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What happened to the Byzantine nobility following Ottoman domination?

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Constantinople was a shadow of its former self by the time the Ottomans took it. Was the city’s decline due to the Ottomans control of the surrounding areas for centuries?

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How was Revolutionary France able to win the First and Second Wars of the coalition?

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How were the Ottomans able to gain a better understanding of gunpowder weapons and have more of them compared to their contemporaries?

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The first Jannisaries were not Christian youths taken into military service, but captured enemies converted to Islam and made to fight for the Sultan. How did the Ottomans ensure their loyalty?

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I read claims that the Seljuk Turks, and other Muslim Turks, were only nominally Muslims and that for most of the Medieval Era they still practiced their religions they brought from the steppes such as Tengriism. Is this true?

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How could Ibn Battuta conduct his travels?

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How much did the Portuguese trade in Africa and Asia negatively affect the Mediterranean trade?

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Would an 11th century Frenchman recognise the Chrisitans of Byzantium and the Middle East as a different sort of Christians from the Latin one he is?

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What was Egypt like under the Ottomans?

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What happened to the Byzantine nobility following Ottoman domination?	36
Constantinople was a shadow of its former self by the time the Ottomans took it. Was the city’s decline due to the Ottomans control of the surrounding areas for centuries?	34
How was Revolutionary France able to win the First and Second Wars of the coalition?	32
How were the Ottomans able to gain a better understanding of gunpowder weapons and have more of them compared to their contemporaries?	30
The first Jannisaries were not Christian youths taken into military service, but captured enemies converted to Islam and made to fight for the Sultan. How did the Ottomans ensure their loyalty?	29
I read claims that the Seljuk Turks, and other Muslim Turks, were only nominally Muslims and that for most of the Medieval Era they still practiced their religions they brought from the steppes such as Tengriism. Is this true?	28
How could Ibn Battuta conduct his travels?	28
How much did the Portuguese trade in Africa and Asia negatively affect the Mediterranean trade?	27
Would an 11th century Frenchman recognise the Chrisitans of Byzantium and the Middle East as a different sort of Christians from the Latin one he is?	26
What was Egypt like under the Ottomans?	26