The Ottoman Turks Were Able to Begin to Amass Territory

question 7

Multiple Choice

The Ottoman Turks were able to begin to amass territory in the fourteenth century because:

• A)the Mongols had toppled the older powers that had traditionally kept them in check.
• B)the Byzantine empire had fallen.
• C)they had acquired artillery from China.
• D)they had allied themselves with the sultanate of Rûm.
• E)the Abbasid caliphate had hired them as mercenaries.