Gunpowder VOCAB

a soldier in the elite guard of the Ottoman Turks

• janissary
• anarchy
• suttee

an empire formed by outside conquerors who unified the regions that they conquered through their mastery of firearms

• hostage system
• gunpowder empire
• hans

"holder of power"; the military and political head of state under the Seljuk Turks and the Ottomans

• janissary
• grand vizier
• sultan

the Ottoman sultan's chief minister who carried the main burdens of the state and who led the council meetings

• grand vizier
• queue
• clan

"sacred place"; the private domain of an Ottoman sultan, where he and his wives resided

• ulema
• anarchy
• harem

an appointed official of the Ottoman Empire who collected taxes, maintained law and order, and was directly responsible to the sultan's court

• hans
• pasha
• grand vizier

a group of religious advisors to the Ottoman sultan; this group administered the legal system and schools for educating Muslims

• suttee
• ulema
• janissary

king (used in Persia and Iran)

• shah
• zamindars
• zamindars

political disorder; lawlessness

• anarchy
• suttee
• hostage system

traditional beliefs, especially in religion

• ulema
• harem
• orthodoxy