Early Modern Europe

Map of Europe in 1500, showing the major national

boundaries.

Map of Europe in 1500, showing the major national boundaries

Who were the Ottomans?
Rise of the Ottomans
Expansion of the Ottoman Realm
Who were the Safavids?
Ak-Koyunlus, c.1370-1500
Safavid Empire under Shah Abbas I
Who were the Mughals?
Mughal Empire, c.16th-18th centuries
 Taj Mahal

It’s a mausoleum complex in Agra, western Uttar Pradesh state, northern India. The Taj Mahal was built by the Mughal
emperor Shah Jahān (reigned 1628–58) to immortalize his wife Mumtaz Mahal (“Chosen One of the Palace”), who died in
childbirth in 1631, having been the emperor’s inseparable companion since their marriage in 1612. (Britannica)
Russian Empire
 Ivan the Terrible
• born August 25, 1530—died March 18, 1584
• grand prince of Moscow (1533–84) and the
first to be proclaimed tsar of Russia (from
1547).
• His reign saw the completion of the
construction of a centrally administered
Russian state and the creation of an empire
that included non-Slav states.
• Ivan engaged in prolonged and largely
unsuccessful wars against Sweden and
Poland, and, in seeking to impose military
discipline and a centralized administration,
he instituted a reign of terror against the
hereditary nobility. (Britannica)