Student’s Name: _______________________________ Period: ________
Muslim Expansion & Asian Isolation
Essential Question:
Lesson Summary Questions – Using your textbook, notes, and graphic
organizers, complete the critical thinking questions below.
1. What were the primary causes of Cultural Blending in the Muslim world?
(Pg 512 and Class notes)
2. What four key accomplishments caused historians to grant Suleyman I
the title of Suleyman the Magnificent? (Pgs 510-511 and Class notes)
3. How were Sultan Suleyman and Shah’s Abbas and Akbar all similar?
(Pgs 510-511, 514-515, 517-518, Class notes and Critical thinking)
4. What happened to the Ottoman, Safavid and Mughal empires after the
death of their great rulers? (Pgs 511, 515, 521 and Class notes)
5. What impression about China did people from the lands of Africa. India,
& Asia probably develop when observing the great fleets of Zheng He?
(Pg 537, Class notes and Critical thinking)
6. What three key ideologies motivated the Chinese to maintain isolation
and avoid western trade and industrialization? (Pg 537 and Class notes)
7.
What are some historical examples of Cultural Blending between the
Asian cultures of China, Persia and India? (Pg 513 and Class notes)
Student’s Name: _______________________________ Period: ________
The Muslim World Expands
Essential Question: How can contact between different cultures cause
both Cultural Blending and Cultural Isolation?
The Expansion Timeline – Using the reading in your textbook (Chapter 18, Section 13, Pages 507 - 521) complete the timeline below.
ANCIENT TERRITORIES OF MODERN
IRAN, AFGHANISTAN, PAKISTAN, & INDIA
(Pgs 507-511)
OTTOMAN TURKS
1300-1326 C.E.
In 1361 C.E.
In 1402 C.E.
1451 - 1453 C.E.
Conqueror from
Samarkand Attacks
NOMADIC
WARRIRORS
DESTROYED DELHI
(Ancient Indian Capital)
NEW MUSLIM EMPIRES EMERGED
(Pgs 512-515)
SAFAVID EMPIRE
In 1512 C.E.
1398 C.E.
(Pgs 516-523)
MUGHAL EMPIRE
In 1499 C.E.
In 1494 C.E.
1499 – 1514 C.E.
1494 - 1526 C.E.
Student’s Name: _______________________________ Period: ________
The Muslim World Expands
Essential Question: How can contact between different cultures cause
both Cultural Blending and Cultural Isolation?
(Pgs 507-511)
(Pgs 512-515)
(Pgs 516-523)
OTTOMAN TURKS
SAFAVID EMPIRE
MUGHAL EMPIRE
In 1514 C.E.
1500 – 1514 CE
1500 – 1523 CE
Isma’il, now a Religious
tyrant, orders all Sunni
Muslims to be
executed.
Babur builds a large
army to take control of
the Indus Valley
and Deccan Plateau
By 1526 C.E.
Victory In 1526 C.E.
1519 C.E.
Selim the Grim
Captures Muslim
Holy Cities of
Mecca & Medina
In 1520 C.E.
In 1526 C.E.
Tahmasp, Ishma’il’s
Son, expands the
Safavid Empire
In 1566 C.E.
In 1587 C.E.
1556 - 1605 C.E.
Selim II
Inherited the Throne
after Suleyman’s death
PERIOD OF CULTURAL FLOWERING ACROSS THE MUSLIM WORLD
Empire Declines
Slowly after the death
of the Last Great Sultan
Empire Declines
Quickly after the death
of the Last Great Shah
Empire Declines &
Decays after the death
of the Last Great Shah
Student’s Name: _______________________________ Period: ________
The Isolation of East Asia
Essential Question: How can contact between different cultures cause
both Cultural Blending and Cultural Isolation?
East Asia Isolation Timeline – Using the reading in your textbook (Chapter 19,
Sections 2-3, Pages 536-547) complete the timeline below.
(Pgs 536-541)
CHINA
(Pgs 542-547)
JAPAN
1279 – 1368 C.E.
1165 – 1467 C.E.
MONGOLS RULE
FEUDAL PERIOD
1368 C.E.
1467 C.E.
1368 – 1644 C.E.
1467 - 1568 C.E.
1405 - 1433 C.E.
1543 – 1549 C.E.
1500’s C.E.
1549 - 1600 C.E.
1636 C.E.
1568 - 1598 C.E.
1644 - 1661 C.E.
1600 - 1616 C.E.
1661 – 1800’s C.E.
By 1639 C.E.
Student’s Name: _______________________________ Period: ________
The Golden Age of Islam
Essential Question: How can contact between different cultures cause
both Cultural Blending and Cultural Isolation?
Golden Age of Islam Facts – Using the reading in your textbook (Chapter 18,
Section 1-2, Pages 511-512 and 515) complete the facts below.
(Pgs 511-512)
WHAT ARE THE
PRIMARY CAUSES OF
CULTURAL BLENDING?
1.
2.
3.
4.
SOME KEY RESULTS OF CULTURAL BLENDING IN ASIA
LANGUAGE
RELIGION
ART
CHINA
& JAPAN
INDIA TO
EAST ASIA
CHINA TO THE
SAFAVIDS
EXAMPLES OF CULTURAL FLOWERING IN THE MUSLIM EMPIRES
THE OTTOMAN EMPIRE UNDER
SULEYMAN THE MAGNIFICANT
THE SAFAVIDS UNDER SHAH
ABBAS THE GREAT
Cultural Flowing of Education
Cultural Flowering of Safavid Arts
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
7.