Middle East Ottoman Empire 1.Origins 2.Sultan Mehmet II 3.Capture of Constantinople 4.Ottoman Empire as a World Empire 5.Imperial Organization 6.Competing Images 7.Ottoman Empire and the Modern World
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10 th Century engraving of Istanbul
Sultan Mehmet II (Reign: )
Constantinople
Hagia Sophia
Hagia Sophia, interior
Istanbul (by a Venetian artist)
Venice – by an Ottoman artist
Sultan Suleyman II (Suleiman the Magnificent) Reign:
The Battle of Lepanto (1571)
Siege of Vienna (1683)
Imperial organization Military and civilian bureaucracy (devşirme system ) Agriculture and internal trade (guilds) Legal structure (Islam) Multi-ethnic and multi-religious society
Registration of children collected by devshirme
Seated Janissary, Bellini
Military and civilian bureaucracy (devşirme system ) Agriculture and internal trade (guilds) Legal structure (Islam) Multi-ethnic and multi-religious society
Sultan Mehmet II
Ottoman map of the world