• Hagia Sophia (Ayasofya) Mosque
  • In Istanbul
  • First a cathedral (Justinian)
  • Then a mosque
  • Now a museum
• Hajj (pilgrimage)
• Hürrem Sultana (Roxelana)
  • Süleyman's favorite consort
  • powerful
  • helped expand the empire
• Islam
• Janissaries
  • Infantry division of the Ottoman army
• Ottoman Empire
• Süleyman the Magnificent
  • Süleyman reigned at the climax of the ottoman empire
  • The Ottomans became a major naval power
  • Siege of Vienna

750 AD - 1258 AD is often regarded as the muslim Golden Age because Islam was at the height of its political power, and Islam was involved in many world discoveries.

The invasion of the mongols would end this Golden Age.

The Ottoman Empire