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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The five most things I found interesting, surprising, and shocking about the Ottomans:
ReplyDelete1. They only took Christian boys and enslaved them.
2. The Ottomans tolerated other religions and not just Islam.
3. The Ottomans didn't come from Turkey, but from Central Asia.
4. Suleyman was one of the greatest leaders because he made Constantinople very successful and one of the worst at the same time because he killed his sons.
5. The Ottomans had a very advanced army with cannons and gunpowder weapons which helped them capture Constantinople.
Questions:
If the laws were made from a Muslim holy book, how were the Christians and Jews supposed to follow some of them?
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ReplyDeleteSarah,
ReplyDeleteNot only was it interesting that canons and gunpowders helped them capture Constantinople but sadly the biggest part was one of the gates was opened and the Ottomans had the advantage and marched in and the massacre began.
1.)That they let little boys fight in an army.
ReplyDelete2.)Questions and jews were allowed to live in the emphire.
3.)That litle chritians boys were enslaved.
4.)Chritians and jews had to pay taxes.
5.)Constantinople people would stay and fight for their city even though they had no chance.
Questions
What woould happen if chritians and jews did not pay their taxes?
Interesting Facts:
ReplyDelete1. I found it interesting that the Osman is the most successful Ghazi and his followers became the " Ottomans".
2. The Christian boys were enslaved.
3. Constinople was renamed Istanbul making it the new Ottoman capital.
4. The Ottoman empire declared bankruptey in 1875.
5.The Christians and Jews had to pay taxes
Question:
1.Why did Suleyman only take christian boys?
2.When/how did Suleyman become a sultan?
Danielle,
ReplyDeleteI also wanted to know what would happen if chriatians and jews did not pay thier taxes.
Sara P.
ReplyDeleteI also wondered,If the laws were made from a Muslim holy book,how were the Christians and Jews supposed to follow some of them?
Sarah,
ReplyDeleteI also want to know if the chritians and jews were supposed to follow the Laws from the Muslim holy book.
Madison,
ReplyDeleteI also thought it was interesting that the Ottoman empire declared bankruptey in 1875.
1.The ottoman's gain so much land
ReplyDelete2.They enslaved Christan boys to fight in wars
3.The slaves could move up in sociaty
4.You needed to pay taxes to worship your religon
5.The ottoman's had guns and cannons
question. Why did they only take Christan boys?
The five most interesting,surprising,and shocking about the Ottomans:
ReplyDelete1.I'm interested,surprised,and shocked Constantine stayed to fight to the death instead of fleeing to safety.
2.I'm also interested,surprised,and shocked that Women and children as well stayed and fought in the battle by throwing rocks to defend Constantinople instead of fleeing to have all the children safe.
3.I'm shocked power is what ruined Suleyman's life because lust for power turns people into power hungry ruthless murderers and Suleyman seemed a nice person who didn't care that much on power and wealth.
4.I found it shocking Mehmed the second toppled the Byzantine Empire,captured Constantinople,renaming it Istanbul,making it the new Ottoman capital at the age of 21 yrs old.
5.I'm surprised Ottomans tolerated the other religions such as the Jews and Christians.
Questions:
Why did Suleyman the Magnificent kill his favorite son and his best friend?
What did Suleyman's wife tell him exactly?
Why were the Christian boys called Janissaries?
Danielle and Madison
ReplyDeleteIf Jews and Christians did not pay their taxes,The Ottomans would kick them out or force them to convert.
They might also as well arrest them and have some harsh punishment.
The five things I found interesting were
ReplyDelete1. The Ottomans were tolernate of other religions.
2. even though they were tolernate of other religions they still had disputes between wheter they should be Sunni or Shiite muslims.
3. Towards the decline of the Ottoman empire rulers would inprison there sons so they couldn't become rulers.
4. Mehmed was only 21 when he conquered Constantinople.
5.The loss of Constantinople made Europeans want to find a trade route to Asia.
Questions
What made the Ottomans go bankrupt?
Zach,
ReplyDeleteI also find it interesting that could move up. And how one of the Emperors wifes was once a slave.
Madison,
ReplyDeleteI also found it interesting how Osman was called Othman and that his followers were called Ottomans.
the FIVE most interesting, surprising, and/or shocking things I have learned about the Ottoman Empire are:
ReplyDelete1) that sulley man who was reconized for his respect in the arts is the same man that had his son and his best friend killed.
2)I also found it supprising that the ottomans would tolerate christianity and judiasm because their rligions from the book but he outlawed shia' muslims not only another religion from the book but also a branch from the official religion of the ottoman empire.3)I'm also supprised that the muslims would make christian boys Janissaries where in most of the world at that point and still much of the world today think that if your not from this religion or race then you are not as good as the people who are and since it created many oportunities, which is why im amazed they didnt give that job to muslims untill later on.4)im also supprised that mhed a a 21 year old man would have such a big impact on the world by taking constantinople and forcing europeans to find a sea route to india , which inspired many country's to sail and explore just because mhemed took over one city in turkey.5) the thing i am most supprised about is that after sulleyman died his advisers and followers pretended he was alive and signed papers for 43 days untill the end of the war.
Questions:
1)when did the start using muslim boys for the Janissaries?
2)was it possible for a non muslim boy to become a sultan?
3)where the christians and jews part of the ottomans from the begging or did they join in part way through?
Aman sulleyman the magnificent killed his son because his wife had told him that his son was going to try and takeover i believe this is also the reason that sultans later on had started imprisoning their sons,
ReplyDeleteZach,
ReplyDeleteevn though im supprised they only used christian boys also i believe it might be because they where the largest part of the population and i'm not sure on this part but maybe also tokeep their famileis in line like other groups throught history have done even though im not sure because they seem to tolerate them in every other way
The five things I found most interesting, surprising, and shocking about the Ottomans:
ReplyDelete1. The Ottomans were tolernate of other religions
2.They enslaved Christan boys to fight in wars
3.The slaves could move up in sociaty and some even became the rulers assistances
4.The Christians and Jews had to pay taxes
5.The citizense of Constantinople would stay and fight for their city even though they had no chance.
Questions:
ReplyDelete1. how much land did the ottomans eventualy take at its highest point?
2. what were the punishments for disobaying the laws?
dear billy,
ReplyDeleteyour question about the jews and christians, i think that they must have been a part of it because when they took land, some of it must have been occupied by christians and jews.
dear danielle,
ReplyDeletei also had a simular questions about the consicuences were of disobaying the law. i think that it depends on the power thy hold and weather its a reacuring event.
The five most interesting things I learned about the Ottoman Empire are:
ReplyDelete1. Suleiman marries a former slave named Roxelena.
2.Suleiman befriended a slave that later became one of his most trusted advisors.
3. For about 40 days after Suleiman's death, his deaeth was kept a secret and people close to him forged his signature.
4. They defeated the powerful city of Constantinople depite it's high walls to protect it.
5. Christians and Jews were allowd in the Ottoman empire, but they wouldn't let Musilms who weren't part of their branch be there.
Question: Was the Ottoman Empire Sunni or Shia?
ReplyDeleteMeggie,
ReplyDeleteI also thought it interesting that the people of Constantinople stayed and fought. Even their ruler stayed and fought along side them desguised so no one would know who he was.He has the chance to leave, too, but he did not take it.
Colman,
ReplyDeleteI too, found it interesting that rulers would imprison their sons in fear that they would try to become ruler. Some even killed their sons or had them all fight together to see who would win.
The five most interesting things I've learned about the Ottoman empire have been:
ReplyDelete1) Suleyman married a Russian slave named Roxelena
2) They only took Christian boys and enslaved them to be in the army
3) The Ottomans allowed other religions to coexist with them in the empire as long as they paid their taxes
4) Slaves could move up in society
5) Suleyman killed his oldest son and his best friend because he thought they had a plan to over throw him
Questions:
-Was the kingdom mostly Sunni or Shi'ite Muslims?
-Why did they keep it a secret that Suleyman was dead in his camp for 40 days?
- Who started the very beginning of the empire?
Billy,
ReplyDeleteI too found it interesting that other religions were allowed to live in the empire because most other places persecuted other religions and told them to leave.
Madison,
ReplyDeleteI too found it interesting that Osman was the most sucsessful leader so they named their empire the Ottoman empire. He must have won a lot of land for the empire and helped it form a lot.
Danielle,
ReplyDeleteI think that if they didn't pay the taxes they were killed
Madelyn,
ReplyDeleteI think they were mostly Shi'ite Muslims
5 things i found interesting about the ottoman empire are...
ReplyDelete1.The Ottomans were very convinced to take over contstantinople.
2.Suleyman married a Russian slave.
3.They were tolerant of other religions but forced them to pay laws.
4.Used christian boys to fight in the wars.
5.Slaves could gain more power.
One question is...
Besides taking Constantinople what was the ottoman's biggest accomplishment?
Meggie I think at the ottoman's highest point the ottoman empire covered almost all the middle east and some of asia.
ReplyDeleteBilly I'm pretty sure that only muslim boys could become sultans.