Easy
Murad II’s reign was marked by the long war he fought against the Christian feudal lords of what two peoples for 25 years?
The Balkans and the Turkish beyliks in Anatolia
Where are the Balkans located?
Southeast Europe
What is a beylik?
“The word “beylik” denotes a territory under the jurisdiction of a Bey, equivalent in other European societies to a “Lord”.
What is the Ottoman Empire’s capital from 1369 to 1453? And what city did it move from in 1369?
Edirne … moved from Bursa
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What is Murad II’s title?
Sultan of the Ottoman Empire
What was the duration of Murad II’s first reign?
26 May 1421 – August 1444
Who was Murad II’s predecessor?
Mehmed I
Who is Murad II’s successor?
Mehmed II
What is the duration of Murad II’s second reign?
September 1446 – 3 February 1451
What date was Murad II born?
16 June 1404
What date did Murad II die?
3 February 1451
What religion did Murad II hold?
Sunni Islam
What was Murad II’s cause of death?
Illness
Where was Murad II born?
Amasya, Ottoman Empire
What is a Sultan?
A sovereign ruler with religious significance strictly in Muslim countries.
Where is Bursa located?
Northwestern Turkey
Was Murad II’s first reign described as troubled or peaceful early on?
Troubled
Who released Mustafa Çelebi from confinment/acknowledged him as the sole heir of Bayezid I?
Manuel II Palaiologos
Again
What title did Manuel II Palaiologos hold?
Byzantine Emperor
What was the stipulation that Manuel II Palaiologos gave Mustafa Çelebi?
Repay him for his liberation by giving up a large number of important cities from the Ottoman Empire.
What was the outcome of the Murad II and Mustafa Çelebi conflict?
Mustafa defeated Murad’s army and declared himself Sultan of Adrianople … or Edirne
Where did Murad II besiege Mustafa Çelebi and ultimately kill him?
Gallipoli
What is the Byzantine Empire also referred to as?
Eastern Roman Empire
What is Dardanelles and where is it located? What is another name for it duriing Classical Antiquity?
A narrow strait in northwestern Turkey … Hellespont.
In Queue
What is a Sanjak?
administrative division of the Ottoman Empire
What year did Mehmed I die?
1421
At what age was Murad II recognized as a Sultan?
16 years old
What is the girding of the sword of Osman?
A vital ceremony which took place within two weeks of a sultan’s ascension to the throne
Who performed the girding of the sword of Osman?
the Sharif of Konya
What is a Sharif?
“the word is an adjective meaning "noble", "highborn".
What is Gallipoli and where is it located?
A peninsula in the southern part of European Turkey.
Where is Genoa?
A city in Liguria, Italy.