The Ottoman Empire

Interactive exercises

1.	Decision-Making Game Virtual Field Trip: The Ottoman Empire An epic adventure: Journey around every corner of the Empire trying to complete a mission set by Suleiman the Magnificent!
2.	"Fling the Teacher" Quiz The Foreign Policy of Suleiman the Magnificent
3.	Interactive Worksheet The Ottoman Military System

Interactive quizzes: The Ottoman Empire [tips]

Manic Miner: The Ottoman Empire	Wordshoot: The Ottoman Empire	CannonBall Fun: The Ottoman Empire	Matching Pairs: The Ottoman Empire

PowerPoint Presentations

1.	Mehmed the Conqueror
2.	Bayezid II
3.	Selim 'The Grim'
4.	Suleiman 'The Magnificent'

Worksheets

1.	Introduction to the Empire
2.	Topological Map
3.	The Foreign Policy of Suleiman the Magnificent
4.	The Foreign Policy of Suleiman the Magnificent
5.	The Murder of Mustafa and the Succession Crisis
6.	De Busbecq on the Ottoman Military System
7.	The Ottoman structure of Government
8.	The Ottoman social system
9.	The Devshirme
10.	The Ottoman Economy
11.	Religion in the Ottoman Empire
12.	The Internal Strengths of the Ottoman Empire
13.	A Comparison of Ottoman and Western societies
14.	Crossword: The Ottoman Empire in the 16th Century
15.	Ottoman Empire: Key Word List

History weblinks for The Ottoman Empire

1. Portrait gallery of the Ottoman Sultans from Osman onwards
2. Expansion of the Ottoman Empire - colour map (good if you can print it out for your notes)
3. Mimar Sinan
4. The Ottomans Suleiman page focuses on his magnificence, with a particularly interesting section on the role of Sinan's Architecture here
5. The Ottomans - University of Calgary site; Suleiman section largely focuses on Foreign Policy / Roxelana
6. The Ottomans.org - Another brilliantly detailed site
7. The Suleymaniye Mosque Tour
8. Roxelana
9. The Topkapi Museum - The former palace of the sultans; this site is richly illustrated with photographs from the palace and its artefacts
10. The Ottomans - An excellent source of pictures in particular, but also very impressive in its analysis of the different ministers of government in the Empire, and the role of Jews. The section on Decline is also very good
11. Sultan Suleyman the Magnificent
12. BBC - Religions - Islam: Ottoman Empire (1301-1922)
13. The Ottoman Empire - E-book from Mannheim University
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