Ottoman Empire Flashcards
sultan’s army drafted boys from conquered towns. they boys were educated, converted to Islam, and trained.
devshirme system
who burned down present day Baghdad, crushed the Ottoman forces, and halted Ottoman expansion
Timur the Lame
What caused the decline of the Ottoman and Safavid Empires?
Suleyman, the leader of the Ottoman, and Abbas, the leader of the Savafid, both made the same mistake: they both killed their ablest sons and let the incompetent sons take the throne, which lead to a long line of weak leaders. this happenned faster in the safavid.
How were the Sikhs affected by the Moghol empire?
the Sikhs became the brotherhood of worriers, they built a state in northeast india, taxes were levied in order to pay for the wars,
What what is the impact of Timur the Lame?
Timur the Lame halted the rise of the Ottoman empire, he burned the powerful city of Baghdad i Iraq, he crushed the ottoman forces at the battle of Ankara, the defeat is what caused the halt in the expansion of the ottoman empire
