Logan Bullock

F.Y.I.Europeans thought Osman was Ottoman

RISE OF THE OTTOMAN EMPIRE In the late thirteenth century,

a new Muslim empire rose led by Osman I

The land for the Ottoman Empire

was given to Osman I by Seljuk rulers

Reasons for

Ottoman

Success

• Tolerance to Minorities

• Centralized Government

• Merit Based Succession

• Highly Developed Military

• United through Islam F.Y.I.

This was for driving the

Mongols out

OSMAN I

LIFE AS A MINORITY IN THE OTTOMAN EMPIRE…

You were able to practice your religion

You were not required to serve in the military Instead you paid a “head tax”

You could have high level jobs if you converted to Islam

Minority communities ruled themselves with a millet The millet then answered to

the ruling class

F.Y.I.After you convert,

you could gain power, even as high as Grand

Vizier, second in command

MilletsImperia

l Council

Grand Vizier Sultan

GOVERNMENT The Sultan was the

supreme leader and believed to be appointed by God

The Wealthy class formed the Aristocracy

The Average People consist of both Muslims and non-Muslims

The lowest group is the people not respected at all

SultanRich

Aristocratic Upper

Class

Average people

Slaves, prostitutes, and criminals

MILITARY One of the strongest

and most feared militaries of the time

Extremely advanced weapons

People of other religion who converted were used in the military

Ottoman soldiers were motivated by the fact that this was a Jihad or Holy War

F.Y.IOne of the

most feared fighting

groups, The Janissaries,

were entirely Christian Converts F.Y.I.

According to Muslim beliefs if you die for allah you get 72 virgins in the Afterlife

Constantine XI

In 1453, Mehmet II laid siege to one of the greatest cities in history

Eighty thousand ottomans against seven thousand defenders

This marked the end of the Byzantine Empire and a high point in the Ottoman empire

FALL OF CONSTANTINOPLE

ISLAM The Ottoman Empire

was unified by a similar religion

This limited any chance of civil dispute

It also gave the sultans absolute power over the people

Islam gave many ethnicities a commonality

FALL OF THE OTTOMANS Under Suleiman the

Magnificent the Ottomans reached their zenith

After Suleiman, Sot the Drunk came to power With him came an internal

decline in the aristocracy Internal problems along

with WWI caused the Ottoman empire to disappear

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