HISTORY OF MIDDLE EAST CIVILIZATION I
Study Guide and Question for Topic 13;
Expansion of the Ottoman Empire
 

Rumeli Hissar on the Bosphorus

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Identification Items:
Identify and discuss the importance of the following items.
Fatih, Aq Quyunlu, Uzun Hasan, Gedik Ahmed Pasha, Otranto, George Scholarius, Gennadios, Aya Sofya, Abu Ayyub al-Ansari (Eyup), Topkai Saray, Bayezid and Jem, Knights of St. John, Battle of Navarino (1499), Shiite Shah Ismail of Iran, Qizilbash, Korkud, Ahmed, Selim, Battle of Chaldiran (1514), Battle of Marj Dabiq, Abbasid Caliph  al-Mutawakkil, Piri Pasha, Hersekoglu Ahmed Pasha, Suleiman
Topics for Study:
1.  Discuss Mehmet II's plan for expansion of the Ottoman Empire.  In what areas was he successful.  Where was Mehmet unsuccessful?
2.  Discuss the political, religious, social, reconstruction, and economic plans of Mehmet II to rebuild Constantinople (Istanbul).
3.  What were the problems of Bayezid and Jem?  How were the problems resolved?
4.  How did Selim I solve the problem of the Shiite Muslims?
Reading Assignment:  Ochsenwald and Fisher, Chapter 16
 

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HISTORY OF MIDDLE EAST CIVILIZATION I
Study Guide and Question for Topic 13;
Institutions of the Ottoman Empire

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Identification Items

Identify and be able to discuss the importance of the following items:

 

Topics for Study

 

Reading Assignment

Ochsenwald and Fisher, Chapter 17

 

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