background Information
Use the links below to answer the background information quesitons.
- Mughal Empire
- History of Iran - Safavid
- Mughal Empire - BBC
- Ottoman Empire - BBC
- Ottoman Khalifa
- The Rise of the Turks
- Maps for the Safavid Empire
- PBS: Mughal Empire
2. What weaknesses were common to all of the Muslim empires?
3. What were the differences and similarities in the social and economic organization of the Ottomans, Safavids, and the Mughals?
4. What were the reasons and/or causes of in the declines of each of the empires?
Mughal Empire:
- Use the History of Aurangzeb site and its links to Aurangzeb's religious policies to explain how a) he eroded the foundations of the empire laid by Akbar.
- Using the link for Akbar the Great, explain Akbar stance on religion. Based on his military conquests and domestic policies, would you consider him sucessful? Why or why not?
Ottoman Empire:
- Why does Suleiman the Magnificent deserve his status as a great legal reformer and administrator?
- How does the account of a European visitor summoned into her presence indicate that the wife of Suleiman was a formidable intelligence gatherer for her husband?
- What were the origins and impact of the career of Roxelana in the Ottoman Court?
- Why was the recruitment of troops from non-Muslim people considered a good idea?
- How did the Janissaries become more than merely a military institution?
- What is Lady Mantagu's opinion of Ottoman society and their attitudes towards medical preparations? What is her opinion of Western doctors?
Safavid Empire:
- What was the title of the leaders of the Safavids?
- How did the use of art in the Safavid Empire differ from that of Renaissance Europe?
- What is Sufism?
- Why do you think the Sufi believe knowledge should come from teachers and not just books?
- How did Abbas I change the military in the empire? In what ways was this change unusual?
- What does secular mean?