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- They brought islam to the ottomans.
- The saltant changed the city name istanbul, which means "The city of Islam"
- They helped the government to reshape and expand there military.
- they helped them gain new people for the military.
- they helped the government get good from new places.
- the europeans influenced how the ottomans viewed the arts.

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- Islam is known as a monotheistic faith, this means that they believe in one God.
- Islams share many of the same beliefs that Christians and Jews have, but they also have many different beliefs.
-   They believed that when they died one day God would resurrect them and they would go to heaven.
- The word “Islam” means “submission to the will of God.”
- Followers of Islam try to live a life following and obeying Allah (which is God).

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- Osman and his successors helped expand the muslim state by buying land and forming alliances with Emirs.
-  Murad II defeated Venetians
- Mehmed II dominated the Bosporus strait causing for the water way between the ottomans and asia to choke of the traffic.
- Selim the grim defeated the safavids.
- while selim was ruling, the empire took responsibility for mecca and medina.

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- They introduced the new versions of arts to the Europeans, causing for the renaissance.
- Europeans would usually associate with the turks during wars, when ottoman took over Turkey it caused for the europeans to change there point of view and who they associated with during wars.
- They influenced many of them to convert to islam.
They influenced there social, political and economic institutions.
- They changed their belief on the empire system, they began to believe that when the government took there kid for the military it would help the kid.
- they influenced many of the europeans to convert to islam.

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- The official language was the turkish language, but many people used Arabic and Persian for there grammar and vocabulary.
- They enjoyed watching and participating in archery, shooting, horse riding and javelin throwing and wrestling.
- Turkish carpets was a very popular form of art.
- decorative calligraphy, painted ceramics, and elaborate mosque architecture were all examples of the arts.
- For their activities and sports, many times they would end in small wars in the country.

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- ottomans saw military expansion and the use of currency as their source of wealth.
- ottomans traded expensive things such as silk, furs, tobacco, and spices.
- Europeans traded them woolen cloth, glassware, medicine, gunpowder, and clocks.
- They traded these things with Europe because they did not make any of those products, so they would import those products and trade them with expensive ones.
- They struggled with the weakness of there central government in rural areas, because they were in a easy attacking point.