Transcript THE OTTOMAN EMPIRE DOMINATES THE MUSLIM WORLD 1300

THE OTTOMAN EMPIRE DOMINATES THE MUSLIM WORLD
1300-1700AD
TURKS MOVE INTO BYZANTIUM
• ANATOLIAN TURKS – GHAZIS-WARRIORS FOR
ISLAM FORM MILITARY SOCIETIES UNDER
EMIR – CHIEF COMMANDER
• FOLLOW A STRICT ISLAMIC CODE OF
CONDUCT
• OSMAN=OTHMAN – PEOPLE WHO FOLLOW
HIM=OTTOMANS
• SUCCESSFUL=GUNPOWER & CANNONS
5 PILLARS OF ISLAM
NEW TURKISH EMPIRE ON THE RISE
• ORKAN I=SULTAN=OVERLORD =ONE WITH
POWER
• BATTLE OF ARDIANOPLE 1361=2ND LARGEST CI
• OTTOMAN RULE=WISE
1. ALLOWED LOCAL RULE
2. SEEN AS AN IMPROVEMENT
3. MANDATORY SERVICE IN ARMY
4. ISLAMIC & TAX CONTRIBUTIONS
RISE TO POWER BRIEFLY INTERRUPTED
• TIMUR THE LAME=TAMERLANE
• SAMARKAND FROM CENTRAL ASIA
• KNOWN FOR 3 THINGS
1. LEG WOUND
2. BURNED BAGDAD
3. BATTLE OF ANKARA 1402
• OTTOMAN EMPIRE EXPANSION HALTED
MEHMET II CONQUERS CONSTANTINOPLE
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MEHMET I DEFEAT BROTHERS – COMMON
SON DEEPER INTO EUROPE
MEHMED II/THE CONQUEROR
“GIVE ME CONSTANTINOPLE”= BATTLE 1453
STRATEGY OF CHAIN OF SHIPS AND USE OF
CANNON
• OPENED CITY=NEW CITIZENS=ALL RELIGIONS
• REBUILT-”ISTANBUL”
SELIM THE GRIM
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EXPANSION INTO PERSIA
SOUTH TO SYRIA AND PALESTINE
INTO NORTH AFRICA
RESPONSIBLE FOR
MECCA=FIRST HOLY CITY ON EARTH
MEDINA=CITY OF PROPHET MUHAMMAD
• TOOK CAIRO=INTELLECTUAL CENTER OF
MUSLIM WORLD