Muslim Empires

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Which Ottoman Emperor captured Constantinople in 1453?

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Mehmed II the Conqueror

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Which religion was practiced by the Ottomans?

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Sunni Islam

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Recruited from the local Christian population in the Balkans, the janissaries were

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converted to Islam and trained as foot soldiers or administrators to serve the sultan.

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The hereditary nature of the position of sultan

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led to struggles over succession between the sons of the sultan.

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Under Shah Abbas, the Safavid dynasty

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reached the high point of its glory.

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The Safavids differed from many of their Islamic neighbors because they were ardent

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Shias.

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In the late thirteenth century, a new group of Turks under their leader Osman began to build power in: Syria., the western end of the Danube Valley., the northwest corner of the Anatolian Peninsula., the eastern end of India

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the northwest corner of the Anatolian Peninsula.

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Under the leadership of ____, the Ottomans conquered Constantinople and gained dominance over the Balkans and the Anatolian Peninsula.

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Mehmet II

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What were formed by outside conquerors who unified the regions they conquered? Options: Gunpowder Empires, Cannon Kingdoms, Fire Kingdoms, Indian Empires

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Gunpowder Empires

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The Ottoman Empire after the death of Süleyman was hurt by all of the following EXCEPT: lack of training for officials, rise of a privileged group, cost of constant wars, the sack of Constantinople.

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the sack of Constantinople.