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Title: Blue Mosque


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Blue Mosque
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Millet System
  • Autonomous areas, for non-Muslim minority groups
    (Jews, Greek Orthodox and Armenians)
  • Practiced their own religion and traditions
  • Lived by their own laws courts (except when a
    Muslim was involved)
  • Pay an additional tax (conversions tax break)
  • During the Spanish Inquisition, many Jews fled to
    the Ottoman Empire because of the Millet system
    (better treatment than Europe)

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Jewish Millet (Istanbul)
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Culture!
  • Anatolia
  • Economy
  • Religion
  • Geography
  • Customs

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Economy
  • Largely agrarian herding
  • Heart of trade network ? taxes, taxes, taxes
  • Raw materials exports
  • Spices saffron, cumin, cinnamon, cloves,
    mace, pepper, salt, and sugar.
  • Textiles silk (green, blue, red), crimson
    damask, crimson velvet, camlets, cotton,
    linens, carpets. Foods wheat, barley, millet,
    raisins, olive oil, oranges, lemons, rhubarb,
    wines (malmsey, madeira).
  • Dyes Cochineal (red), indigo (blue).
  • Luxuries copper, quicksilver, coral

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Most roads lead through Istanbul
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Religion
  • Islam is the dominant religion
  • Mosque complexes, with their social services
  • Millet system allows for minority religions to
    remain (Jews, Christians all types)

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Mosques
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