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Title: Discuss the social and political organization of the Ottoman Empire. Post by: colleen on Jul 21, 2013 Discuss the social and political organization of the Ottoman Empire.
Title: Re: Discuss the social and political organization of the Ottoman Empire. Post by: wonderworld on Jul 23, 2013 Turkish cavalrymen transformed into landholding aristocracy; granted possession of villages with peasant labor; created regional power bases; supplementary military force created from slave troops drawn from conquered territories, Janissaries; controlled firearms and artillery as basis of power, gained political influence; sultans technically absolute, but dependent on bureaucracy; some influence of religious leaders within bureaucracy.
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