Ottoman Empire
What is the capital of the Ottoman Empire?
What is Istanbul (formerly Constantinople)?
Who was Sulieman the Magnificent?
What is the 10th Sultan of the Ottoman Empire?
This famous structure was rebuilt and extended during the Ming Dynasty.
This was the chief minister and highest-ranking official in the Ottoman government, serving directly under the Sultan.
What is a Grand Vizier?
What is a Sultan?
What is the title given to an Ottoman ruler?
Europeans called Suleiman by this name
What is "The Magnificent"?
Who had control over the Ming Dynasty in the 13th century?
Who are the Mongols?
These elite Ottoman military units were known for their loyalty and served as the Sultan's household troops and bodyguards.
What is a Janissary?
What religion did the Ottoman Empire practice?
What is Islam?
During Suleiman's reign, the Ottoman Empire reached its greatest territorial extent, spanning from North Africa to this region in Europe.
What is Hungary/Central Europe (or the Balkans)?
This Chinese concept claimed that a ruler's right to govern came from divine approval.
What is the Mandate of Heaven?
A period of great prosperity, cultural achievement, and power—like during Suleiman's reign in the Ottoman Empire.
What is a Golden Age?
The Ottoman Empire was primarily located on which two continents?
What is Europe and Asia (and Africa)?
Suleiman created this famous legal code that organized Ottoman law and became the foundation of Ottoman justice.
What is the Kanun (or Ottoman legal code)?
This is the repeating pattern of rise, peak, and fall that Chinese dynasties followed throughout history.
What is the Dynastic Cycle?
These vast, flat grasslands of Central Asia were home to nomadic peoples like the Mongols.
What is a Steppe?
In what year did the Ottomans conquer Constantinople?
What is 1453?
What age did Suleiman the Magnificent become Sultan?
What is 26 years old?
What year did the Ming Dynasty begin?
What is 1368?
A piece of land surrounded by water on three sides—like Anatolia, which was central to Ottoman territory.
What is a Peninsula?