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Empire that began as invading Turks from Central Asia into Anatolia and Europe

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Ottoman Empire

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Type of people the Ottomans struggled to control in the Balkans of Europe

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Slavs/Eastern Orthodox

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Great empire ended by the Ottomans in 1453

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Byzantine

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Great Ottoman leader from 1520-1566 who made massive territorial gains

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Suleiman the Magnificent

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Battle on land where the Ottomans were stopped twice by allied Catholic states

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Vienna

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Known as the 'blood tax' where young Christian boys were taken from elites and trained as soldiers or officials loyal to the sultan

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Devshirme

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Type of Islam adhered to by the Ottoman Empire

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Sunni

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Ottoman's main Islamic rival to the east they fought with off and on for 200 years

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Safavid Empire

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What the sultan initiated to form a loyal military group of former Christians

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Janissaries

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Type of Islam identified with by the rivals of the Ottomans

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Shia