Ottoman+Empire


 * CHART: CHARACTERISTICS OF Ottoman Empire **

** NAME: Matthew Mrozek PERIOD: __DATE:__ **

· ** Leaders, Elites ** · ** State Structure ** · ** War ** · ** Diplomacy, Treaties ** · **Courts, Laws** || ** 14th cent.-early 20th cent. Empire ruled by Sultans-Suleiman ** ** Janissaries-elite soldiers trained from childhood, were powerful force, but overthrew several sultans and hurt the empire ** ** Also had huge, powerful navy ** ** Fought with Venice, Christians, and were stopped at Vienna, Austria-also fought Safavid Empire (Persians) ** || · ** Type of System ** · ** Technology, Industry ** · ** Trade, Commerce ** · ** Capital/Money ** · **Types of Businesses** || ** Traded with other Muslims and Christians-center of the trade world was Constantinople ** ** Traded animal products for goods from Russia, Europe ** ** Heavy government regulation of trade ** ** Technology-Ottomans used gunpowder extensively ** ** also luke puglisi was the gayest in the country ** || · ** Holy Books ** · ** Beliefs, Teachings ** · ** Conversion ** · ** Sin/Salvation ** · **Deities** || ** Sunni Muslims-overall religiously tolerant of Christians and Jews ** ** Converted many Byzantine Christians after capturing Constantinople in 1453 ** ** Empire served as protector of Islam ** || · ** Family ** · ** Gender Relations ** · ** Social Classes ** · ** Inequalities ** · **Life Styles** || ** Devshirme-forced collection of young Christians to become Janissaries, which was hard but offered social mobility ** ** Treated women better than most ** ** Islam influenced society and relations ** ** Everyone learned a trade or worked, even the Sultan ** || · ** Art, Music ** · ** Writing, Literature ** · ** Philosophy ** · ** Math & Science ** · **Education** || ** Similar to Persian culture-poetry, painting, traditions ** ** Muslim culture didn’t produce much art though ** ** Offered great education for Janissary, what many considered the best in the world ** || · ** Location ** · ** Physical ** · ** Movement ** · ** Human/Environment ** · **Region** || ** Covered Turkey, the Balkan peninsula, Mesopotamia, Israel, Syria, Lebanon, portions of North Africa and Arabia ** ** Highlands, steppes, mountainous areas-Touched Red Sea, Mediterranean, Black Sea, and Persian Gulf ** ** Turkic herdsman and farmers-a mixture of Central Asia and more structured Byzantine Empire ** ||
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