Unrest in the Ottoman Empire in the Decades Around 1600

question 16

Multiple Choice

Unrest in the Ottoman empire in the decades around 1600 was caused by

• A) a prolonged drought
• B) a massive influx of Spanish American silver
• C) attacks by the Safavids
• D) peasant revolts

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