How Did the Ottoman Sultan's Role Change in the Latter

question 24

Multiple Choice

How did the Ottoman sultan's role change in the latter fifteenth century?

• A) The sultan came to be considered "the shadow of God" on earth.
• B) The sultan's home, Topkapi palace, became a training school for the bureaucracy.
• C) The sultan withdrew into the seclusion of Topkapi palace instead of personally leading his soldiers.
• D) Ottoman dynastic and familial traditions no longer had any place in governance.

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