Renaissance
These is the idea of going forward by going back to original classical sources to understand human condition
What is humanism?
In this system, Christian boys were conscripted, converted to Islam, and trained to become either elite soldiers or bureaucrats loyal to the sultan.
What is the devshirme system?
This religious group saw the fall of Constantinople and the byzantine empire as a tragedy.
What is Christianity?
This art featuring death leading people to their graves, symbolized both the universality and imminence of death.
What is the Danse Macabre (Dance of Death)?
This artistic innovation, reintroduced during the Renaissance, transformed painting by creating a sense of depth and realism.
What is perspective?
This elite corps of soldiers, trained through the devshirme system, served the Ottoman sultan.
Who are the Janissaries?
This title signified the Ottoman sultan's role as both a political and religious leader, blending Islamic authority with governance.
What is "Shadow of God on Earth"?
In response to the plague, these individuals paraded through towns, whipping themselves in penance to seek God's forgiveness.
Who are the flagellants?
The rivalries between these fueled the Renaissance.
What are Italian city-states?
This ornate palace in Istanbul served as the command post of the Ottoman Empire and home for the sultan.
What is Topkapi Palace?
In 1453, this Ottoman sultan led a 40-day siege to conquer Constantinople, marking the fall of the Byzantine Empire.
Who is Mehmed the Conqueror?
The Black Death spread rapidly across Afro-Eurasia due to interconnections established by this nomadic empire.
What is the Mongol Empire?
This is how renaissance painters thought of the Middle Ages.
What is Barbaric, ignorant?
In the Ottoman Empire, this mystic form of Islam coexisted with orthodox Islamic law.
What is Sufism?
The heart of the Ottoman Empire was strategically located between Europe and Asia on this vital waterway.
What is the Bosphorus Strait?
This is why India escaped significant effects of the Black Death.
What is it was not under Mongol rule?
Renaissance thinkers learned these two languages to go back to the original texts?
What are classical latin and ancient greek?
The Ottoman Empire allowed for regional autonomy and maintained tolerance for diversity in these three areas.
What are language, culture, and religion?
This is the religion of the rulers of the Ottoman Empire.
What is Sunni Islam?
The Black Death inspired these two contradictory urges to cope with the imminentness of death.
What are penitence and hedonism?