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2. RISE OF THE OTTOMAN EMPIRE
 In the late thirteenth century, a
new Muslim empire rose led by
Osman I
 The land for the Ottoman Empire
was given to Osman I by Seljuk
F.Y.I.
This was for
driving the
Mongols out
OSMAN I

3. LIFE AS A MINORITY IN THE OTTOMAN EMPIRE…
 You were able to practice
your religion
 You were not required to
serve in the military
 Instead you paid a “head tax”
 You could have high level
jobs if you converted to Islam
 Minority communities ruled
themselves with a millet
 The millet then answered to the
ruling class
F.Y.I.
After you convert,
you could gain
power, even as high
as Grand Vizier,
second in command

4. GOVERNMENT
 The Sultan was the
supreme leader and
believed to be appointed by
God
 The Wealthy class formed
the Aristocracy
 The Average People
consist of both Muslims and
non-Muslims
 The lowest group is the
people not respected at all

5. MILITARY
 One of the strongest
and most feared
militaries of the time
 Extremely advanced
weapons
 People of other
religion who converted
were used in the
military
 Ottoman soldiers were
motivated by the fact
that this was a Jihad or
Holy War
F.Y.I
One of the most
feared fighting
groups, The
Janissaries,
were entirely
Christian
Converts
F.Y.I.
According to
Muslim beliefs if
you die for allah
you get 72
virgins in the
Afterlife

6. Constantine XI
 In 1453, Mehmet II laid
siege to one of the
greatest cities in
history
 Eighty thousand
ottomans against
seven thousand
defenders
 This marked the end of
the Byzantine Empire
and a high point in the
Ottoman empire
FALL OF CONSTANTINOPLE

7. ISLAM
 The Ottoman Empire
was unified by a similar
religion
 This limited any chance
of civil dispute
 It also gave the sultans
absolute power over the
people
 Islam gave many
ethnicities a
commonality

8. FALL OF THE OTTOMANS
 Under Suleiman the
Magnificent the Ottomans
reached their zenith
 After Suleiman, Sot the
Drunk came to power
 With him came an internal
decline in the aristocracy
 Internal problems along
with WWI caused the
Ottoman empire to
disappear

9. BIBLIOGRAPHY
 BBC. Ottoman Empire (1301-1922). September 4, 2004.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/religion/religions/islam/history/ottoman
empire_1.shtml (accessed October 23, 2010).
 Duiker, William J., and Jackson J. Spielvogel. World History.
6th. Edited by Nancy Blaine. Vol. 2. Boston, MA: Wadsworth
Cengage Learning, 2007.
 Federal Research Division and Mertz, Helen Chaplin,
Turkey, a Country Study. The Library of Congress Research
Division, 1996. Fifth Edition. A Country Study: Turkey.
Library of Congress Federal Research Division, 1996.
Accessed October 22, 2010.
http://lcweb2.loc.gov/frd/cs/trtoc.html