Timeline
Who founded a small kingdom in Anatolia around the year 1300?
Osman founded it.
What city did Mehmed II capture and rename Istanbul in 1453?
He captured Constantinople.
What two empires had faded or fallen around 1300, allowing Turks to settle in Anatolia?
The Byzantine and Seljuk Empires
This sultan is credited with winning control over the empire.
Mehmed I
In what year did Suleyman take power?
What did the Ottomans use to expand after Osman’s death?
They used gunpowder and formed alliance.
What five regions did Selim the Grim conquer between 1514 and 1517?
He conquered Persia, Syria, Palestine, Arabia, and Egypt.
What were Muslim warriors for Islam called?
They were called ghazis
In what year did Mehmed II take power?
1451
For how many years did Suleyman rule?
46 years
Who defeated the Ottomans and captured the sultan in 1402?
Timur the Lame did.
Who ruled the Ottoman Empire during its peak from 1520 to 1566?
Suleyman the Lawgiver ruled during that time.
Who was considered the greatest ghazi of all time?
Osman was
Mehmed II built a force of how many soldiers?
100,000
Besides his military achievements, Suleyman is also recognized for what aspect of government?
Highly structured government
When did Mehmed II become sultan?
He became sultan in 1451.
When did the slow decline of the Ottoman Empire begin?
It began in the late 1500s and 1600s.
What technology did the Turks use to conquer?
They used gunpowder
This city was taken control of by Mehmed II and subsequently renamed Istanbul.
Constantinople
The slide mentions that artists looked towards which two regions for inspiration during Suleyman's rule?
Persia and Arabia
What were Osman’s followers called?
They were called Ottomans.
What name did Mehmed II give to Constantinople?
He renamed it Istanbul.
What two groups did the Ottomans rule over?
They ruled over Muslims and non-Muslims
What did the next three sultans after Mehmed II achieve for the Ottoman Empire?
Made the Ottoman Empire the greatest it had been
According to the slide, what happened after Suleyman that eventually led to the ruin of the Ottoman Empire?
A long line of weak sultans were created