Ottoman Empire Dbq Essay

From 1520 to 1566 in eastern Anatolia when he died Suleiman I the Magnificent had changed the Empire immensely. The sons of Suleiman, who ruled the Ottoman Empire who once were able to call each other brothers, now call each other traitors because each son was consumed by greed and an obsession for power now that their father is out of throne and only one may rise up to the hierarchy. They each had plans to skyrocket the empire in their own very different ways. And so no matter who became the next Sultan, despite making enemies every time the Ottomans had expanded, the Ottomans kept their empire well unified because they had a very robust army, and the Golden Age aided in legitimacy and loyalty towards Suleiman I.
The Ottomans used very tactical
The golden age definitely had an impact on the women of the empire as well. “Women did not have as much access to public power as men. However, women in elite households, especially the sultan’s household, could be extremely powerful political actors. In addition, women could hold property, conduct business, and defend their interests in Islamic courts” (Harvard University Center for Middle Eastern Studies, The Outreach Center). The power that women acquired in the golden age made them not close to power as men, but equal. Women didn’t have that much power, to begin with, but wherever they did, they became really powerful. So the Ottomans didn’t have any discrimination towards women or anyone for that matter. The Ottoman Empire tolerated much of the minorities, although there was some social discrimination. For example, when the Jews were expelled from Spain in 1492, many were welcomed and resettled in the Ottoman Empire. “The Empire’s subjects came from many different ethnic and religious groups. Non-Muslim religious groups were called millets and had a certain amount of internal autonomy in regulating their own economic, social, and legal affairs” (Harvard University Center for Middle Eastern Studies, The Outreach Center). They accept anyone and everyone and any religion. Meaning, they don't convert others nor force them to follow what they