Check Your Understanding Questions
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Into what parts of the world did Muslim traders venture? What were the main trade routes they used?
2
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How did trade routes facilitate the spread of Islam into new areas?
3
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How did scientific discoveries and the development of new technologies facilitate the spread of Islamic empires and communities?
4
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How was ethnic and religious diversity treated in the Ottoman Empire?
5
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In Europe, Suleiman was known as the Magnificent, but in the empire, he was commonly known as the Lawgiver. Why might a poor Ottoman subject have considered Suleiman’s legal reforms a more important legacy?
6
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With what other empires and peoples did the Safavid’s goals of territorial expansion bring them into conflict?
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How was the role of trade reflected in the way the Safavid Empire was run?