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    The Battle of Gallipoli involves many different aspects‚ including what the Ottoman Empire entailed‚ the naval and infantry attack on the Ottoman Empire‚ and the creation of Turkey as a country. Life under Ottoman rule had its good and bads. “The Ottomans had a complex society with a lavish court and a strong army”(Esposito). The country was very rich and had strong army that could compete with some of the most powerful countries in the world. People might have felt safe from other countries

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    Kurdish Notables and the Ottoman State by Hakan Özoğlu Review by: Buşra Özdemir‚ 211553806 Published by State Univ of New York (February 2004) Series: Suny Series in Middle Eastern Studies Hardcover: 192 pages Rise of Kurdish Nationalism This book examines the issue in the context of Ottoman Empire. It focuses primarily on understanding the social‚ political‚ and historical forces behind the emergence and development of Kurdish nationalism in the Ottoman context which it was born. Also‚ this

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    numbers are provided. 1. What post-Mongol Muslim empire lasted the longest? P.485 2. In 1453‚ what city and empire did the Ottoman Empire attack? P.486 3. With what Italian city-state did the Ottomans fight a prolonged war? What was the outcome of that war? p.486 4. What was the court language of the Ottoman Empire called? P.490 5. What was the askeri and raya? P.490 6. Describe the “balanced” military of the Ottomans. P.490 7. What became the primary religion in the

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    At the head of the Ottoman Empire was the sultan‚ as they are called Islamic rulers who helped him viziers‚ ministers responsible for government tasks; While the rest of the population‚ a privileged group played government positions in the capital of the Empire one of its provinces‚ in the military or as a religious minister and others in various activities such as agriculture‚ livestock and trade. As cultural diversity Ottoman Empire (population up by pardons from different cultures‚ who speak several

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    The struggle between Greece and the Ottoman Empire can be dated back to the fifteenth century. The Ottoman Empire found itself fragile after the Napoleonic Wars of the 19th century‚ giving Greece an advantage to gain their independence from the Turkish Muslims. Nationalistic fervor spread among the Greek population‚ strengthening their will to overcome the rule of the Ottomans. From such tension rose a great war among the Greeks and the Ottomans‚ with the intervention of France‚ Russia‚ and Great

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    greatly throughout the centuries. The most successful empires were able to expand and exert their dominance through tactics that had not been utilized in previous empires. While the Umayyad and Safavid empires were powerful‚ the Ottoman and Mongol Empires became two of the strongest empires in the Middle East and Central Asia due to their inclusion of minorities‚ powerful tactics‚ and expansion through military force and trade. The Ottoman Empire lasted for more than four centuries (1299-1922)‚ and

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    Suleiman the First‚ was the 10th Sultan of the Ottoman Empire‚ who first came to a leadership position as a prince at the age of 17 as a governor. Suleiman was well known throughout Europe and the Ottoman empire as “Suleiman the Magnificent” as well as “Suleiman the Lawgiver” for all the accomplishments he achieved as sultan. In Ottoman Empire‚ all people are considered slaves beneath the sultan‚ not in a derogative way as one nowadays would think but in a cultural and religious aspect. Lybyer (1913)

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    Empire is generally defined as a group of nations or states that are controlled by someone with a significant power (Wikipedia‚ n.d.). In another words‚ an empire is established when a state has absolute control over other different states (Crabben‚ 2009). Some ancient empires were stronger than others. Three important aspects that make up a strong empire are military power‚ expansion of colonial rule and the economy. British and Ottoman Empires were two examples of the great empires in the past

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    The Ottoman Empire reached its top supremacy during the 16th century wherein its scope of power stretched to parts of Central and Southeastern Europe and to the desserts of the Middle East. The empire is known to have established a very strong‚ organized and effective form of government over its people with the Sultan holding the highest in power and was considered as the supreme ruler. The Sultan also ruled the lands and provinces of the empire and over its government officials and executed decisions

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    OTTOMAN EMPIRE: Devshirme: Every 2 years or so‚ young Christians were taken and trained and converted to Islam. They would either be janissaries (foot soldiers) but ones with “intellectual promise” went to work in the government. Many became powerful. Some were slaves? Because the enslavement of the Muslims was not allowed. The power was NOT hereditary (like the Chinese). So the sultan surrounded himself with people who did not have families. Millet System: Each religion had their own leader -Kept

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