https://padlet.com/23aberles/yih4xckqafvo Made with eyes on the prize en-us 2019-10-16 18:13:33 UTC 2025-12-11 20:38:03 UTC hello@padlet.com 23aberles https://padlet.com/23aberles/yih4xckqafvo/wish/398648907 Eastern Question refers to strategic competition of Great Powers

Russia gained power over Ottomans

Crimean War between European powers for influence over territories

Collapse of Empire led to two wars in the Balkans


]]> 2019-10-16 18:18:22 UTC https://padlet.com/23aberles/yih4xckqafvo/wish/398648907 23aberles https://padlet.com/23aberles/yih4xckqafvo/wish/398649666 Osman built a small Muslim state in Anatolia

Murad II was the first of four powerful sultans who led the expansion 

Mehmed II opened Constantinople to new citizens of many religions and backgrounds

Selim the Grim defeated the Safavids of Persia at the Battle of Chaldiran

Suleyman conquered the important European city of Belgrade]]> 2019-10-16 18:19:34 UTC https://padlet.com/23aberles/yih4xckqafvo/wish/398649666 23aberles https://padlet.com/23aberles/yih4xckqafvo/wish/398649758 The term Turks, may apply to descendants of immigrants born in the Ottoman Empire

It was expanding and invaded the Byzantine Empire by conquering Constantinople

Turkish troops invaded the Friuli region in northeastern Italy

The town of Otranto was seized but the Turks were routed when Mehmet died 

After Mehmet died there was a war for his succession ]]> 2019-10-16 18:19:42 UTC https://padlet.com/23aberles/yih4xckqafvo/wish/398649758 23aberles https://padlet.com/23aberles/yih4xckqafvo/wish/398650017 It evolved as the ruling administration of the Turks

There was a strong influence from the customs and languages of Islamic societies, like Arabic

Persian culture had a great contribution through the heavily Persianized Seljuk Turks

The Ottoman Empire had a good amount of populations of Orthodox subjects, Armenians, Jews and Assyrians

it took in the culture of many regions under its rule, being influenced by Byzantium]]> 2019-10-16 18:20:03 UTC https://padlet.com/23aberles/yih4xckqafvo/wish/398650017 23aberles https://padlet.com/23aberles/yih4xckqafvo/wish/398650289 They had careful use of currency as the main source of wealth

Agriculture was seen as more important than manufacture

Merchants gave more emphasis to manufacture and industry

As the Ottoman Empire expanded, it started gaining control of important trade routes

They had a large control of the Silk Road, which European countries used to trade with Asia]]> 2019-10-16 18:20:29 UTC https://padlet.com/23aberles/yih4xckqafvo/wish/398650289 23aberles https://padlet.com/23aberles/yih4xckqafvo/wish/398651280 Islam is the official religion

The highest position in Islam, caliphate, was claimed by the sultan

They wore necklaces to protect them from evil

To combine their empire, they forced Christians to convert to Islam



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