HISTORY 1CC3 Lecture 9: 5/2/2016 1CC3
6 Apr 2016
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Janissary corps (former christians seized as young men and taken as slaves) Millet system (ottoman arrangement for deal with jews and christians through their religious leaders) Ottoman empire attempted to avoid internal dissent. Deal with diversity by expecting conformity; this did not work out well. 1280 - onward: genoa"s merchants pioneer shipping trade from cloth producing cities of thriving northern europe and mediterranean; they challenge venice for the northern european trade. Early 1400"s: portuguese mariners discover the atlantic islands and begin to conquest of guanches and set up sugar plantations. Early 1400"s: portuguese nobility encouraged by papacy begins re-conquest of. Portugal rather than pay tribute to muslim emirs. 1479 union of aragon and castile (ferdinand and isabella) Ferdinand and isabella prompted by portuguese success start ten year war to re- conquer the remainder of iberia. 1492: emir of granada negotiates a surrender that guarantees muslims religious freedom. Jews were not protected and fled to istanbul and netherlands.
