ASPIRES
 Artistic: magnificent
religious monuments
such as the Suleimanye Mosque
 Devsherme
System
 Social Hierarchy:
Aristocratic/professional class,
janissaries, Rayyah class: marginalized
mass, heavily taxed, unable to serve
military.
 Legal system: a fair system that lasted
into the modern world.
 The
massive power of the Ottoman
Emperors/Sultans was impressive.
 Succession a major problem
 Meritocracy (social)
 Built
enormous libraries
 Advancement of Madrassas
 Map making
 Naval technology
 Istanbul Technical University: (17th
century)
 Military technology
 Split
between Shia and Sunni fermented
during this time as the Ottomans and
Safavids battled for control of the Eastern
Eurasian World.
 Trade
important
 Census and taxation was specific
 Silk Road
 Sea Road
 Lack of industrialization a downfall
 See
intellectual