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All Muslims believe one God and practice five pillars- Shahada, Prayer, Charity, Fasting in the month of Ramadan, Pilgrimage to Mecca if you are able.
Holy Book is the Quran
Sects- Sunni (85%) & Shia (15%)
Muslims believe in all prophets of Judaism and Christianity.

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Exported silk, furs, tobacco, and spices.
Imported woolen cloth, glassware, medicine, gunpowder, and clocks.
Majority of the population earned their living from small family holdings and this contributed to 40% of the taxes for the empire.

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Turkish was the official language with arabic and persian influence.
Cycling and wrestling were popular sports.
Islamic religion forbids images of animals and humans in art.
Spectacular art and architecture was created during the reign of Suleyman the Magnificent.

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During the Greek war of independence, Russia established major influence over the Ottoman Empire.
The weakening of the Ottoman Empire  military strength in the halt of the 18th century threatened to undermine the fragile balance of power in europe after the napoleonic wars.
The continuing collapse of the Ottoman Empire led to two wars in the Balleans in 1912 and 1913 which was right before the first world war.

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People were allowed o worship freely and were not forced to be muslim.
Sultan was the supreme ruler.
Mehmed VI was "The Last Ottoman Emperor" (1861- 1926)
Four social classes-Men of the pen, Men of the sword, Men of the negotiation, and Men of the husbandry.

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Eastern Europe was unified under the control of the Ottoman Empire.
Before the Battle of Vienna in 1683, the Ottoman Empire was a big threat to Europe and their freedom.
They isolated the countries from the complete system of western Europe.