The Janissaries Were Recruited from

question 71

Multiple Choice

The janissaries were recruited from

• A) the ranks of the Ottoman military elite.
• B) the local Christian population in the Balkans.
• C) the Mamluk slave armies.
• D) the Ottoman countryside.
• E) Italy, France, and Spain.

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