HIST 1010 Lecture 14: Final Exam Study Guide 2016
19 Jan 2017
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Ottoman empire: a former turkish empire that was founded about. 1300 by osman and reached its greatest territorial extent under. Siege of constantinople: the ottomans were commanded by the then. Constantinople followed a 53-day siege that had begun on 6 april 1453. Suleiman the magnificent: sultan of turkey (1520, who established a code of laws, was a patron of the arts, and led the ottoman empire to the height of its military and political power. Devshirme: devshirme was a system that took place under the. The system of devshirme was introduced under sultan. Usually the boys were around the ages of 8 or 10 but sometimes even as old as. Janissaries: a member of the turkish infantry forming the. Sultan"s guard between the 14th and 19th centuries. Empire, based in persia (iran), ruled over much of southwestern asia from. Members of the safavid dynasty likely were of kurdish. Persian descent, and belonged to a unique order of sufi-infused.
