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I woke up this morning under the impression I would go to work and have a normal boring day at work. I grabbed my history journal and novelty star wars pen and forced myself to walk out of the door and leave my house, then as soon as I left my apartment the hall began to spin. I was then transported to a strange, barren, desert like field. I could tell I wasn’t in 2016 anymore. The terrain was noticeable it was in Iraq, where there was an ongoing battle between what looked like the Ottoman Empire and Safavid Brotherhood (Shahbaz). I soon realized this was my chance to witness history first hand and began this diary.
1501 AD
Battles raged on between the Ottoman Empire and religious group Safavid Empire. Ismail I was leading the Safavid Brotherhood. Ismail I control much of Iran and expanded his empire to parts of modern day Georgia and Turkey (Safavid Empire). He named the religion of the soon Safavid Empire, Shi’ism. Which was disturbing to neighboring civilizations. He was thought to be the rightful head of the Muslims. This is the reason for conflicts with the Ottoman Empire, because they seized control of the Islamic religion. In the year of 1514 AD Shah Ismail I was defeated by the Ottoman Sultan Selim I, which was his Sunni rival (Ismail I).
January 19, 1629 AD
Today was a mourningful day in Safavid Empire history. Shah
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Abbas I, the greatest emperor in their history died. He took the throne when he was 16 and from then boasted the empire's military, trade, and government. His mother and brother were killed by the different factions of the Qizilbash Army. His army was divided when he took control, and rival empires were conquering his land. Soon after he regained control of his military, he took back his conquered provinces and executed his mother’s and brother’s killers. After this he established relationships with European forces to keep the Ottoman Empire under control. He encouraged philosophy and respected religious figures making the empire the strongest it had ever been. He also took advantage of the empires geography and exploited the use of trade routes to boost the economy (Shahbaz). December 31, 1632 AD On this day Shah Abbas II was born. He soon took power ten years after and had a very successful reign. During his time as Shah he exercised peace and had no external conflicts with the Ottoman empire. His reign was short but very important to the success of the empire. He contributed to the heightened glory of the Safavid Empire. When he died , Iran took a big blow to the social structure. Soon after began the decline of the empire. His reign ended in 1666 AD, which then led way for the last ruler of the Empire (Shahbaz). From this point on Shah Sultan Hussein took power of the empire. He was regarded as the most incompetent ruler and cause of the downfall and eventual extermination of the empire (Shahbaz). 1700 AD From this point on the Safavid Empire became corrupted.
The bureaucracy became corrupt because officials began ignore the laws. Since the officials were ignoring laws peasants felt enraged, and began peasant revolts. These revolts added onto rival empires threatening to take land became unbearable for Sultan Hussein. The military was not cooperating and wouldn't make changes that could limit their power (Kramer). This soon resulted in the assassination of the Shah. After the Shah the empire completed its dynasty. No one knows for sure when the empire ended but around the time of 1724 AD the government was abolished (Safavid
Empire). That was the last entry in my unexpected time traveling back in time. Soon after the end of the empire i was transported back. This time the whirring sound was louder and more intense. I recognized I was in my hall, however nothing was the same. I bolted towards the window and noticed holographic models of the Shah Ismail I, but that is for another journal.
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The Ottoman Empire were Muslims and included Hungary, Syria, Egypt, Bulgaria, and Albania, and they marched on land. The Ottoman Empire is said to have first appeared somewhere around the 1300’s, and can be related to the decline of the Byzantine Empire. They began conquering Christian lands and by the late 1600’s all Christians were afraid of the “terrible Turk”. It is no wonder that many other people were afraid of the Ottoman Empire since they seem to be really rather powerful and they conquered a lot of land. It was in the 1330’s when the Morroccan Abu Abdallah Ibn Battuta passed through Constantinople and became impressed with the Ottomans who seemed to be gaining power rather quickly, he noticed that they had close to 100 forts and
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