Ottoman_Islamic

Ottoman Islamic OTTOMAN ISLAMIC The Mosque of Hagia Sophia & Selim ll The Middle East as we know it today emerged from the disintegration of the Ottoman Empire. The Ottoman history involves not only the Ottoman dynasty but also, this great empire ruled over Arabs, Serbs, Greeks, Armenians, Jews, Bulgars, Hungarians, Albanians, North Africans and others. At one time in history, the Ottomans were considered a major power in the world. Their civilization had a major impact on many other societies in those days by commerce, culture, and religion. It constitutes the history of the major religious groups among these are Muslims, Christians and Jews. To begin with, the Ottomans had a very efficient system of administration, which led to their successful era. The Ottoman Empire was ruled by The Sultan, a king like ruler that claimed religious position. For example, the Sultan would claim the position of the Caliph, a supreme temporal leader of Islam. The influence of religion made a significant effect on the supreme power that Sultan claimed. By claiming the title of the Capliph a religious loyalty was created between the Islamic people and the Sultan. Officially, the Sultan was the government. He enjoyed absolute power mosque, ottoman, empire, sultan, two, minarets, selim, power, mihrab, major, ll, architecture, works, very, sinan, religious, prayer, position, place, over, ottomans, one, islamic, history, government, built, supreme, sultanic, suleyman’s, successful, stierlin, state, squares, significant, semi