Question

What was the Safavid Empire known for?

A.
a new set of laws for the empire

B.
a grand and well-planned capital at Isfahan

C.
a magnificent domed mausoleum called the Taj Mahal

Answer 1

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Answer 2

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Answer 3

■A militant Islamic Sufi order, the Safavids, appeared among Turkish speaking people of west of the Caspian Sea, at Ardabil. The Safavid order survived the invasion of Timur to that part of the Iran in the late 13th century.
■It broke away from the Ottoman Empire, creating a schism among Muslims.
■By 1500 the Safavids had adopted the Shi’a branch of Islam and were eager to advance Shi’ism by military means.
■It covered all of Iran, and parts of Turkey and Georgia. Safavid’s power over various tribes (Kurds, Arabs, Turkmans and Baluchis) was not strong enough to consolidate an absolute supremacy. However, the Safavids laid claim to authority over all that had been Persia.
■Turkish language was spoken at Shah Esma’il’s court, but having adopted Persian as official language and much of Persian culture the Safavids were mistakenly thought by outsiders to be Persian, but they were truly Iranian with a unifying spirit.
■The Safavid Empire was a theocracy. The state religion was Shi’a Islam. It enforced Shiaism within its boundaries and coerced all the Sunnis into converting to Shiaism.
■All other religions, and forms of Islam were suppressed. Shi’ism became the state religion, Esma’il ignored the Sunni branch of Islam and tried to force people to become Shi’a.
■Shah Esma’il described himself as a descendant, of the Prophet Mohammad with royal Sassanian blood.
■He controlled power not by calling himself the representative of the Hidden Imam, but by claiming to be the Hidden Imam himself (later he would claim divinity).
■The Empire’s economic strength came from its location on the trade routes.
■The Empire made Iran a centre of art, architecture, poetry and philosophy.
■The capital, Isfahan, is one of the most beautiful cities in the world
■The key figures in the Empire were: Isma’il I Abbas I.
■It weakened the Ottoman and Mughal Empires by constant warfare with them.
■The Empire declined when it became complacent and corrupt.
■The most direct reason for the fall of the Safavids was religious persecution. The Shi’ite ulama enforced Shi’ism ruthlessly and actively stirred up animosity against Sunnis. This produced a series of revolts, especially among the Sunni tribes in Afghanistan.

Answer 4

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Answer 5

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Answer 6

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Answer 7

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Answer 8

i think b

Answer 9

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Answer 10

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Answer 11

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Answer 12

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