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Across 1. Ibrahim was once a _____. 4. After training was finished boys became officials or ______. 7. Mehmed often chose non-____ to govern parts of the empire. 11. The Muslim prophet Muhammad had foretold the rebirth of Constantinople. 12. Mehmed's army pushed the boundries of the empire deep into _________ Europe. 13. Non-Muslims had to pay a special tax called this to the Ottoman government. 14. Later sultans built on this laid by Mehmed II. 16. Years later he seized much of this country. 19. Janissaries were mostly captured young ____ who then became former Christains. 23. He depended on Ibrahim Pasha, his ____ ______. 24. The empire lasted until the _____ century. 25. Ottomans picked the most promising from among their _____ youths. 27. Suleyman sent armies into centeral Europe, capturing the city of ______. 28. These boys were sent to a _____ kind of school. 30. Ottomans started _____ new lands around 1300.

Down 2. Mehmed dreamed of re-creating the _____ Roman Empire. 3. The following year his navy conquered the island of _____. 5. Father 6. Sultan Mehmed II captured what city? 8. After his death the Ottoman empire _____ faded away. 9. Ottoman soldiers were called ________. 10. He also started wars to gain ______. 15. In 1556, Suleyman died during his last invasion of _____. 17. Suleyman often went to his favorite wife, _____ for help. 18. The turks catpured Constantinople and renamed it ______. 20. Mehmed built a magnificent library and invited Christain and _____ scholars to come to Istanbul. 21. He encouraged Sinan an _____ to plan new buildings for Istanbul. 22. Suleyman was called a ______ because he made sure that all the people he ruled were treated fairly. 26. The greatest sultans was ______. 29. Besides being a military leader, he was also a patron of the ____.