The History of the Ottoman Empire
ASSIGNMENT:
While watching the documentary, answer the following questions:
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While watching the documentary, answer the following questions:
- Who emerged as the tribal leader to become the founder of the Empire?
- What weakened the Byzantine Empire?
- What was the motive of the Ottoman troops? (not religious)
- How did Osman treat those he conquered? (religiously)
- How many people were under control of the Ottoman’s after 16 years of expansion?
- Why did the Ottomans use “conquer and tax” instead of “conquer and convert”?
- Why did many Christians welcome the Ottomans?
- How did the Ottoman’s gain soldiers for their military?
- What is a “Janissary”?
- How did the attitude toward this system change over time? Why did this happen?
- What was the population of Constantinople? What had protected the city for so long?
- How did Christian Europe react to the taking of Constantinople?
- How did nationalism affect the territories of the Ottomans?
- What was the goal of the Young Turks?
- How did the Turks justify the removal of the Armenians?
- Who did the Ottomans side with during WWI?
After you have completed viewing documentary, upload your answers to managebac.