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| 325822635 | Janissaries | Christian boys taken from their homes in the Balkans, converted to Islam and required to serve for life in the ottoman army. | 0 | |
| 325822636 | Serbia | Ottoman Territory where Janissaries acted as Ottoman Territory where Janissaries acted as provincial governors. Abused Orthodox Christians. Selim Threatened to reassign them to the ottoman capital Istanbul (formerly Constantinople). Because they thought they were going to lose all political power, they revolted against Selim and massacred Christians in Serbia which results in loss of ottoman control In Serbia. Selim gets the Ruler of Bosnia (another Balkan Province) to suppress the Janissary uprising. Russians Threatened to intervene with the ottomans' plans so the ottomans quit and Serbia became independent. Ulama supported the revolt because they distrust the secularization of law and taxation. | 1 | |
| 325822637 | Ulama | Muslim Religious scholars | 2 | |
| 325822638 | Tanzimat | Reorganization using Mahmud II's Ideas implemented by his son Absul Mejid. Strongly endorsed by European Ambassadors. Included public trials, equal protection for all religions, equalized the eligibility of men for conscription into the army (copied from Egypt). | 3 | |
| 325822639 | The Eastern Question | the diplomatic maneuvering among European powers over whether or not the Ottoman Empire should exist and if not who gets the territory. This lasts until the ottoman fall after World War I. They Did agree to Save It from Ibrahim's invasion in 1839. | 4 | |
| 325822640 | Extra territoriality | the exemption of laws for citizens in a foreign country- they have one country inside another. Like ambassadors and stuff today | 5 | |
| 325822641 | Young Ottomans | A group of well-educated young urban men who aspired to wealth and influence. They believed the Tanzimat officials and empire's rulers who they controlled would allow the continuation of European influence. They Promoted a mixture of liberal ideas derived from Europe, National pride in ottoman independence, and helped draft a constitution that was promulgated in 1876 by a new and as yet untried sultan, Abdul Hamid II. | 6 |
