Ottoman Empire

Annotations:

• (a tribe)

1. After they break up
   1. Ottomans reform
      1. Seize Constantinople

         Annotations:

         • 1453 - end Byzantine Uses artillery and breaks it down
         1. Mehmed "The conqyeeror"
         2. Rebuilds as Istanbul
            1. Trade
            2. culture

1. Revises law code

   Annotations:

   • Like Jahangir
2. Conquest
3. "Respected by Europeans"
4. Only son
   1. No succession crisis
5. At Zenith during reign (1566)

   Annotations:

   • Height of power (not territory) - zenith
   1. to 1919
6. Deals with rebellions
   1. Egypt
   2. Anatolia

      Annotations:

      • At HOME  ****NOT GOOD
7. Wars
   1. Portugal
   2. Austria
   3. Safavides
   4. HUN
   5. Janissaries
      1. elite slave soldiers
         1. Christians
            1. Tribute
               1. In form of children

                  Annotations:

                  • males between age of 8 and 18
                  1. converted to Islam
                  2. Those who show academic skills
                     1. go into government
                  3. Those who are worthy go into army
                     1. spoils rewards
                        1. Wealth
                           1. Happiness
                           2. Power
                              1. win
                                 1. land and wealth
                                    1. agriculture
                                       1. taxes
      2. Don't want modernization

1. Suleyman
   1. sons
      1. M

         Annotations:

         • When Suleyman gets sick He wants power so dad arrests and kills him 
      2. B

         Annotations:

         • After brother dies  mad and flees then gets killed
         1. Ayezid
            1. Safavid
      3. Selim II

         Annotations:

         • When M dies Selim II gets power
         1. Lazy
            1. grand vizier

               Annotations:

               • is given power
               1. heads C.B.
               2. Is given power
         2. becomes figure head

1. 19 brothers
   1. executes them
      1. Seraglio (cage)

         Annotations:

         • Cage
         1. princes blood
         2. put sons in harem
            1. unable to rule
               1. Mothers have power
                  1. asks help from Janizaries
                     1. money rewards
   2. concubines/ wives

      Annotations:

      • killed through drowning
      1. pregnant
2. son
   1. offers to deal with issues
      1. asks for army

1. 1526
   1. Mohacs
      1. Louis II (Hungry)
         1. sister
            1. nobles 1/2
2. rules Austria and Spain
3. 1/2 support Ottomans