Which of the following statements is not an accurate characterization of the nature of Ottoman governmental processes?
a. Originally, Ottoman rule was dominated by tribal law and augmented by Muslim law.
b. The Ottoman Empire was influenced by Byzantine and Persian rule.
c. The sultan ruled from the Topkapi with the assistance of the Grand Vezirs, who were primarily the products of the devshirme process.
d. The government was located in Istanbul, the former Constantinople.
e. The government refused to allow any religion to be practiced in the empire except for Islam.
Question 2
Which of the following statements is not true about Ottoman power in Europe?
a. It came to be accepted by the leadership of the non-Turkish European states.
b. It was aggressively extended into central Europe.
c. It destroyed a European coalition of Austrian, Polish, Bavarian, and Saxon forces at Vienna in 1683 and held the city for ten years.
d. It was ultimately forced out of Hungary by an alliance of allied European armies.
e. It threatened to take naval control of the Mediterranean until the Battle of Lepanto.
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