The Safavid empire began with the reign of Shah Ismail, who claimed legitimacy to the throne by
A) killing off competitors from the Mughal royal families.
B) seizing the Peacock Throne.
C) tracing his ancestry back to a Sufi religious leader.
D) marrying the daughter of Süleyman the Magnificent.
E) tracing his ancestry back to Tamerlane.
Answer: C) tracing his ancestry back to a Sufi religious leader.
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A. stopping the Underground Railroad B. the concept of manifest destiny C. popular sovereignty D. maintaining supremacy in the U.S. Senate
Treaties with the Sioux and Nez Perces were broken when whites __________
A) wanted to build railroads through their lands B) found gold on their lands C) were massacred by Indian war bands D) began the Oklahoma Land Rush