History Stuff
Jewish Emigration from Granada
1492
Ottoman empire 1550s population
15 million
Mehmet II conquered Constantinople within
2 months
1516 inherited Habsburg
Charles V
Ottoman import Ethiopia
Coffee
13th century Genoa ship development in
Constantinople
Purpose of Spanish Inquisition 1481
Find out people who were not catholic
The practice of the devșirme contradicted muslim law which
Forbade the enslavement of "peoples of the Book."
1534 ottoman alliance
France
1498 Vasco de Gama
India
1571, Eastern Mediterranean, first major sea battle via firepower
Lepanto
1517, Ottomans defeat the _____ and obtain Mecca.
Mamluks
14th century Ibn Battuta was impressed by
Ottomans
1501, Safavid warrior group
Shiite
The incursion of ______ into Ottoman territory bought time for the Byzantine emperors in the early fifteenth century.
Timur the Great
Under Süleyman "the Magnificent" most of the Janissaries were stationed in barracks in and near the _____________.
Topkapi Palace
Moriscos driven out of Spain were
forced to leave behind all possessions
Charles V 1550 gives Spain, Naples, and Netherlands to
his son Philip II
Purpose of Spanish Inquisition
maintain Catholic orthodoxy