Staging the Compelling Question
- Roff Smith, article describing Suleiman’s reign and the search for his burial place, ”After 450 Years, Archaeologists Still Hunting for Magnificent Sultan’s Heart” (excerpt) National Geographic, June 20, 2014 : http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2014/06/140620-ottoman-empire-suleyman-hungary-turkey-sultans-heart/.
Supporting Question 1- How was Suleiman characterized during his reign?
- Excerpt found in PDF/DOC : Suleiman, Inscription placed on the fortress of Bender, Moldavia in 1538, Islam: A Thousand Years of Faith and Power (excerpt), 2002 From Islam: A Thousand Years of Faith and Power, Jonathan Bloom and Sheila Blair. Copyright © 2002. Yale University Press.
- Excerpt found in PDF/DOC : Metin Kunt and Christine Woodhead, description of Suleiman’s reign, Suleyman the Magnificent and His Age: The Ottoman Empire in the Early Modern World (excerpts), 1995 From Suleyman the Magnificent and His Age: The Ottoman Empire in the Early Modern World, I.M. Kunt and Christine Woodhead. Copyright © 1995. Routledge.
- Excerpt found in PDF/DOC: Jason Goodwin, description of the reign of Suleiman, Lords of the Horizons: A History of the Ottoman Empire (excerpt), 2003 From Lords of the Horizons: A History of the Ottoman Empire, Jason Goodwin Copyright © 2003. Picador
Source D:Titian, painting of Suleiman, c1530 ©World History Archive/Newscom.
Supporting Question 2- How did Suleiman expand the Ottoman Empire?
- Excerpt found in PDF/DOC :Geoffrey Woodward, description of how Europe was affected by the Ottoman Empire, “The Ottomans in Europe” (excerpts), History Today, 2001
- Excerpt found in PDF/DOC : John Godwin, description of the extent and failings of the Ottoman Empire, “Siege of the Moles” (excerpts), Military History, 2001 From "Siege of the Moles," John Godwin. Military History, October 2001. Permission to use courtesy of World History Group
Supporting Question 3- What changes did Suleiman make to the governance of the Ottoman Empire?
- Excerpt found in PDF/DOC : Alan Palmer, description of the decline of the Ottoman Empire, The Decline and Fall of the Ottoman Empire (excerpt), 1992
- Excerpt found in PDF/DOC :Ogier Ghiselin de Busbecq, observation of Ottoman military and social structure, ”The Turkish Letters” (excerpts), 1555–1562 Public domain. From The Life and Letters of Ogier Ghiselin de Busbecq, vol. I, edited by C. T. Forster and F. H. B. Daniel. 1881. London: Kegan Paul, pp, 86–88, 153–155, 219–222, 287–290, 293
Supporting Question 4- To what extent did Suleiman promote tolerance in the Ottoman Empire?
- Excerpt found in PDF/DOC :Andro Linklater, description of military and law during the Ottoman Empire, Owning the Earth: The Transforming History of Land Ownership (excerpts), 2013 From Owning the Earth: The Transforming History of Land Ownership, Andro Linklater. Copyright © 2013. London: Bloomsbury Press, an imprint of Bloomsbury Publishing Inc.
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- Excerpt found in PDF/DOC :Talip Küçükcan, description of Turkish-Muslim diaspora in southern Europe, “Re-claiming Identity: Ethnicity, Religion and Politics among Turkish-Muslims in Bulgaria and Greece” (excerpts), 1999 Journal of Muslim Minority Affairs, vol. 19, no. 1, 1999. Courtesy of Taylor & Francis.