Please read pages 522-531 (skip 528-529) for our next class. Look our for the following as you read:
- What three factors led to the growth of the Ottoman Empire? (pg. 524)
- What important event occurred in 1453? (pg. 524)
- Who was Suleiman the Magnificent and what did he accomplish? (pg. 524)
- What European power did the Ottomans fight a war with? What was the result? (pg. 524)
- Who were the Janissaries and why were they important to the Ottoman Empire? (pg. 526)
- What was "devshirme"? (pg. 527)
- What led to a "crisis of the military state"? (pg. 527)
- What was the tulip period and what was it like? (pg. 531)