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The Muslim Empire: The Ottoman Empire

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The Ottoman Empire grew to be one of the largest and most influential Islamic empires to conquer territory on three continents. The Ottoman's strong military, leadership and territorial advantage allowed them to be as successful as they were. The Ottoman military mostly consisted of Janissaries which enabled the army to be strong and allowed them to conquer and control as much land as they had. Janissaries were a large portion of the Ottoman army. They consisted of adolescent boys that were forced to join the military from conquered areas like the Balkans. At first, family members were not happy about the empire's decision to recruit the young boys to join the military. Eventually parent's would realize that by joining the Janissaries,
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