This was a process in which Ottoman authorities would demand the handing over of young Christian boys to the Ottoman service. ... The people of Višegrad, the Turks and the Christians, incessantly argue and disagree about any changes or modifications made in the town or to the bridge. ... During the span of the tale, we see children, Turks, Christians, and even women more and more welcomed on the bridge. ... The change brought by the arrival of the foreigner's shows the difference between the Western's urge to keep making changes and the belief shared by the Christians and Muslims th...

• Word Count: 1230
• Approx Pages: 5
• Grade Level: Undergraduate

., 2004) They encouraged thought and creativity by building schools and hospitals. ... The sultans of the 1400s created a military system that drafted young boys from Christian families and made them legally the slaves of the sultan. ... Ottoman rule was easy for Christian communities to accept because it did not disrupt their belief system. ... Muslims recognized the Jews and Christians, since their religion was based upon the same biblical tradition as Islam. ...

• Word Count: 1306
• Approx Pages: 5
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: Undergraduate

It was the first ever Christian empire its capital was Constantinople, now known as Istanbul. ... Early Byzantine art must be considered in relation to the Early Christian condemnation of pagan worship, and the following reluctance to depict sacred Christian figures and stories. ... "Byzantine art can clearly be seen in direct relation to foreign ideas and radically different styles, both architectural and artistic."1 Byzantine artist continued that which his predecessor had taught him, demonstrating the style of a particular region or school. ...

• Word Count: 1363
• Approx Pages: 5
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: Undergraduate

The Ottoman Empire emerged from a group of ghazis, Muslim warriors, who waged war against Byzantine Christians in an effort to expand the domain of Islam. ... Establishing mosques, bureaucratic institutions and madrasahs, Islamic schools, the Ottoman Empire was stabilizing as it grew. ... In fact, when Spain was reconquered by the Christians, many Jews fled to remain under the umbrella of Ottoman rule. ... Under Ottoman control, Christians and Jews were granted millet status. ...

• Word Count: 2157
• Approx Pages: 9
• Grade Level: Undergraduate

In the early 4th century AD, Tiridates converted to Christianity even before Constantine of the Byzantine Empire, establishing the first officially Christian state religion. ... Between 1894 and 1896, hundreds of thousands of Armenians were massacred by Ottoman forces, and the Russian government closed Armenian schools and seized church property until 1905 when they got tired of Armenian armed resistance. ... Other secular Muslim nations such as Turkey also closed borders with predominantly Christian Armenia. ...

• Word Count: 1451
• Approx Pages: 6
• Has Bibliography
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This essay agrees that good leadership laid the foundation for the Ottoman Empire although it must be taken into account that alternative arguments of the influence of religion, establishment of social institutions, military prowess and external circumstances like the collapse of neighboring empires did play a part as well. The statement assumes that the good leadership was the underlying argument for the Ottoman empire by enabling the fundamentals of empire-building through territorial, social, political and economical advancements; that without good leadership, the ottoman empire would no...

• Word Count: 4027
• Approx Pages: 16
• Grade Level: Undergraduate