Library Paper
Ashar Khan
The Age of Islam began all the way back to when Prophet Muhammad (pbuh) very got his revelations. This was known as the time of the Hijjra. After the passing of the Prophet (pbuh) Islam spread quickly throughout the Middle-East. Many tribes and clans got together and practiced this one religion. However, with this religion came disagreements. Such disagreements led to two different religious reforms known as Sunni and Shiia. We will later see how that impacted different empires. These Empires such as the Ottomans, Safavids, Mughals, and the Timurid became one of the most powerful Islamic forces in the world at that time. There were many important conquerors and events that stood out among the success that came with each Empires rule. The conqueror of Constantinople impacted the Ottoman Empire severely and it helped them rose to power.
The Constantinople was the gateway of Europe. This city was called the “Queen of Cities” in the Middle-Ages. The city was so important to Europe that they called the city the new Rome. For eight hundred years the city was the center of trade in Asia and Europe. After the clash with the Romans, Constantinople laid as a deserted and a helpless city in the middle of the growing Ottoman Empire. After many defeats the Ottoman Empire were determined to capture Constantinople under the rule of Mehmet the second. He was determined to ride into the city as its conqueror. By conquering this magnificent city, Mehmet the second would enrich the history of the Ottomans and mark one of the greatest conquests in the Ottoman history. Mehmet blockaded the city and cut of all the trading supplies that the city had. With a brilliant tactic, Mehmet brought his ships on lands and carried them across towards the city of the Constantinople. It was not for long till Constantinople was under the Ottoman’s Empire. Mehmet went straight to the great church and made it the mosque of Sofia. The conquest of Constantinople sent shockwaves throughout the world and showed other Muslim and non-Muslim empire the power of the Ottoman Empire. Due to the conquest, silk road closed, great trade route in the east was not controlled by Europeans no more and Europe turned away to search for a new route. The power of the Ottomans shined through Constantinople and the empire made its mark as one of the greatest Islamic empire the world has ever known.
The Battle of Chaldiran was also an important date for the Ottoman Empire because they met the great Safavid Empire and defeated them. Conflict started between the two empires when Selim 1 and Shah Isma’il had hateful remarks going back and forth on how the religion of Islam should be practiced. Of course Safavid were Shiia’s and believed that Ali should have been the successor after the prophet Muhammad (pbuh) while the Ottomans were Sunnis and believed the opposite.
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Library PaperAshar KhanThe Age of Islam began all the way.docx
1. Library Paper
Ashar Khan
The Age of Islam began all the way back to when Prophet
Muhammad (pbuh) very got his revelations. This was known as
the time of the Hijjra. After the passing of the Prophet (pbuh)
Islam spread quickly throughout the Middle-East. Many tribes
and clans got together and practiced this one religion. However,
with this religion came disagreements. Such disagreements led
to two different religious reforms known as Sunni and Shiia. We
will later see how that impacted different empires. These
Empires such as the Ottomans, Safavids, Mughals, and the
Timurid became one of the most powerful Islamic forces in the
world at that time. There were many important conquerors and
events that stood out among the success that came with each
Empires rule. The conqueror of Constantinople impacted the
Ottoman Empire severely and it helped them rose to power.
The Constantinople was the gateway of Europe. This city
was called the “Queen of Cities” in the Middle-Ages. The city
was so important to Europe that they called the city the new
Rome. For eight hundred years the city was the center of trade
in Asia and Europe. After the clash with the Romans,
Constantinople laid as a deserted and a helpless city in the
middle of the growing Ottoman Empire. After many defeats the
Ottoman Empire were determined to capture Constantinople
under the rule of Mehmet the second. He was determined to ride
into the city as its conqueror. By conquering this magnificent
city, Mehmet the second would enrich the history of the
Ottomans and mark one of the greatest conquests in the Ottoman
history. Mehmet blockaded the city and cut of all the trading
supplies that the city had. With a brilliant tactic, Mehmet
brought his ships on lands and carried them across towards the
city of the Constantinople. It was not for long till
Constantinople was under the Ottoman’s Empire. Mehmet went
2. straight to the great church and made it the mosque of Sofia.
The conquest of Constantinople sent shockwaves throughout the
world and showed other Muslim and non-Muslim empire the
power of the Ottoman Empire. Due to the conquest, silk road
closed, great trade route in the east was not controlled by
Europeans no more and Europe turned away to search for a new
route. The power of the Ottomans shined through
Constantinople and the empire made its mark as one of the
greatest Islamic empire the world has ever known.
The Battle of Chaldiran was also an important date for the
Ottoman Empire because they met the great Safavid Empire and
defeated them. Conflict started between the two empires when
Selim 1 and Shah Isma’il had hateful remarks going back and
forth on how the religion of Islam should be practiced. Of
course Safavid were Shiia’s and believed that Ali should have
been the successor after the prophet Muhammad (pbuh) while
the Ottomans were Sunnis and believed the opposite.
