HISA04H3 Lecture Notes - Lecture 14: Janissaries, Devşirme
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Similarity in location, they themselves thought of themselves as the heris of the roman. Started in modest way, started as frontier principality, union of several political leaders legacy and nomadic tribes. Enabled them to think of marrying their daughters to other outside leaders or kidnap the sons of the frontiers and educate them. 1571, the ottomons taking over the eastern meditarranean. The hejaz is the sliver of arabic empire, religious city of islam. Turks became ottomans, came from same ethnic background as the mongols, learning from mongol example and emultating it. An annual census, appealing to local population. Byzantine empire was very oppressive, instead of just a purely religious explanation, there are many other reasons. They did not try to enforce their religion, conversion to islam did occur but it was not forced conversion, the ottomans by large did not recruit with the exception of therecruitment of the army. Many people converted because of the less taxes.
