The Ottomans and the Mongols Flashcards
What were Ghazis?
Warriors who fought to expand and protect the borders and influence of Islam
What was the Attack on Constantinople in 1204?
When European crusaders raided, ransacked, and demolished parts of the city
Who took the title of Sultan and expanded the Ottoman territory in to Europe?
Orhan I
The Orthodox Christians were allowed to practice their faith without interference as long as…
they paid a special tax (jizya) and recognized their status as Ottoman subjects
What was Timur’s goal when building his empire?
To rebuild the empire that Chinggis Khan had controlled
What was a Timar?
The right to collect taxes from merchants, farmers, and artisans in a certain geographical area
Who could hold Timars?
Members of the calvary, high ranking members of the Ottoman administrative and military elite
Define the era, Renaissance.
Means “rebirth” in French, and was a period of intellectual and artistic renewal inspired by cultural achievements of ancient Greece and Rome
What did the Renaissance mark?
Dawn of the early modern world
What is Empiricism?
Study of the world through direct observation
What is the Mamluk Senate?
Unique and administered and defended by educated elite formerly enslaved men
What were Mamluks?
Non-Muslim boys who were enslaved and primarily taken from Turkic tribes in central Asia and from Caucus and Eastern Europe and then converted to Islam and educated and were freed upon completing training
Who were Devohirme?
Ottoman agents who recruited Christian boys as part of the tax imposed on the European subjects
Who were Janissaries?
An elite infantry corps.
Who were the Burji?
A new mamaluk dynasty that came to power in the late 14th century where they were mainly of Circassian and georgian origin
