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Describe the rise of the Ottoman Turks, the conquest of Constantinople in 1453, and the subsequent growth of the Ottoman empire under the sultanate including Mehmet the Conquerer and Suleyman the Magnificent.

1. What helped the Ottomans create a strong centralized government? P. 143

2. Who are the Ottomans? 3. Where did the Ottomans come from? 4. What did Mehmet II achieve in 1453? 5. Describe how the Ottomans captured the

Byzantine capital. 6. P. 144 List 5 things Suleyman did for the Ottomans.7. Who ruled the most powerful/largest empire in

Europe and East Asia? 8. Who improved the Ottoman’s justice system? 9. What did Suleyman do to his sons? P. 145

How did Japan’s geography affect its economic & political development?

Summarize the cultural, economic, political & religious developments in medieval Japan:

• Illustrate the Japanese feudal class hierarchy