HISTORY OF MIDDLE EAST CIVILIZATION I
Study Guide and Question for Topic 14;
Institutions of the Ottoman Empire

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Identification Items
Identify and discuss the importance of the following items:
Sublime Porte, Gate of Felicity, Shariah, Hanafitte School of Islam, Kanuns, Adet, Urf, Reaya, The Palace Services,  Inside Service, Outside Service, Valide Sultan, General of the Gate, White Eunuchs, Pages, Grand Vizir, Palace School of Istanbul, Divan, Aga, Sipahi of the Porte, Beylerbey of Anatolia and Beylerbey of Rumeli, Tax Farming, Waqf Properties, Sharifs, Sayyids, Medreses
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Topics for Study
1.  What was the difference between the Inside Service and the Outside Service.  Generally, what were the duties of each division?
2.  How was the Military-Governing Administration organized?   Why was it so effective?
3. What were the duties of Scribal-Financial Bureaucracy?
 

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