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Persia- Basically Iran- Great central plateauo Invaders tend to come from the world of as step-grassy plainso They were invaded around 1000b.c.- Invaders and passers-through- o C 100 AD  Seljuks- Turkish Muslims (sunni)o Move through on way west to foundo Seljuke empireo C.1200ad Mongols Part of which spreads from Mongolia to far east as far west as Russia- Kahnateso Persian khanates= IlKhanate Subordinate khanates Ilkhan- 1300 AD- Mongol empire 1200-1300’so Ghazan Interested in building a stable state with flourishing economy Cut taxes on bulk of populationo Ghazan converts to Shiite islam  Tried to unify country via shiism- After Ghazan Persia gradually fell back into pitty kingdoms until united briefly by a Turkie ruler o Timur the Lame (Tamerlane) C.1400-but fades after Timur’s death- But shiism survivo Safi Al-Din Sufi mystic and a major figure in Persian shiism C.1500 Ismail (1st)- Founds o Safavid dynasty Bring together Turkie tribes and Persians 3 sources of power- Tribesmen=soldiers (Kizilbas)- 2 Persian educated class for administrators- Shiism to unite country C.1600 Shah Abbas- “Greatest period for short amount of time”- Built up militaryo Independent of tribeso Based on gun powdero With European advisors- Also worked to build economy through native exportso Carpetso porcelaino Metal goodso Silk- With death of Abbas, Safavids begin to fade and we move on to INDIA through Afghanistan C.1500o Barbur- Turkic invader of Afghanistan  Has plans for northwest India Invades north west India and founds Mughal Dynasty and Mughal Empire Will have power from c.1500-1750 AD in India Passed on control to sono Humayun Lost a deal of territory to an afghan revolt but son Akbarregained territory and much moreo Akbar Inclusive Muslim in a Hindu land- Court includes every kind of religiono Administrators with 4 departments Army Finance Law/religion Royal household (includes infrastructure) Passes his throne to son, o Jahangir Continues Akbar’s policies Passes throne to his sono Jahan Who decides extending Mughal Empire has time for favorite wife Mumtaz Mahal He built her a taj mahal Son (younger of Jahan) o Aurangzeb Overthrows- Father- Older brother- And clamps down on other religions (strict Muslim)o Causing massive unrest After his death mid 1700’s fate of India passes to European hands India always full of things Europe wanted- Spices- Metal goods- Sugar- Cotton clotho Sillim=production methodo Europeans begin to try to control Indian trade from 1500 AD onwards- Portuguese (Goa colony on west coast)- Dutch- 1550- English-1620- French-1670- By 1800 the English dominate  3 part methodo Native soldiers Sepoyo Puppet princeso An increasingly large civil service So England controlled almost all of India from


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