| Question |
Answer |
| Anatolia |
home to the Byzentine Empire. Today= Turkey |
| Osman |
founder of the Ottoman dynasty. |
| Istanbul |
Largest city in Turkey. Greek word meaning, "in the city". What used to be called, Constantinople. |
| sultan |
supreme ruler of the Ottoman Empire. (emporer) |
| grand mufti |
a religious leader who interpreted the laws of Islam and applied them to life. |
| Suleyman |
Sultan of the Ottoman Empire from around 1520 to 1566. |
| Sinan |
Ottoman architect; he designed more than 300 buildings; made "Mosque of Suleyman" |
| Topkapi |
a series of small palaces set in beautiful gardens and surrounded by a high wall. |
| "the sick man of Europe" |
nickname for the Ottoman Empire because it became so weak. |
| Hurrem Sultan |
Suleyman's wife |
| Constantinople |
a city established as the new capital of the Roman Empire by the emporer, Constantine in a.d.300, now called Istanbul. |
| Byzantine Empire |
the Eastern half of the old Roman Empire. |
| Muhammad II |
Ottoman ruler in 1453 |