Ottoman Empire Research Paper

The name of the Ottoman Empire comes from the name Osman I which was the founder of this empire and ruler of the Ottoman dynasty.

The Ottoman Empire was a state that conquered much of southeastern Europe, western Asia and northern Africa in the 14th century.

During the 16th century, the Ottoman Empire was a multinational, multilingual empire controlling most of Southeast Europe.

Its capital is named Söğüt with a population of more than 13,891 citizens. The most spoken language in the Ottoman Empire is the Ottoman Turkish. Its government is the Absolute Monarchy and the religion most practiced in this region is the Sunni Islam. Some of the traditions that the Ottomans practiced they learned them from the regions they conquered and added new dimensions to them. The Ottoman architecture was influenced by Persian, Byzantine Greek and Islamic architectures. Ottoman art was in search of new ideas during the rise period. Ottoman classical music was an important part of the education of the Ottomans. A number of the Ottoman sultans were accomplished musicians and composers themselves, such as Selim III, whose compositions are even still performed today.

The Ottoman Military was centralized by Osman I from Turkoman tribesmen inhabiting western Anatolia in the late 13th century. The Janissaries, were elite infantry units that formed the Ottoman Sultan's household troops, bodyguards and the first modern standing army in Europe. They began as an elite corps of slaves made up of kidnapped young Christian boys who were given the choice to convert to Islam. At first the rule of the Ottoman Sultans was insecure. To consolidate their Empire the Ottoman Sultans formed groups of fanatical