Ottoman Sultans
Who is Mehmet II Fatih?
The Ottoman sultans lived at this site near the Aya Sofya for nearly 400 years.
What is Topkapi Palace?
This battle in the spring of 1453 resulted in the Ottomans conquering their final capital.
What is the Conquest of Constantinople?
He was a famous architect who designed over 80 mosques during the 1500s. Among his most famous are the Sulaymaniyya in Istanbul, and the Selimiyya in Edirne.
Who is Mimar Sinan?
This city became the capital of the Ottoman Empire following its conquest in 1453.
What is Istanbul or Constantinople?
He gave his name to the Ottoman dynasty (and his father was a famous Turkish film star).
Who is Osman I?
What is the Sulaymaniyya?
This battle, fought in 1389, resulted in the Kingdom of Serbia becoming an Ottoman vassal.
What is the Battle of Kosovo?
This Islamic art involves writing beautifully in the Arabic alphabet using a reed pen and special pigments and inks.
What is calligraphy?
Also called "Asia Minor," this area forms the majority of the modern Turkish Republic.
What is Anatolia?
His nickname means, "Thunderbolt."
Who is Bayezid I?
This battle, which occurred in July of 1402, took place when Timur invaded Anatolia.
What is the Battle of Ankara?
This famous Turkish art form, also called "marbling," involves mixing colors in oily water and transferring it to paper.
What is ebru?
This country in North Africa was conquered by Selim II in 1517. It was the main region of the former Mamluk Sultanate.
What is Egypt?
He conquered the Mamluk Sultanate in 1517, and nearly doubled the size of the Ottoman Empire in the process.
Who is Selim I?
This mosque, which we visited on a trip, is famous for its distinctly colored tiles.
What is Yesil Camii?
Mehmed Fatih called his father Murad II back from his retirement to fight crusaders from Hungary and Poland in this Bulgarian seaside town in 1444.
What is the Battle of Varna?
The most famous of these come from Iznik, where artisans use beautiful floral patterns. Builders use it to decorate walls and homes.
What are tiles?
This island of the coast of Analtolia housed the pesky knights. Suleyman conquered the island soon after becoming sultan.
What is Rhodes?
He died in the Battle of Kosovo in 1389, and part of him is buried in Kosovo today.
The mosque, built for a wife of Sultan Selim II, was designed by Mimar Sinan and included a madrasa, guest rooms, and a double caravansary.
What is Valide Atik Camii?
This famous sea battle, fought off the coast of Greece in 1571, marked a major defeat for the Ottomans against the Holy League led by Venice and Spain.
What is the Battle of Lepanto?
This Turkish art form involves cutting paper into very fine shapes, and layering the shapes to create designs.
What is kati?
This country was defeated by Murad I in the famous Battle of Kosovo in 1389.
What is Serbia?