Land based empires 1450-1750

Turks conquered this city and renamed it Istanbul beginning Muslim Turk rule in Anatolia and ending Christian rule in the area

• Rome

• Constantinople

• Baghdad

• Moscow

Land based empires such as the Ottoman, Mughal and Safavid relied on this to expand and conquer

• Equestrian skills

• Gunpowder weapons

• Repeating rifles

• An army organization in units of 10

This was called the “blood tax” were the Ottomans collected Christian boys to be raised as military professionals for the state

• Devshirme

• Eunuchs

• Unsullied

• Samurai

The system were the Ottomans farmed out the responsibility of collecting taxes

• Devshemire

• Unsullied

• iltiizam

• Jannisaries

Members of the Sultan’s guard and one of the first modern stand armies

• Devshirme

• Samurai

• Janissaries

• Petorian guard

Name of the leader of the centralized state of the Ottomans who was also the caliph ( religious leader)

• Sha

• Pharaoh

• Sultan

• Caesar

Laws created by Sultans that address administrative, economic and criminal policies not addressed by Sharia Law

• Islamic law

• kanun law

• Shiite law

• 12 tables

System under the Ottomans that gave Jews and Christians limited authority to address their own matters

• Millet system

• Janissary system

• Common law

• 10 commandments

Tax created by Muslims that only Jews and Christians and to pay for protection

• Devshemire

• Jizya

• Sharia

• Income tax

Ottoman sultans created a series of ___ to legitimize their rule and also justify being caliphs

• Churches

• Temples

• Minarets

• Mosques