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-> they traded away things like silk, fur, tobacco, and spices
-> they received things like cloth, glassware, medicine, gunpowder, and clocks
-> most trade took place within the vast empire.
->Some of the later Ottoman conquests were clearly intended to give them control of other trade routes.
-> it was a very strong economy

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-> some sports ottomans played are horse riding, archery, wrestling, and shooting
-> the official language of the empire is the ottoman turkish language
-> there was an imperial painting called the nakkashane
-> Ottoman culture evolved over several centuries as the ruling administration of the turks absorbed
-> many ottomans did poetry.

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-> isolated countries from the capitalist system of western europe
-> much of western europe was controlled by ottomans
-> the ottomans controlled most of the trade routes
-> Much of Eastern Europe was unified under the control of the ottoman empire.
-> they were the biggest threat to europe freedom

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-> Osman was a ruler that started a muslim state
-> murad II was the first of four powerful sultans who led the expansion
-> Suleyman was considered the most powerful monarch on earth.
-> it was a very complex government
->  Wealth and rank could be inherited but were just as often earned.

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-> the official religion of the empire was islam
-> the highest position in islam, caliphate, was claimed by the sultan, after the defeat of the mamluks
-> people often wore charms as symbolism
-> Non-Muslim communities were organised according to the millet system, which gave minority
-> Some millets paid tax to the state as dhimmis

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-> the europeans influenced Ottoman art
-> many places in the empire were decorated with their art
->influenced the start of journalism in turkey
-> europe gained a firm advantage over the Ottoman Empire in the 1800's
-> they went to war alot with them