THE OTTOMAN EMPIRE DOMINATES THE MUSLIM WORLD1300-1700AD

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=WISE1.ALLOWED LOCAL RULE 2.SEEN AS AN IMPROVEMENT3.MANDATORY SERVICE IN ARMY4.ISLAMIC & TAX CONTRIBUTIONS

RISE TO POWER BRIEFLY INTERRUPTED

• TIMUR THE LAME=TAMERLANE• SAMARKAND FROM CENTRAL ASIA• KNOWN FOR 3 THINGS1.LEG WOUND2.BURNED BAGDAD3.BATTLE OF ANKARA 1402 • OTTOMAN EMPIRE EXPANSION HALTED

MEHMET II CONQUERS CONSTANTINOPLE

• 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

• 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