Unit 3: Empires Expand & Maintain Power - Ottoman Case Study | Today’s Inquiry Questions | How and why did the Ottoman Empire develop and expand from 1450 to 1750? ● What methods did Ottoman Sultans (rulers) use to legitimize and consolidate power in the Ottoman Empire? Part I: Ottoman Development and Expansion | Document | Based on this document, how and/or why did the Ottoman Em
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Unit 3: Empires Expand & Maintain Power - Ottoman Case Study
| Today’s Inquiry Questions
| How and why did the Ottoman Empire develop and expand from 1450 to 1750? ● What methods did Ottoman Sultans (rulers) use to legitimize and consolidate power in the Ottoman Empire?
Part I: Ottoman Development and Expansion
| Document | Based on this document, how and/or why did the Ottoman Empire develop and expand from 1450 to 1750?
| 1 Map of Ottoman Expansion |
| 2 The History of Mehmed the Conqueror | What specific military tactics, units, and weapons were utilized in the siege of Constantinople? According to the author, what role did Mehmed II play in this siege? How could you source this document?
| 3 Letter from Sultan Selim I | Why do you think Sultan Selim I quotes the Qu’ran so often in his letter? What about the Safavids is most upsetting to to Sultan Selim I?
| 4 Siege of Rhodes Miniature Painting | What weapons were utilized by the Ottomans in the Siege of Rhodes?
| 5 Ottoman Miniature | How would this image be used as a show of power?
| 6 Ottoman Siege of Esztergom |
| 7 The Turkish Letters |
Part II: Legitimizing and Consolidating Power
| Document | Based on this document, what method(s) did Ottoman Sultans (rulers) use to legitimize and consolidate power in the Ottoman Empire?
| 8 Topkapi Palace |
| 9 Suleymaniye Mosque | How did the Sultan use Janissaries as a show of power?
| Respond to the inquiry lesson question using specific information, examples, and evidence from the artifacts. Answer this as if it were a DBQ thesis statement for an essay you were writing on the topic. Evaluate the extent to which the Ottoman Empire developed and expanded from 1450 to 1750?
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| Evaluate the extent to which Ottoman rulers used a variety of methods to legitimize and consolidate Ottoman power in the 1450 to 1750 time period.
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