The Ottoman Sultans Used All of the Following Approaches to Manage

question 61

Multiple Choice

The Ottoman Sultans used all of the following approaches to manage their expanding empire EXCEPT

• A) training janissaries as the military elite.
• B) seizing young recruits to serve as future bureaucrats.
• C) supplanting local leaders with hand-chosen loyalists.
• D) suppressing non-Islamic religions.

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Tyrosine Kinase Receptor

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