1 The Height of the Ottomans
1.1 Ottomans' Governmental Effectiveness
1.1.1 Established official unity
- Faith
- Culture
- and Language
- Yet Higher tolerance for other races
1.1.2 High Tech Cities
- Well drained cities
- Libraries and universities libraries are a strong through-line!
- Sophisticated language
- Advanced class system
- Strength in…
- Math
- Cartography
- Medicine
- Industry
- Mills
- Gun casting
- Lighthouses
- Hoursebreeding
1.1.3 Millitary might
- Used traditional mounted warriors
- Also gained Christian POWs
- Lived in barracks and trained all year round
- Barred from jobs or marryingLived in barracks and trained all year round
- Barred from jobs or marrying
- Learned to use guns to support horseback solders
- Recruited army from Christian youth
1.2 The Ottoman Government, an Overview
See KBhHIST201OttomanGovmntOverview
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- A cosmopolitan empire
- "Most powerful and best organized"
- Advanced land forces aforementioned
- Heavy military technology
- Millitaryistic govermentment?
- Cavalrymen admisitered th erural land
- "Most powerful and best organized"
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