Ottoman Empire by

mcgillj8 — 2025-02-03 19:53:23 UTC

mcgillj8 — 2025-02-03 20:04:55 UTC

The Ottoman empire had a diverse climate and environment. The ottomans decided to expand their boarders into the core of the middle east just south of the Taurus Mountains that were arid drylands, this type of climate supported more of the irrigation agriculture and mobile pastoralism more than what permanent settlement, rainfed agriculture, or forest growth could support in this region.

Characteristics

cycy2 — 2025-02-03 20:13:17 UTC

The Ottoman Empire

The empire stretched into the Indian Ocean, the Meditarranien, and Eastern Europe

Religion: Sunni Islam

-Hierarchy

The Sultan was the main power.

-Large expansion of the empire led to many slaves and war prisoners.

-Christians were converted to Islam and became Janissaries

-Multi-ethnic and multi-cultural.

-Turkey was the language for military and government but Arabic was used in religious practices whilst Persian was for poetry.

mcgillj8 — 2025-02-03 20:15:34 UTC

The Ottoman Empire was a thriving economy that was primarily based off of agriculture of wheat and spices and controlled trade routes between Europe and Asia an between the Black sea and Mediterranean sea trade routes that they could tax any goods that were passing through. The capture of Constantinople didn't effect the economy too much as it wasn't a major spice trading hub. The Ottomans were very tolerant to different to different religions which is another factor that allowed for them to trade with other powers in the world.

mcgillj8 — 2025-02-03 20:26:15 UTC

Mehmed II was the ruler or the Sultan of the Ottoman Empire during the takeover of Constantinople. The other regional powers during this time were from the falling Byzantine Empire and their leader Constantine XI Palaeologus.

Trends and Arts

cycy2 — 2025-02-03 20:29:07 UTC

The Ottomans Empires arts were influenced by many different cultures like Persia, Byzantine, and Mamluk styles. They created paintings, pottery and poetry. Fashion of citizens in the Ottoman empire wore robes and higher power individuals wore silk. Bold colors displayed political power.