HIST 1125: The Ottoman Empire

In the late 13th century, a new group of Turks under their leader Osman began to build power in the northwest corner of the

• Anatolian Peninsula

• Arabian Peninsula

• Russian Peninsula

• Korean Peninsula

Founder of the Ottoman Empire

• Ivan IV

• Osman I

• Genghis Khan

• Sultan Selim I

Declared himself the new caliph

• Ivan IV

• Osman I

• Genghis Khan

• Sultan Selim I

Conquering Constantinople in 1453

• Mehmed II

• Osman I

• Sultan Selim I

• Muhammad

Central government appointed officials, who collected taxes, maintained law and order, and were responsible to the sultan’s court in Constantinople

• Pashas

• Sultanate

• Imperial

• Tribal

Took control of Mesopotamia, Egypt, and Arabia—the original heartland of Islam

• Mehmed II

• Osman I

• Sultan Selim I

• Muhammad

Kanuni

• Mehmed II

• Osman I

• Sultan Selim I

• Süleyman the Magnificent

The Ottoman Empire reached its high point under

• Mehmed II

• Osman I

• Sultan Selim I

• Süleyman the Magnificent

Lawgiver, who protected the powerless among his people

• Mehmed II

• Osman I

• Sultan Selim I

• Süleyman the Magnificent

Religious advisers

• sultan

• ulema

• harem

• janissaries