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History Terms c18
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Term | Definition |
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Ghazis | warriors in Ottoman Empire; Anatolians saw themselves this way |
Ottomans | followers of the most successful ghazi, Osman; his followers formed a Muslim state in Anatolia between 1300 and 1326 |
Sultan | term meaning overlord; Orkhan I, Osman’s son, was the first sultan |
Mehmed II | Murad II’s son aka Mehmed the Conqueror; he captured Constantinople |
Siege of Constantinople | cannons were brought to shore and pounded through the walls of the city |
Suleyman the Lawgiver | ruler at the empire’s peak; aka Suleyman the Magnificent; he expanded, structured the social construct, and had 20,000 slaves |
Devshirme | system for gaining soldiers; janissaries |
Janissaries | Christian children drafted to the army; were educated and people wanted children in the program |
Decline of the Empire | trade in the Americas made them unable to be the middlemen when trading |