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What were the various policies of Suleyman? |
- Created code of law to handle criminal and civil actions. - Simplified and limited taxes. - Systemized and reduced government bureaucracy. |
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What is a meritocracy? |
Government or the holding of power by people selected on the basis of their ability. |
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Who were the janissaries? |
Elite force of 30,000 soldiers. Trained to be loyal to the sultan only. |
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Founder of the Ottoman Empire |
Osman |
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Founder of the Mughal Empire |
Babur |
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Location of the Ottoman Empire |
Areas of North Africa, South-eastern Europe, Middle East, Borders of the Mediterranean Sea. |
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Location of the Mughal Empire |
Most of India and Pakistan. |
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Why did the Ottoman Empire decline? |
- Lost it's ground. - Strange experiment. - Each new sultan had their brothers strangled. - Sultans would keep his sons prisoners, cutting them off from education or contact with the world. - Practice produced a line of weak sultans who eventually brought ruin on the empire. |
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What is the Hindu practice of sati? |
The practice among some Hindu communities by which a recently widowed woman either voluntarily or by use of force or coercion commit suicide as a result of her husband's death. |
