POLS 3060 Midterm: POLS 3060 Midterm

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A member of a semitic people, originally from the arabian peninsula and neighbouring territories, inhabiting much of the middle east and north africa. Local leaders that were a leader in a religious community. They claimed the name caliph because they want to show they are legitimate and are proving they want to maintain islamic law. They may intervene in religious issues, etc. The action of surrendering or ceasing to resist an opponent or demand. Grand vizier was the prime minister of the ottoman sultan, with absolute power of attorney and, in principle, dismissible only by the sultan himself. The religion of the muslims, a monotheistic faith regarded as revealed through. A controversial and cruel army of the ottoman empire and later lead to their demise. They were referred to as the slave army and made up of non muslim orphans, many christians, and were raised by the state and wards of the state and cut off from their family.