. Medieval and modern history; an outline of its development . e a race of finesoldiers, and one of their early rulers organized the dreadedcorps of the Janissaries, composed of Christian boys broughtup by their captors as Mohammedans and trained to a mili-tary life under the strictest discipline. Soon after the mid-dle of the century, the Turks had obtained a footing on theEuropean side of the straits, and from that point their dominion spread rapidly over the Greek lands and up into theDanube valley. Before very long the Eastern Empire was H7] TJie Rise of the Ottoman Efnpire 153 reduced to
. Medieval and modern history; an outline of its development . e a race of finesoldiers, and one of their early rulers organized the dreadedcorps of the Janissaries, composed of Christian boys broughtup by their captors as Mohammedans and trained to a mili-tary life under the strictest discipline. Soon after the mid-dle of the century, the Turks had obtained a footing on theEuropean side of the straits, and from that point their dominion spread rapidly over the Greek lands and up into theDanube valley. Before very long the Eastern Empire was H7] TJie Rise of the Ottoman Efnpire 153 reduced to a litde territory about Constantinople, and in1453 that city also was captured, and the Roman Empirein the East brought to an end, after surviving for a thou-sand years the fall of the Empire in the West. The Turkswere not as yet satisfied with the conquests which they hadmade, and their attempts to force their way into centralEurope are important elements in the history of the next Chap,age. ^^V- Power,I14-120;Lane-Poole,Turkey,102-133;Oman,ByzantineEmpire,. Carving from a Moslem Screen 154 ^^^^ Other States of Europe Topics Why had Germany and Italy failed to obtain national governments?The Great Interregnum. The policy followed by the later emperors?How did the Hapsburgs obtain Austria? What possessions were ob-tained by the Luxemburg family? Where did these finally go? Whatwars between Slav and Germans in this period? What other ques-tion in the Hussite war? How, besides by war, did the Germans gainSlavic land, and where? How did the Hohenzollern family gainBrandenburg? The origin of Switzerland. The leading states of Italyand their governments. What difference between the north and thesouth of Italy? The origin of the Spanish states. What two processesrun through Spanish history? When and how was modern Spainformed? The effect of Spanish history on Spanish character. Therise of the Ottoman Empire. Topics for Assigned Studies The freeing of Switzerland. Buchheim, Wilhehn Te
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