DUE SUNDAY MAY 1
1) What are the FIVE most interesting, surprising, and/or shocking things you have learned about the Ottoman Empire.
2) What questions do you still have about the Ottoman Empire?
3) Respond to at least TWO of your classmates’ posts in the following ways
-commenting on what they found most interesting/surprising/shocking
or
-answering the questions they posted.
or
-by posing follow-up questions to a classmates' post
*Only provide answers to your classmates’ questions when you are fairly confident you know the answer.
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1. sulleyman sometimes moved slaves and put them higher on the society scales and made some genrals.
ReplyDelete2.Sulleyman hired the best archetects to build his castles.
3. They used gun and gun powdered weapons against enemies who only had swords.
4. As long as sulleyman had peoples loyalty he let them practice their religion.
5.Sulleyman hired people to capture christian boys.
questions:
How many people were in the Ottoman Empire?
How rich was the Ottoman Empire?
Five things I found interesting were
ReplyDelete1) Christian boys were made into slaves which are called Janissaries.
2) The Ottamons treated the slaves well by bringing them into higher societies like into housing etc. That is much different from the Native Americans.
3)They had a strong army because they used guns and gunpowder and the most successful weapon they used was the cannon.
4) Suleyman killed his brother and best friend so that they couldn't take over his thrown but he later felt really guilty about it.
5) Suleyman turned churches into mosques and he hired the best archtects so that they can be really beautiful
Questions:
1) Why did Suleyman keep his death a secret?
Aiden- I think it is also interesting that Sulleyman let people from other religions practice their because Queen Elizabeth didn't allow that.
1.Suleyman started out as a great leader, conquering about 1/2 of the known world at that time, but as he grew older, he became more of a weak and cruel Sultan, killing his favorite son and his best friend. That does'nt make sense (it looks like a split personality).
ReplyDelete2. Mekmet II didn't want anything in the city of Constantinople besides the city itself, but the current Byzantine ruler would give him anything but the city (the physical buildings and walls, I mean).
3. Suleyman hired men to kidnap Christian teenage boys and turned them into Janisseries, and they were forced to convert to Islam and become the main foot soldiers of the Ottoman Army.
4.Suleyman allowed all his subjects freedom of religion as long as they payed taxes and Divrisme was still practiced by them (meaning the families of the Janisseries continued to send their boys to become soldiers).
5.Though the Ottomans conquered 1/3 of Europe and the Middle East, they never ventured farther than that, although it seems that they could have.
Questions: How did Suleyman become a Sultan?
Were Jewish boys also forced to be Janisseries?
Were other religions forced to do so aswell (Buddhists, Hindus, etc.)?
When Suleyman started going bad, why didn't another leader take control?
Who were Suleymans parents?
Aidan: the Ottoman population peaked at 35,350,000 people.
Aidan:What other weapons did the Ottomans use?
Grace: Suleyman kept his death a secret because the death of a leader during battle is usually percieved as a weakness to the enemy (other countries would be more likely to attack).
ReplyDelete1. The ottoman empire's artwork helps tell a story.
ReplyDelete2.Christian boys were know as janissaries.They had to learn different languages,and recieve millitary training to administer the ottoman empire.
3.The ottoman's were originally from central asia.
4.Suleyman got his nickname magnificent from encouraging the arts,which flourished during his reign.
5.Mehmet the second constructed new mosques during the rebuilding of Constantinople.
The questions i have about the ottoman empire are
1. How rich was the ottoman empire?
2. How much money do they get to rebuild Constantinople?
3. How much wars are there?
4. How much do the Janassaries get paid a week?
5. Why do Mehmet the second and his army fire so many canons?
6. When did sulleyman become the sultan of the ottoman empire?
GRACE: I found it interesting that Sulleyman turned churches into mosques and made it more beautiful too. That is very interesting to me. Not only that but if he hired the best architects it had to be good.
ReplyDeleteBRIAN: I found it shocking that Sulleyman killed his own son and his best friend just because he became a weak sultan as he got older. That is just wrong and doesn't make sense to me. Because even if you are weak, that doesn't mean you have to kill someone so close to you. Especially if its your own son.
ReplyDelete1. The Christian families who lived in the land of the Ottomans were taxed and had to give one of their sons to serve the sultan and be part of the Janissaries, an elite group of soldiers in the Ottoman empire.(this practice was called devshirme)
ReplyDelete2.Suleyman killed many of his sons and his best friend because he thought that they were a threat to his power.
3.Suleyman broke tradition by marrying a Russian/Ukrainian slave, instead of someone noble.
4.By the late 1500s, the Ottomans controlled about 1/3 of Europe.
5.Mehmet II and his army conquered the city of Constantinople using different tactics: they used a cannon that fired 1,200 pound boulders at the city walls, they dragged 70 ships over the hill at night and attacked the city on two sides, and they eventually broke through and entered the city.
*Did the Sultan have advisers?
*Why was Suleyman nicknamed "the Magnificent"?
*Did they conduct a big slave trade as the Portuguese at that time?
Jess: I think that Mehmet used many cannons because they were superior to bows and arrows, and the Ottomans needed to get through the walls to take the city
Grace: To add to Brian's answer, Suleyman's death was kept secret for about 43 days while his generals forged his signature on papers and made decisions for him.
Ani: I also thought it was shocking that the Ottomans controlled about 1/3 of Europe because there were still other tribes and groups that there could be many leaders
ReplyDelete1: Janisaries were Christian boys that were turned into slaves.
ReplyDelete2.Sulleyman hired the best archetects to build his castles.
3.Suleyman got his nickname magnificent from encouraging the arts.
Q:When Suleyman started going bad, why didn't another leader have control?
GraceL: They kept suleyman's death a secret so other people wouldn't think that they didn't have a leader.
ReplyDeleteBrian: I think it was only Christian boys that were janisaries.
ReplyDelete1. Suleyman got his name "the Magnificant" because he encouraged the arts.
ReplyDelete2. The Ottomans had a period of time a lot like the Rennaisance.
3. The Ottomans allowed everyone to practice their own religon as long as they paid taxes.
4. Eventhough people were allowed to practice any religon they wanted, the Ottomans converted many churches into mosques.
5. In the late 1500s the Ottomans had conquerd 1/3 of Europe.
Why did the Ottoman empire collapse?
When Suleyman died why did it take so long for them to find a new leader?
Brian: I think it was somewhat normal for people to kill eachother to stay in power, I dont think someone could just take over when Suleyman killed his bestfriend and son.
Ani: Suleyman was nicknamed the magnificant because the arts flourihed in his reign.
5 things i found most interesting:
ReplyDelete1. The Ottomans let people practice any religion they wanted as long as they paid taxes.
2. The Ottomans converted many churches into mosques.
3. Christian boys were made into sleves and they called them Janissaries
4. Suleyman killed many of his sons because they were a threat to his power.
5. Suleyman got his nickname the magnificent from encouraging the arts.
Questions:
How did the Ottoman Empire collapse?
Did the Jannissaries get paid money?
Kendall: Was the time period of the Rennaissance longer or shorter than the Ottoman empire?
Ani: When Suleyman broke tradition by not marrying someone noble, did he lose his power?
1.)Sulyman would kill his friends and sons because he did not want them to kill him and become the new ruler.
ReplyDelete2.)Within the lands they concord the ottomans allowed residents to practice any religion as long as they paid there taxes
3.)The ottomans survived between the 13th century and the 19th.
4.)The ottomans used large cannons in battle which gave them a huge advantage over Constantinople
5.)Churches that were converted in to mosques had to be re arranged so that they faced mecca.
question.)How old was sulyman when he died?
1)Christian boys were taken as slaves, called Jannisaries, were trained to be elite warriors, and had to convert to Islam.
ReplyDelete2)Suleyman's death was kept a secret for so long, to protect the empire.
3)I thought it was very interesting that many of the articles said that the Ottoman empire lasted for very long when the Byzantium empire lasted for 400 years longer.
4)I thought it was interesting that the Moghul empire would have wiped out the Ottomans if their leader hadn't died.
5)I found it shocking that Constantinople was taken because a gate was left open.
Q. Why didn't anyone rebel sooner, or if they did, why didn't the Europeans back them.
Claudy:Another leader didn't have control because they would have had to take power and Sulyman killed off all those candidates.
JESS M: I don't think janisaries got paid because they were forced to become warriors its not like todays military.
ReplyDeleteCHRISTIAN K: I don't think the ottomans would have necessarily not taken over Constantinople if that gate was shut because they were also Superior with weapons.
ReplyDeleteAlex m: yes i do think thats interesting that sulleyman would kill his loved ones just to protect himself
ReplyDeleteAlex m: i also found it interesting how the ottoman empire used cannons and guns when their enemies only had swords
ReplyDelete1) I found it surprising that Suleyman killed his relatives so that they wouldn't be a threat.
ReplyDelete2) I found it interesting that the Ottomans let everybody practice their religion as long as they payed taxes, because most times when people are conquered, they are only allowed to be the religion of the people that conquered them.
3) I thought that it was smart of the Ottomans to keep Suleyman's death a secret to protect the empire.
4) I found it interesting that Suleyman broke tradition and married a Russian slave.
5) Ottoman rulers changed a lot of Christian churches into mosques, and faced them toward Mecca.
1) Did Janissaries ever rebel?
2) Were boys of other religions taken to be Janissaries too?
Jess- Mehmet II used a lot of cannons because they are destructive and you don't have to be close to your enemy to fire them.
Christian- I also think that it was shocking that Constantinople was taken over because of an open gate because usually in wars people are careful to not make mistakes like that.
1) Turks could be whatever religion as long as they paid taxes
ReplyDelete2)Suleyman married a slave and broke tradition
3)Constantinople was taken because a gate was mistakenly left open
4)Suleyman killed his sons and best friend so there would be no competition for his power
5)christian boys made into slaves/army called Jannisaries
Victoria that is a really good question I do not think they took boys from other religions though.
Jess-Mehmet II fired so many cannons to try to break down the wall of other empires and gain there land.
1)It was interesting that Christian boys were made into army soldiers called the Jannisaries.
ReplyDelete2)It was interesting how the slaves and Jannisaries could move up in the power status.
3)It was surprising how people would kill their brothers or friends just so they could have the power.
4)It is surprising how they kept Suleyman's death secret because they didn't want to look weak to other Empires.
5)It was interesting how they let people live in the area as long as they paid taxes.
Questions:
1. Why did they only take Christian boys and not any other religion?
Comments:
Victoria: I was wondering the same question if they rebelled. I don't think they did because some of the Janissaries had a lot of power.
Jack: I don't think they paid the Janissaries because they were slaves and slaves usyally don't get paid money.
Five things I found interesting were
ReplyDelete1)The Ottomans let people practice any religion they wanted as long as they paid taxes.
2)The Ottomans had a period of time a lot like the Rennaisance.
3)Sulyman would kill his friends and sons because he did not want them to kill him and become the new ruler.
5) Suleyman broke tradition and married a Russian slave.
2 question are
1)why couldnt he let his love one rule
2)why did they care about the Ottoman Empire
yeea Aidan i was shockwhen they let the slaves move up .
ReplyDeleteMeredith i though that to. its reallly interesting becuase there wasnt any point of that they couldve just put a new ruler.
shoking to me that they turn christin boys into slaves.
ReplyDeleteinteresting to me that the ottman empire had so much land, but lost it all.
surpring that they didnt tell the truth about there leader dieing.
interesting that the ottaman empire ruled parts of europe.
shoking that the king killed his favorite son
Why wernt jew boys slaves as well?
Jess: so they can take down walls of great cities and conqure land.
Kendall: They wernt fouced about there land and so it altmently collaped
5 interesting things
ReplyDelete1: young christain boys were made into janisaries at a young age.
2: they let people follow there own religion
3: they had there own rennassaince.
4: suleyman killed loved ones because there was no competition.
5:they kept suleymans death a secret
Q: why would the janisaries just let them become slaves?
A: victoria: i dont think they ever rebeled.
1:christians boys were inslaved.
ReplyDelete2:christians boys were tooken at a young age and trained to be worriors.
3:they conqured half of the world.
4:they end up losing all their land in 600 hundreds years.
5:suleyman killed his own son so there wouldnt be no competetion.
How did suleyman wife die?
andre: he didnt let his love ones rule because he wanted to keep his thrown and he didnt want no one else to rule.
mike: they janissaris werent able to do anything because they were young children when they inslaved them.
The five things I found interesting about the Ottoman's:
ReplyDelete1) They used all the old churches and turned them into mosques.
2)They let everyone practice their own religion
3)Sulleyman killed his own son.
4)Sullyman married a slave girl
5)They took Christian boys at a young age to
become janisaries.
Question: Why would he marry a slave girl?
Greg: I don't think there were any Jewish boys there to become slaves.
LIZ SCHAUB
five interseting things
ReplyDelete1-young christian boys were taken and made as soldiers called janissaries
2-the ottomans allowed all religions to worship if they pay a tax.
3-sulleyman had his son and best friend killed because he was scared of being murdered for power.
4-the ottomans controlled in europe to the middle east
5-young janissaries were allowed to move up in rank, to become more powerful officials
why were janissaries allowed to rise in rank?
victoria and meridith- i think they took janissaries because they were the most.
i found it interseting as well that he married a slave girl and i think it was because he wanted to prove a point, or break tradition liz?
5 most shoking things
ReplyDelete1. Christian boys were turned into otoman soldiers
2. the ottomans gave religious freedom, there people could practice any religion they wanted as long as they paid there taxes
3.The ottoman empire grew to about half of Europe, egypt, parts of north africa, and parts of the middle east
4.Emporer Sullyman grew fearful of his friends and loved ones, and had them killed so no one could overtake him
5.they kept Sullymans death a secret
Questions: Who was the emporer after the death of sullyman
Aiden, the ottoman empire was verry rich
Grec, Christian boys weren't slaves, they could earn a high ranking in society
my five intersesting things:
ReplyDelete1) the ottomans recruited christian boys to become soldiers called janissaries.
2)the ottomans allowed other religions to worship, if they paid a tax.
3)Sulleyman broke tradition and married a slave, which gave him respect from the lower class.
4)the empire kept the death of sulleyman a secret so the opposing army would not see this as a weakness.
5)sulleyman had his son killed, because he was scared of his son killing him.
Q-What was the benifits of owning europe, north africa, and the middle east?
-where the jannisaries still regarded as young slaves even if they were highly ranked?
meredith-they took christian boys because they were the most populated out of any religion,and because they were opposing religions
victoria-i think the jannisaries were given a pretty good life, because they could gain political power, where in their old country it was more difficult.