Questions Refer to the Image Below

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Multiple Choice

Questions refer to the image below. Devshirme in the Balkans
-Which of the following methods did the Ottoman Empire use to centralize its control?

• A) The taking of male children from distant provinces as hostages to prevent rebellions
• B) The forced conversion of Islamic Shi'a children to Sunni Islam, the official religion of the empire
• C) The conscription of young Christian boys to raise and train as bureaucrats and soldiers in the Janissary Corps
• D) The recruitment of the young sons of urban elites to serve as elite guards at Topkapi Palace

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