HSTR 377 Lecture 5: HSTR 377 Lecture V
27 Oct 2016
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Ghazi: turkic migration some become fervent jihadist warriors, tried to invade/convert europe every year. Constantinople 1453: capturing the city (gunpower/cannon) opened the way into europe. Chaldiran 1514: battle with the persians who lost badly: then able to take over many more provinces. Masters of the mediterranean have essentially the whole coastline. Janissaries: elite infantry coming from devshirme. Devshirme: christian boy slaves who were taken as a tax, converted to islam, and became administrators or elite soldiers. Administrators rotated between provinces: free education, entrusted with power, owned land almost better off than subjects. Resentment from local muslim populations: very well paid, some owned thousands of slaves themselves, the point was loyalty personnel from an external source loyal only to the sultan, not involved in internal politics. Provisional government: main function is to provide for the subjects. Sunni islam (hanafi) sultan and caliph. Military losses: europeans developed their military techniques, ottomans fell behind.
