Zusammenfassung der Ressource
The Ottomans
- Social Structure
- Men of the pen e.g.
scientists,lawyers,architects
- Men of religion e.g.
Imama and judges
- Men of swords e.g. solider
- Men of negotiation e.g.
Merchants,
craftsman,artisans
- Men of husbandry e.g. farmers
and hearders
- slaves
- Most were Russian and Ukraine
- usually Christian and forced
to covert to Islam
- Janissaries
- Slaves whom competed
military training
- Sultans elite military force
- Social Spaces
- The grand bazaar
- It was a market that sold all sorts of
products from many places
- The caravanserai
- A place for merchants and camels
to rest and recuperate
- The Coffee House
- A place were men could play games and
socialise in small goups
- The Hamam
- As most houses did not have a
bathroom, they went to the
bath house
- The Sultan
- Responsabilites
- Uphold Islamic law
- Expected to lead his
troops into battle
- His subjects prosperity
- Role
- Make laws the people had to
follow
- What money was spent on
- What taxes they paid
- Finial decision whether or not
they went to battle
- Fratricide
- Killing amongst brothers were
common in the royal family
- Advantages
- Able to become sole inheritor
of money
- Free from any oppositions or threats
- Disadvantages
- your family line could potenially be
eradicated
- Loss of family member
- The Governours
- To rule from nobility the outer
provinces on the sultans behalf
- advantage:Easier to rule
empire as expand in size
- Grand Vizier
- Highest rulling officials
- Advantage:Put into action sultans
laws/advised the sultan and some
of the administrative work
- Vlema
- Religious scholars, administrators,
judges/made sure laws were in line
with Islamic law
- Imperial Women
- Mother of Sultan/ ruled until sultan mature/
- Advantages:Trusted adviser/had
time to grow up
- Achievements
- Mosques
- Topkahi palace
- Art
- Turghas
- Miniatures
- Carpet weaving
- Relationship with subjects
- Was tolerant towards different religions
- Entitled to protection from their
ruler called "Dihama"
- In return they were expected to
pay tax
- Millet system
- Allowed each community to
govern itself
- They were allowed to practise their own
religion and have their own rulers
- Responsiable fro school and welfare
- Suleyman I
- Ruled for 46 years
- Oversaw the Golden Age
- Empire
- Led army into 13 campaigns
- Brought holy cities Mecca, Medina and
Jeuralem
- Legacies
- Grand bazaar
- Coffee shops
- Fairer laws
- religious tolerance
- traditional clothes
- Architecture
- Colums/arches/topahi
palace