Module 8 Vocab Lessons 4-5

A member of an elite force of soldiers in the Ottoman Empire

• Hoplite

• Janissary

• Legion

• Helot

Follower of Osman, the leader who founde a small Muslim state in Anatolia

• Janissary

• Atilah

• Ottoman

• Shah

Sultan of the Ottoman empire, strong miliary leader who conquered the Byzantine capital of Constantinople.

• Mehmed II

• Ottoman

• Safavid

• Shah Abbas

A member of a Shi'a Muslim dynasty that built an empire in Persia.

• Janissary

• Safavid

• Esfahan

• Sultan

Persian emperor whose military victories against the Ottomans and skilled administration brought about a golden age.

• Suleyman the Lawgiver

• Isma'il

• Shah Abbas

• Ghazi

Powerful leader who conquered Persia while still a young man; he became a religious tyrant and warred with the Ottomans.

• Sultan

• Janissary

• Shah Abbas

• Isma'il

A warrior for Islam

• Sultan

• Ghazi

• Timur the Lame

• Esfahan

Sultan of the Ottoman empire; he expanded it and took a large economic and political role in the affairs of Europe.

• Suleyman the Lawgiver

• Sultan

• Shah

• Isma'il

Rebellious warrior and conqueror from Samarkand who crushed the Ottoman forces at the battle of Ankara in 1402

• Janissary

• Shah

• Timur the Lame

• Sultan

Hereditary monarch of Islam

• Timur the Lame

• Sultan

• Mehmed II

• Shah