1. In Asia Minor, Sufi orders linked up with merchants and artisan guilds called ______which would cushion people against the uncertainties of the time.
  2. Akhi
  1. The great Sufi poet draws his name from what tiny Asia Minor sultanate?
  2. The Sultanate of Rum
  1. These travelling mystics voluntarily accepted poverty as a spiritual exercise were called?
  2. Dervishes
  1. This mystic promoted brotherhoods everywhere he went. His followers had unkempt hair, dressed in rags, disturbed the peace. Who were they?
  2. Kalendari brotherhood
  1. This sober, simple mystic became the favorite Sufi of the Ulama. Who was he?
  2. Bektash
  1. Who was Rumi’s spiritual and creative muse (he met him while in class one day)?
  2. Shams-I Trabrez
  1. In this gigantic, one-thousand page poem Rumi poses an opening question about why the flute sounds so piercingly sad. What is the name of this poem?
  2. The Spiritual Manuscript
  1. Sufi warrior saints devoted to the ideals of futuwwah were called what?
  2. Ghazi
  1. If a ghazi chieftain carved out enough land for himself he would give himself the title of?
  2. Amir
  1. This tiny kingdom would be called an?
  2. Emirate
  1. Who was the first Ottoman, so to speak?
  2. Osthman
  1. In what century did Osthman live?
  2. 13th
  1. What was the devshirme system?
  1. Soldiers created from the devshirme system were known as the what?
  1. Jannissaries
  1. In the very early days of the Ottoman kingdom, what central Asian warlord nearly caused the kingdom to collapse?
  2. Timurlang
  1. What Ottoman ruler in what century revived the Ottoman kingdom?
  2. Mehmet in the 15th century
  1. Mehmet was also famous for what rather incredible feat?
  2. Conquering Constantinople
  1. What was Mehmet’s larger intent when capturing Constantinople?
  2. To consolidate his reign and add legitimacy.
  1. Ansary encourages the reader to imagine the Muslims taking Constantinople in the height of the Islamic expansion (Abbasids). What did he suggest may have been the outcome?
  1. What was the jzya?
  1. Taxes paid by “people of the book”
  1. Describe the complexity of the Ottoman society.
  2. Look on page 178
  1. The Ottoman Empire had several semi-autonomous nations within it compartmentalized by religious communities. These were known as what?
  2. Millets
  1. Why did so many Jews flock to the Ottoman empire?
  2. Persecution in Europe
  1. Who in the Ottoman Empire was principally responsible for administering shari’a law?
  2. Sheikh al-Islam “the Old Man of Islam”
  1. Shari’a law wasn’t the only law of the land. What else existed?
  2. Sultan’s Code
  1. The Sheikh al-Islam had what rights in looking at the Sultan’s code?
  2. He had sort of legal oversight but remember, he served at the Sultan’s pleasure.
  1. Eventually the janissaries’ role was expanded to include what duties?
  2. Cultural, administrative, and legal.
  1. Why were the devshirme restricted from marrying or having legitimate heirs.
  2. Did want a competing aristocracy.
  1. What were timars?
  2. Tax farms granted to old families who were able to set tax rates for their inhabitants.