Lesson 5 Flashcards
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Define Divan.
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An imperial council that advised the sultan in the Ottoman Empire.
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Define Osman.
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The Turkish Leader who founded the Ottoman Empire in the early a.d. 1300s.
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Define Suleyman I.
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The sultan of the Ottoman Empire from a.d. 1520 to 1566, who encouraged the arts and the organized a legal code.
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Define janissary.
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A member of an elite fighting force of the Ottoman Empire, made up mainly of slaves.
