Ap World History- Ottoman and Mughal Empires, African, Kingdoms
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Ottoman Empire ()
-Islamic state founded by Osman in northwestern Anatolia ca. 1300
-After the fall of the Byzantine Empire, the Ottoman Empire was based at Istanbul
-It encompassed lands in the Middle East, North Africa, the Caucasus, and eastern Europe
Significance: Formed by Muslim Turks w...
Ap World History- 1450-1750 Ottoman and
Mughal Empires, African, Kingdoms exam
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Ottoman Empire (1299-1453) - ANSWER--Islamic state founded by Osman in
northwestern Anatolia ca. 1300
-After the fall of the Byzantine Empire, the Ottoman Empire was based at Istanbul
-It encompassed lands in the Middle East, North Africa, the Caucasus, and eastern
Europe
Significance: Formed by Muslim Turks who conquered the weakened remnants of the
Byzantine empire, the Ottomans quickly became a transcontinental threat when they
conquered land in the Balkans
Osman Bey - ANSWER--The founder of the Ottoman Empire
-He was the chief, bey, of a group of semi-nomadic Turks who migrated to Anatolia in
the thirteenth century.
Significance: He was the founder of the powerful Ottoman Empire
janissaries - ANSWER--Infantry, originally of slave origin, armed with firearms and
constituting the elite of the Ottoman army from the fifteenth century until the corps was
abolished in 1826
Significance: The Janissaries quickly gained a reputation for esprit de corps, loyalty to
the sultan, and readiness to employ new military technology. The Janissaries helped to
strengthen the Ottoman military forces
Suleiman the Magnificent - ANSWER--The most illustrious sultan of the Ottoman
Empire
Significance: He significantly expanded the empire in the Balkans and eastern
Mediterranean
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