The Janissaries Were

question 18

Multiple Choice

The Janissaries were

• A)Christian heretics who sought refuge in the Ottoman Empire.
• B)the sultan's crack troops, originally kidnapped Christians trained to be intensely Turkish and Islamic.
• C)Ottoman Turk aristocrats.
• D)Muslim "heretics" at odds with the sultan.
• E)Christian knights who continued to fight Islam in the Ottoman Empire.

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