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trade was the main income of the entire empire
many people were able to gain money and valuables by investing in trading
all of the countries in europe had to pay for the trade routes so the profits skyrocketed
they control a lot of shoreline so markets like fish markets also flourished immensely
during the time of the silk road they took over it completely

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they spoke a version of Turkish
the main sport was war games
but was then quickly followed by football clubs in the late part of the empire
architecture was the main way to express art in the empire
many people were not hostile to each other if they had a different religion

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the europeans were constantly at war with the ottomans
the Ottomans had complete control of the trade routes
more people were able to exchange knowledge that is advanced for their time
Europeans were a little more free on religion thanks to the ottoman's example
the knowledge of firearms was more common

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the main type of government was mainly a different version of a monarchy
instead of kings there was sultans
the sultans had absolute power over everyone like a king
Suleiman made it so the sons do not rule if they are good at ruling
many people resented the sultan but was not as bad as the pope

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the main religions were christianity, muslim, and judaism
Islam was the dominant religion
the sultan allowed all religions though
there was a lot less religious conflicts
many people were able to worship no matter where they were

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Created more ideas for religion and how to enhance the religion
there was then a wider variety of trade items in the market
the architecture business flourishes even more
There are more variety of military tactics shown by the europeans
Able to get a lot of european money due to the control over trade routes