Vocab
An elite soldier in the ottoman guard
Janissary
The founder
Osman
Mehemd II destroyed the Byzantine empire by
capturing Constantinople and gained control of an important trade route between Europe and Asia
Led to struggles over succession
The hereditary nature of the position
I help administer the Islam schools and law
Ulema
Empires formed by outside conquerors throughout the mastery of firearms
Gun Powder Empire
The conqueror
Mehemet II
The Ottoman Empire reached it height under
Suleyman I
The subjects of the Ottoman Empire were divided according to four main occupational groups
Peasants, artisan, merchants, and pastoral people
used in Persia and Iran
Shah-King
Sultans chief minister in Ottoman Empire, led council meetings
Grand Vizier
Suleyman
Conquered Constantinople (which was lated renamed Istanbul) after a 52-day siege
Mehemed II
The ottomans generally
afforded more rights to women than other muslim societies
Political disorder, lawlessness
Anarchy
Group of religious advisors to the Sultan, administered legal system and schools for educating Muslims
Ulema
The ottomans use of what helped them expand their empire
firearms and elite guard, called janissaries
How did the Ottomans conquer Constantinople and the Byzantine Empire?
Controlled the Bosporus and the Dardanelles- Strats that link the Black Sea and the Aegean Sea.
I was born a christian but converted to Islam and became one of the Sultan's elite guard
Janissary
The Ottoman Empire reached its height under Suleyman I, who
doubled the sized of the empire and enforced a just government
Suleyman was called "the Lawgivier" because
he organized the system of laws in the empire
In 1453, the ottomans were led by
Mehemed II
A supreme leader that ruled the Ottoman Empire
Sultan
I collect taxes and maintain law in a region you call the Balkans
Pasha
The ottoman economy began to decline due to
a trade imbalance with Europe