Check Your Understanding Questions
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What motivation did Orthodox Christians have for accepting Ottoman rule?
2
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Why did the Ottoman state grant timars?
3
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In what ways did the empire founded by Timur geographically resemble that founded by Chinggis Khan?
4
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Why do some historians regard the fall of Constantinople as the end of the Middle Ages and the beginning of the early modern era?
5
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How did the intellectual movement of humanism affect Europeans’ view of human beings?
6
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Why did the Abbasid, Ayyubid, and Ottoman states prefer to train enslaved male children to become soldiers and administrators?
7
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In what ways was the Janissary system of the Ottomans similar to the mamluk system in Egypt?
8
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What was the main difference between the two Mamluk dynasties?
9
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Other than religious piety, what motives did the Mamluk sultans have for establishing mosques and charitable institutions?
10
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What effect did the Mongols have on the Ming dynasty?
11
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How successful was Zhu Yuanzhang at improving life for China’s poor?
12
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What impact did the adoption of gunpowder have on the European aristocracy?
13
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What impact did the adoption of gunpowder have on the Ottoman Empire?
14
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Why did nomadic societies begin to decline beginning in the early modern era?