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The Ottoman Empire
Lesson 2
| 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 |