Venice and the Ottoman Empire: Crash Course World History #19

St. Mark

- Author of the Gospel According to St. Mark - Once been the Bishop of Alexandria, in Egypt

Venice

- City made up of many islands at the northern tip of the Adriatic Sea

Piazza San Marco

- Contains golden horses referencing to constantinople - Contains the body of St. Mark

What place did Suleiman the Magnificent take valuable territories from

- Mesopotamia - Egypt

Slave Aristocracy

- Ottomans government system built from scratch - Created both and army and a bureaucracy

Suleiman the Magnificent

- Ruled from 1520 to 1566 - Ottoman expansion reached its greatest heights during his reign - Secured control over the western parts of the Asian trade, both overland and oversea

What were the two effects of the mutual relationship between Venice and the Ottoman Empire

- The European Renaissance - Travels of Christopher Columbus

When did Suleiman the Magnificent lay siege to Vienna

1526

Ottomans Empire

Around 1300 CE until 1919

What was the most crucial result of Venetian and Ottoman control of trade

Forced other Europeans to look for different paths to the riches of the East

Suleiman the Magnificent turned the Ottomans into a huge ___________ power

Naval

What was Venice built for

Ocean-going trade

What government system did Venice follow

Republic

What were the Venetians expert at

Ship-building

Where did the Portugese sail

South and East to the southern tip of Africa

Where did the Spanish sail

West