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What was the name of the corporation that looked over common task?
Provinzialverband
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What has since happened from 1919 that involve the provincial diets?
elected by the citizens of the provinces
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The Ottoman Empire is also known as what three other names?
Turkish Empire, Ottoman Turkey or Turkey
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When was the Ottoman empire founded?
1299
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Who founded the Ottoman empire?
Oghuz Turks
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Where was the Ottoman empire founded?
northwestern Anatolia
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Conquests by who began the transformation of the Ottoman sultanate into an Empire?
Murad I
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Under the reign of who did the Ottoman empire control much of Southeastern Europe?
Suleiman the Magnificent
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During what centuries was the Ottoman empire in control of much of Southeast Europe?
16th and 17th centuries
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How many provinces did the Ottoman empire control at the start of the 17th century?
32 provinces
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Along with provinces what type of states did the Ottoman empire have control over?
vassal states
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What regions of Africa were under control of the Ottoman empire?
North Africa, and the Horn of Africa
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What was the capital of the Ottoman empire?
Constantinople
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What Ottoman empire controlled lands contributed to the centre of transactions between East and West ?
lands around the Mediterranean basin
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When did the Ottoman empire decline?
into the late nineteenth century
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What nation did the Ottoman empire align with in the 20th century?
Germany
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What led to the decline of the Ottoman empire?
military setbacks against European powers
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An anglicization of the name Osman I results in what word?
Ottoman
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What house was the founder of the Ottoman empire?
House of Osman
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What was another name for the Ottoman Dynasty?
House of Osman
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What is the origin of Osman's name?
Arabic
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In a literal sense what was the Ottoman empire referred to as?
The Supreme State of the Ottomans
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Who was the father of Osman I?
Ertuğrul
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How many horsemen did Osman I's father bring to aid the Seljuks of Rum?
400 horsemen
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When did the Turkish Seljuk Sultanate of Rum reach its demise?
14th century
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What did the divided Anatolia end up being referred to as?
Ghazi emirates
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To the edge of what empire did Osman I push Turkish settlements?
Byzantine Empire
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Which city did Osman's son capture?
Bursa
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In what year did Osman's son capture an Anatolian city?
1324
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What was the name of the son of Osman that captured an Anatolian city?
Orhan
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What city was captured from the Venetians in 1387?
Thessaloniki
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In what year did the Ottoman's have a victory at Kosovo?
1389
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What was an objective of Turkey after its expansion into the Balkans?
conquest of Constantinople
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What empire were the controlled lands surrounding Constantinople formerly controlled by?
Byzantine
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What leader invaded Anatolia from the east?
Timur
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Timur was the founder of what?
Timurid Empire
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What battle between Timur and the Ottoman empire took place in 1402?
Battle of Ankara
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Who recovered Ottoman empire territories in the Balkans in the 1430s to the 1450s?
Murad II
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On what date were the armies under Władysław III defeated by Murad II?
10 November 1444
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Władysław III of Poland was also the king of what?
Hungary
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What battle took place on 10 November 1444?
Battle of Varna
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In what battle did Murad II leave as the victory in 1448?
Second Battle of Kosovo
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Who was the son of Murad II?
Mehmed the Conqueror
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What city was conquered on 29 May 1453?
Constantinople
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What did the Orthodox Church get to keep in exchange for accepting the authority of the Ottoman empire?
its autonomy and land
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The Orthodox population of Constantinople preferred Ottoman rule instead of what?
Venetian rule
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What was the main obstacle to the expansion of the Ottoman empire into the peninsula of Italy??
Albanian resistance
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During what years was Suleiman the Magnificent alive?
1520–1566
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In what year did Suleiman the Magnificent capture Belgrade?
1521
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Suleiman the Magnificent had an important victory in what battle in 1526?
Battle of Mohács
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After a victorious battle in 1526 in what present-day nation was Turkish rule expanded to?
Hungary
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In what siege was Suleiman the Magnificent stopped when attacking Vienna in 1532?
the Siege of Güns
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France and the Ottoman Empire united against what?
Habsburg rule
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Where did the French lay conquest in 1553?
Corsica
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The conquest of Nice was an effort by Suleiman and what French king?
Francis I
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What were the names of the Ottoman admirals who commanded the conquest of Nice?
Barbarossa Hayreddin Pasha and Turgut Reis
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What ruler recognized the Ottomans in 1547?
Ferdinand
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Who argues that there was steep decline and stagnation after the death of Suleiman?
Stephen Lee
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In what year did Suleiman die?
1566
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By what year was it argued that the Ottoman empire was merely "a shadow" of what it was in 1566?
1699
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Beginning and ending with what years does Lee argue that the rules of the Empire were incompetent?
1566 to 1703
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What factor caused inflation in the Ottoman empire?
war
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Poor rule by what class of people strained the empire?
Sultans
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Europeans gained on the Ottoman empire in what type of technology?
military technology
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What types of conservative beliefs slowed the expansion of the empire?
religious and intellectual
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What battle took place in 1683?
Battle of Vienna
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The empire ceased its expansion into what area after a battle in 1683?
Europe
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Avoiding the strength of Ottoman trade was accomplished with the discovery of what?
new maritime trade routes
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What did the Portuguese discover in 1488?
the Cape of Good Hope
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Where did the Ottoman and Portuguese have Naval wars in the 16th century?
the Indian Ocean
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Who did the Ottomans ally with in the Indian Ocean?
The Somali Muslim Ajuran Empire
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New coins were a proclamation of independence by the Somali Muslim Ajuran Empire from whom?
the Portuguese
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Which Spaniard led a battle in 1571?
Philip II
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What battle did the Spanish win in 1571?
Battle of Lepanto
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What siege occurred in 1565?
Siege of Malta
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In what year did Venice sign a peace treaty with the Ottomans?
1573
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After signing a peace treaty with Venice, in what region did the Ottoman empire expand?
North Africa
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What was the late 16th century war against Habsburg Austria known as?
The Long War
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During what years did the Ottoman war against Habsburg Austria occur?
1593–1606
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What were ottoman irregular sharpshooters known as?
Sekban
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What was the population of the Ottoman empire at the beginning of the 17th century?
30 million people
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A war occurring from 1603 to 1618 resulted in what treaty?
Treaty of Nasuh Pasha
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Who recaptured Iraq in 1639?
Murad IV
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Who had control over Iraq before it was recaptured in 1639?
the Safavids
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When was Kösem murdered?
1651
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What years define the Köprülü Era?
1656–1703
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What territory was conquered by the Köprülü Vizierate in 1669?
Crete
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Which Grand Vizier attempted a siege of Vienna in 1683?
Grand Vizier Kara Mustafa Pasha
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What was the war that took place from 1683 to 1687 known as?
the Great Turkish War
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Which polish king led the fight against the Ottoman empire in the Battle of Vienna?
Jan III Sobieski
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What was the alliance against the late 17th century Ottoman empire known as?
the Holy League
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What treaty was signed 26 January 1699?
Treaty of Karlowitz
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Oltenia is also known as what?
Little Walachia
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The Austro-Turkish war took place over what years?
1716–1718
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The Austro Turkish War culminated in the signing of what treaty?
Treaty of Passarowitz
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The Treaty of Belgrade was the result of a war known as what?
Austro-Russian–Turkish War
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What port was lost by the Ottoman empire as a result of the Treaty of Belgrade?
port of Azov
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What is one university that was formed in the early 18th century of the empire?
Istanbul Technical University
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What type of school was established in the empire in 1734?
an artillery school
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In 1754 what man convinced the Grand Vizier to allow the use of the printing press?
Ibrahim Muteferrika
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