Me -- 1.who were the ghazis, and what role did they play in building the ottoman empire? *fearless warriors who fought to spread the faith of islam, thereby expanding the empire *children of sultans who were raised to lead armies of conquest into other muslim lands *captured christain children who were raised as slaves and given special privileges in return for loyalty *weapons used by ottoman fighters to slaughter or frighten their enemies into joining the empire 2.why did ottoman sultans create the janissary? *they had lost the money they needed to pay soldiers, so they decided to raise an army of slaves. *they had been unable to overtake constantinople, so they hoped that christian soldiers could serve as spies or insurgents. *a sultan's greatest fear was to be overthrown from within, by a rival muslim family or disgruntled subject. *the sultans believed that the christians they conquered would be less likely to revolt against an army of former christians. 3.what kept real turkish harems from being simply pleasure palaces, as they are generally portrayed by hollywood? *the sultan had to provide entertainment for foreign dignitaries to insure peace in the region. *the harem was simply a place where the sultan could live a private life. *the sultan had to keep all the women of the harem happy. *the sultan had too much on his mind politically to be concerned with pleasure. 4.which two ottoman commodities in great demand during suleiman's time? *tobacco and cane sugar *copper tools and salt *silk rugs and colorful tiles *spices and fragrant rice 5.how would the colonization of the americas affect timbuktu? *it would increase the demand for gold from africa as new markets opened in the americas. *it would decrease the demand for african gold as europe acquired gold from its american colonies. *it would cause the price of gold to increase so that west african kingdoms became even more prosperous. *it would have little effect on timbuktu since its gold markets were not primarily european.