UGC 112 Lecture 10: 3.7.17 lecture 10 Ottoman Empire

• School: University at Buffalo
• Department: Undergraduate College
• Course: UGC 112
• Professor: Boyd Timothy

Document Summary

In rome, religion was important, but not a central focus of the military or government. In islam, religion is intimately connected to the government. Islamic empires are as much religious as governmental. The rise of the ottoman empire: the first turks to assimilate islam were the seljuk turks, their empire covered most of the modern middle east, from western turkey to iraq and. Egypt: as this empire faded, the part of it ruled by uthman/osman (1299-1326) began expanding, hence the name ottoman turks or ottomans, os(cid:373)a(cid:374)"s te(cid:396)(cid:396)ito(cid:396)y (cid:449)as o(cid:374) the (cid:374)o(cid:396)the(cid:396)(cid:374) (cid:271)o(cid:396)de(cid:396) (cid:271)et(cid:449)ee(cid:374) byza(cid:374)ti(cid:374)e ch(cid:396)istia(cid:374)s a(cid:374)d tu(cid:396)kish. Muslims: as an aggressive frontier people, the ottomans began wars of conquest in christian. Ottoman expansion: by the time mehmet died in 1481, the capital was istanbul (constantinople, much of northern asia minor was controlled by the turks, along with the majority of the balkan peninsula, including greece! Italy was being threatened too plans to attack the western coast and moved inland.