Gunpowder Empires

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The Ottoman and Safavids were the first to use this military invention throughout their empire:

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Gunpowder

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The Ottomans controlled trade because:

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They owned major port and land trade routes

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Ottoman society was divided into classes. The "men of the pen" were the class of people who were:

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scientists and teachers

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The Janizaries were an elite military unit composed of:

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captured and converted Christians

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By the 1700s, the Shiite Safavids in old Persia lost their empire to Sunni Muslim rebels. Persia became a new country known today as:

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Iran

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Istanbul became the new Ottoman capital. It was known before as:

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Constantinople

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To be a "Janizarie" in Ottoman society, you needed to be a:

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non-muslim

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Indicate True or False: The Ottoman empire did NOT allow any practice of non-muslim faiths.

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False

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____ were an elite guard of Ottoman soldiers.

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janissaries

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Mehmed II changed the name of this great Byzantine city to Istanbul.

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Constantinople