The Ottoman & Safavid Empires

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

• Ships

• Telescopes

• Gunpowder

• Bows and arrows

The Ottomans controlled trade because:

• They owned major port and land trade routes

• They were technologically advanced

• They conquered anyone who opposed them

• Suleiman The Magnificent was loved by many people

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

• soldiers and guards of the sultan

• farmers and animal herders

• merchants and tax collectors

• scientists and teachers

The Janizaries were an elite military unit composed of:

• Top Muslim officers in the Ottoman empire

• captured and converted Christians

• Former Roman and Mongol soldiers

• Former Crusaders from the Byzantine empire

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

• Turkey

• India

• Iran

• China

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

• Rome

• Athens

• Constantinople

• Jerusalem

At the top of Ottoman class society, these people were also as important as the "Men of the pen"

• Men of the sword

• Men of husbandry

• Men of negotiation

• Men of faith

What were "Millets" in Ottoman societies?

• People who rebelled against the government

• Muslims who were Sunni

• Ottoman soldiers

• Religious communities headed by a leader

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

• very intelligent person

• non-muslim

• related to the Sultan

• willing to leave your family

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

• True

• False