The Ottoman Empire

6. Young Turks overthrew this in 1908.
7. This was an elite fighting force used by the Ottoman Empire.
8. Arrival of this from the Americas in thr 1500s helped lead to the downfall of the Ottoman Empire.
12. The Ottoman, Safavid, and Mughal Empires were called "gunpowder empires" because of their use of small firearms and these in imperial expansion.
13. These reforms from 1839-1876 led to Westernization and modernization.
14. Non-Muslims living in the Ottoman Empire were required to pay this. (2 words)
15. The Gunpowder Empires all had this type of governments.

1. Failed wars with Austria and this empire helped lead to the downfall of the Ottoman Empire.
2. This was a church built by an Eastern Orthodox Byzantine emperor in 537. (2 words)
3. This person (also called "the Magnificient") ruled during the Ottoman Golden Age.
4. This person established the Ottoman Empire between 1280 and 1300.
5. This sultan was assassinated by the janissaries.
9. This is a geographical regions of Southeast Europe.
10. Literary and artistic achievements during the Ottoman Golden Age rivaled this.
11. The Ottomans renamed the city of Constantinople this after they captured it.