Chapter 19 & 20 Flashcards
Who founded the Ottoman Dynasty in the late 13th century?
Osman Bey
The Ottomans organize the _____ people in _____ and begin to expand broadly from 1290-_____
Turkish, Anatolia, 1326
In _____ the Ottoman Turks capture ______ , the capital of the Byzantine Empire (Roman)
1453, Constantinople
When Constantinople became Istanbul, churches like the _____ were transformed into _____, though many Christian features remained
Hagia Sophia, mosques
When Constantinople became Istanbul, the Turks allowed everyone to practice whatever religion, as long as they paid a special _____
tax
Janissaries:
a soldier in the elite guard of the Ottoman sultan
_____ children would be take from their families at a young age and raised to be _____
Christian, Muslim warriors
Suleiman the Magnificent besieged _____ but was defeated by _____ and _____
Vienna, Austria and Poland
Suleiman the Magnificent attempted to control the _____, but _____ and _____ combined to defeat the Turks at the _____
Mediterranean, Spain and Venice, Battle of Lepanto
The sultans center of power was _____ in _____. It had _____ and was considered a ______, ______, and _____
Topkapi Palace in Istanbul, 4 courtyards, fortress, sanctuary, and shrine
Ottoman power: grand viziers
Ottoman sultan’s chief minister, usual a eunuch
Ottoman power: pasha
Appointed official of the Ottoman Empire who collected taxes, maintained law and order, and was directly responsible to the sultan
Ottoman power: gunpowder empire
An empire formed by outside conquerors who u odors the regions they control through their mastery of firearms
During the ottoman decline, the sultans became a _____ who was isolated in _____ palace. Instead, the _____ ran everything
Figurehead,Topkapi,grand viziers
A cause of the auto man decline was the _____ and the _____
Power struggle over succession between brothers on death of the sultan, decline of the Silk Road